geetha thurairajah
geetha thurairajah (b. 1986) lives and works in Brooklyn, New York.
thurairajah studied at Bard College, the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design, Rhode Island School of Design and Wilfrid Laurier University. Past exhibitions include ACID HAUS, Scherben, Berlin, 2024; The Buddha of Suburbia, King’s Leap, New York, 2023; At Land, Foxy Production, New York, 2022; nonplussed-(+), Jack Barrett, New York; Suspended Disbelief, Arsenal Contemporary Art, Toronto, both 2021; soothsay, Unit 17, Vancouver, 2020 & Centre Clark, Montréal, 2022 (with Gabi Dao); and Migration is more momentous than ancient invasion, Kitchener-Waterloo Art Gallery, 2019.
Talks & Texts: in conversation with Bojana Stancic: 25 October 2025
Twilight Hour, Emily Carr University, 2020
University of Lethbridge, 2024
Exhibitions
Soothsay (2020)
Exophonic (2021)
We Work to Pay the Bills (2022)
Writing & Press
Publications
to shape a sword (2017)
Performance Anxiety, 2024, china crayon, charcoal & acrylic on linen, 75 x 40 in
Performance Anxiety, 2024, china crayon, charcoal & acrylic on linen, 65 x 48 in
Performance Anxiety, 2024, cardboard and acrylic on canvas, 16 x 24 in
Performance Anxiety, 2024, cardboard and acrylic on canvas, 24 x 16 in
installation view, Scherben (Berlin)
Performance Anxiety (Dragon), 2024, cardboard, acrylic and oil on canvas, 20 x 16 in
Performance Anxiety (Backflip), 2024, acrylic and oil on canvas, 40 x 30 in
Performance Anxiety (Blob Dylan), 2024, collage, acrylic, oil, sand on canvas, 20 x 16 in
Performance Anxiety (Leopards), 2024, acrylic on linen, 48 x 37 in
Performance Anxiety (Call me), 2024, acrylic and oil on canvas, 20 x 16 in
Performance Anxiety (Stage Diver), 2024, acrylic and oil on canvas, 40 x 30 in
Evolve, 2024, poster for an advertising pillar (Berlin)
Subtle Exchanges, 2019, acrylic on canvas, pine, 243.8 x 60.9cm
installation view, Scherben (Berlin)
installation view, Scherben (Berlin)
installation view, Scherben (Berlin)
installation view, Scherben (Berlin)