ABOUT ME
Shraddha Uday Borawake, was born and brought up in Pune, Maharashtra, India. She has been a photographer for 7 years, assisting commercial photographers in Pune, Mumbai, Atlanta and New York since the age of 19. She completed a certificate course in Advertising Photography at the Creative Circus Atlanta. In 2006, she completed a yearlong certificate course in Documentary Fine Art Photography at the International Center of Photography.
Shraddha’s multifaceted artwork is based in photographic media. She incorporates aspects of documentation, community involvement, media literacy, fashion animation, performance and dance in her mixed media projects, which have been shown in galleries and displayed in public spaces. Her work has been exhibited at the Zimmerli Art Museum, at Rutgers University NJ, DUMBO Arts Festival in Brooklyn, Center of Fine Art Photography in Colorado, New Orleans Photo Alliance, Union Docs Brooklyn, Umbrella Arts Gallery New York, School of International Photography Gallery and Gallatin Galleries at New York University where she is currently completing her Bachelor of Arts in Interdisciplinary Studies at the Gallatin School of Individualized Study. Additionally, Shraddha’s commercial photographic work has been published in Seventeen India, Daily News and Analysis Mumbai, and fashion blogs such as Vogue India, Don’t Shoe Me. As well, she has photographed campaigns for Tide, Perfetti Van Melle, and Lakme in Mumbai.
Education
2009 New York University, Gallatin School of Individualized Study, 2009-2011
2006 Diploma, International Center of Photography in General Studies, 2005-06 NYC
2005 Certificate, The Creative Circus School, 2004-05 Atlanta GA
Awards and Achievements
• Dean’s Summer Research Award Gallatin NYU 2011
• Dean’s List Gallatin School of Individualized Study 2010 -2011
• Johnson and Johnson Fellowship 2007
• Honorable Mention International Photography Awards 2006
• International Center of Photography Directors Fund Scholarship 2006
• International Andy Awards Student Category, 2005
• PDN Annual Photo Contest 2005
• Best of Show Student Awards Creative Circus 2005
Community Events/ Public Art
• ‘Women in Construction: A Cross Cultural Dialog’
1. Alumni Event - NEW-Non Traditional Employment for Women Brooklyn NY 2011
2. New York City Carpenters Union Women Division, NYC 2010
3. Alumni Event - NEW-Non Traditional Employment for Women, Brooklyn NY 2010
• ‘Eye Contact’ Collaborative Public Art Display, Museum of Arts and Design, NY 2011
Exhibitions- Group Shows
• ‘Multiple Personality Order Test 2’ –Highline Ballroom, NY 2011
• ‘J& J Fellowship Show’ Zimmerli Art Museum, Rutgers University, NJ 2011
• ‘Green World’ Gallatin Arts Festival 2011 NY
• ‘Radiant Heights’ - Gallatin Galleries NYU 2011
• ‘Admit One’ Heather’s Art Space Window Display, NY 2010
• ‘Latent’ An Enfoco Exhibition at Umbrella Arts Gallery, NY 2010
• ‘Gallatin Review Exhibit’- Gallatin School of Individualized Study, NY 2010
• ‘Speedy’ at Chaos and Order- Art as Survival’ – Gallatin Arts Festival, NY 2010
• ‘Eye of the Generation’ – Gallatin School of Individualized Study, NY 2010
• ‘Elements of Water’ – Center for Fine Art Photography CO 2010
• ‘American Dream’ – New Orleans Photo Alliance LA 2010
• ‘Speedy’ at ‘My Favorite Pieces’ Collective Gallery 171-173 NY 2009
• ‘Women in Construction’ at ‘Shadowplay 1 Borderlands’ Takoma Park MD 2009
• ‘Capturing the Emergent and Tracing the Retreat’ – Union Docs, Brooklyn NY2009
• ‘Bad News with Keisher ‘Fire’ Mcleod at Gleason’s Gym Boxing Exhibit DUMBO Arts Festival NY 2008
• For Devils May Care ‘Quirks’ at ‘Either Or’ Pune India. 2007
• ‘Admit One’ at World Boxing Care Benefit at the Gotham Comedy Club of New York City, NY2007
• ‘Fellowship 2007’ at International Center of Photography, NY 2007
• ‘Admit One’ DUMBO Arts Festival, Gleason’s Gym Brooklyn, NY 2007
• ‘Admit One’ at ‘Shift’ Fulltime Exhibition at International Center of Photography, NY 2006
• ‘ Be Nice Gallery’ East Village, NY 2006