NITISH NAHARAS

Past Exhibitions

• Carnaval San Francisco Retrospective Exhibit - 26 years of celebration.
  Invitational group show at  Mission Cultural Center for Latino Arts, San Francisco, CA      (May 2004)
• Invitational group show at  Locus Media Gallery, Soho, New York, NY      (March 7-April 21 2002)
• Solo show at Adolf Gassers Photography, San Francisco, CA     (July-August 2000)
• Solo show at Adolf Gassers Photography, San Francisco, CA     (April-June 1999)

Awards

• Nominee: Black & White Spider Awards 2007 (Silhouette category) (2007)
• Honorable Mentions - International Photography Awards 2004 in Architecture (Historic), People (Other) (2004)
• Best Series '1997', Porterville World Tour Camera Club Clue Shoot. (1997)
• Certificate of Merit, KFOG Live From the Archives 3 Cover Art Contest. (1996)
• Winner, Silver Jubilee Souvenir Art Contest
  Electronics and Computer Science Dept, Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee. (1991)

Dance Photography

• Kathak and Creative : featuring Nirupama-Rajendra and Abhinav ensemble.
  Bangalore Habba 2004, Bangalore Palace, Bangalore, India.     (Dec 2004)
• Hema Malini's "Draupadi" - a dance ballet
  Organized by The International Association for Human Values, and Art of Living Foundation.
  Center for Performing Arts, San Jose, California. (Oct 2004)
• Company C Contemporary Ballet Fall Season 2004
  featuring Company C Contemporary Ballet
  Cowell Theater, Fort Mason Center, San Francisco, California. (Sept 2004)
• Yerba Buena Gardens Choreographers Festival 2004
  Organized by Yerba Buena Arts & Events, Yerba Buena Gardens, San Francisco, California. (Aug 2004)
• Oakland Dance Festival
  featuring Company C Contemporary Ballet, East-West Dance Company, Capacitor, Savage Jazz Dance Company.
  Alice Arts Center, Oakland, California. (June 2004)

• Bhoomi Jathre 2005: a dusk-to-dawn music and dance concert
  featuring Violin recital by Mysore Nagaraj and Mysore Manjunath among others. Bangalore, India.     (April 2005)
• Fusion : featuring SILK comprising of Shankar Mahadevan, SivaMani, Louis Banks, Karl Peters and Sridhar.
  Bangalore Habba 2004, Bangalore Palace, Bangalore, India.     (Dec 2004)
• Jazz : L. Abdul Kenyatta and friends.
  Club Jazz Nouveau, San Francisco, CA.     (March 2004)
• Blues : San Francisco Blues Festival
  performance featuring Lazy Lester, Mark Hummel, Nathan James, Mitch Kashmar, Ben Hernandez.
  San Francisco, CA. (Sept 2003)
• A North African Berber music performance featuring Tamazgha.
  Ashkenaz Music and Dance Community Center, Berkeley, California.     (November 2001)
• Halloween Concert featuring light Indian music by Antara and Antariksh
  San Jose Convention Center, California.
  Organized by ASHA for Education     (October 2000)
• "Aalaap 2000", an Indian Classical music and fusion recital featuring Ustad Habib Khan (Sitar), Pandit Swapan Chaudhuri (Tabla) and the Jazz Ensemble.
  Chabot College Auditorium, Hayward, California.
  Organized by Child Relief and You (CRY)     (July 2000)
• "Yaadon Ki Baraat" featuring light Indian music by Antara.
  Foothill College Auditorium, Los Altos, California.
  Organized by CRY     (April 1999)
• Malhaar '98, an Indian Classical recital by Pandit Jasraj and Samir Chatterjee.
  Chabot College Auditorium, Hayward, California.
  Organized by CRY     (November 1998)
• Halloween Concert, featuring light Indian music by Antara
  Foothill College Auditorium, Los Altos, California.
  Organized by ASHA for Education     (October 1998)

Other Event Photography

• 11th Annual Death Penalty Focus Awards Dinner - the annual hollywood fundraiser organized by Death Penalty Focus.
  Regent Beverly Wilshire Hotel, Beverly Hills, California. (April 2002)