Prema Murthy (she, her) is an American artist based in New York. Her work includes painting, video, digital media, and installation. Employing line, form, geometry, and algorithmic processes, she examines the intersection of embodiment and abstraction. She received a BA in art history and women’s studies from the University of Texas, Austin and an MFA from Goldsmiths College, London. She has exhibited in numerous shows including PS1/MoMA Contemporary Art Center, the Whitney Museum of American Art, the Generali Foundation-Vienna, among others. She is the co-founder of the artgroup Fakeshop, known for its pioneering large-scale performative installations using live video conferencing technologies. Her work has been written about in the New York Times, Art Asia Pacific Magazine, the Wall Street Journal, and Artforum. Murthy has received numerous awards and commissions including a New York Foundation for the Arts Fellowship, a Creative Capital Grant in Emerging Fields, and an Urban Artists Initiative Grant from the Asian American Arts Alliance, among others. She has taught Digital Art at City College (CUNY) and Sarah Lawrence College, NY.
