Originally from West Bengal, Vicky Roy ran away from his home and started working as a rag picker at the New Delhi Railway Station, before he was rehabilitated by the Salaam Baalak Trust, Delhi. He studied photography at Triveni Kala Sangam and then apprenticed under Anay Mann. In 2007, he held his first solo exhibition titled, “Street Dream” at India Habitat Centre; supported by the British High Commisson.
In 2008 he was selected by the US based Maybach Foundation to photo document the reconstruction of the World Trade Center in New York. As part of the program, he undertook a course in documentary photography at the International Center for Photography, New York.
His first monograph ‘Home Street Home’ published by the Nazar Foundation (New Delhi, India) released at the second edition of the Delhi Photo Festival (Sept-Oct, 2013). His solo show “This Scarred Land: New Mountainscape” was exhibited at Vadehra Art Gallery, New Delhi, India in 2017. He was a part of Houston FotoFest Biennnial and Kochi Muziris Biennale in 2018.
'Scraping the Sky' was exhibited at Asia Society Texas Centre in 2019
He was awarded the MIT Media Fellowship in 2014. He was a part of the Forbes Asia 30 under 30 list in 2016.
| VICKY ROY | |
|---|---|
| Born 1987, Purulia, West Bengal, India | |
| EDUCATION | |
| 2009 | Six month Short-term course in Documentary photography from International Center of Photography (ICP), New York. |
| 2005 | Diploma in Photography from Triveni Kala Sangam, New Delhi. |
| Books | |
| 2013 | Monograph HOME.STREET.HOME published by Nazar Foundation. |
| Book Exhibition | |
| 2016 | HOME STREET HOME. Display at the Benaki Museum, Athens |
| Publications | |
| 2018 | Photography in India: A Visual History from the 1850s to the Present Book by Diva Gujral and Nathaniel Gaskell, Published by Prestel |
| 2014 | The World Atlas of Street Photography Published by Thames & Hudson Ltd |
| 2010 | Where Three Dreams Cross: 150 Years of Photography from India, Pakistan and Bangladesh.Published by Steidl Verlag; Bilingual edition |
| 2008 | Click ! Contemporary Photography in India. Published by Vadehra Art Gallery |
| AWARDS, RESIDENCIES & RECOGNITIONS | |
| 2020 | Shortlist in Global Peace Photo Award |
| 2019 | Brand Ambassador Tecno CAMON I4 Mobile Phone |
| 2019 | Eyes On Main Street Residency Program 2019-2020 |
| 2019 | Moscow International Foto Awards, Silver Award, Categories: Sports |
| 2018 | Vogue India's 40 under 40 |
| 2018 | International Photography Awards, Honorable Mentions, Categories: Sports |
| 2018 | Invite to Photo shoot Street Child Football World Cup Art Project, Moscow, Russia. |
| 2017 | Ixoraa Knowledge Foundation grant |
| 2016 | Forbes 30 Under 30 Asia list |
| 2016 | Ixoraa Knowledge Foundation & Tata Trusts Grant |
| 2014 | Nominated for the Time Hetherington Visual Media grant |
| 2014 | MIT Media Lab Fellowship |
| 2014 | Neel Dongre Grants for Excellence in Photography. |
| 2013 | National Geographic Mission Cover shot TV Show |
| 2012 | INK Fellowship 2012. |
| 2011 | Speaker TEDx University of Delhi, TEDxGateway…………… |
| 2011 | Jury Member, Awaaz Do photo contest organized by UNICEF, New Delhi. |
| 2011 & 2009 | Guest Speaker at the annual conference of International Award for Young People, London. |
| 2009 | Selected for Wilhelm & Karl Maybach Foundation’s WTC Documentary Arts Project to document the econstruction of World Trade Center in New York, under mentorship of Joe Woolhead. |
| 2009 | Recognized as one of the 25 achievers under-30 for the next generation by Time Out, Delhi. |
| 2004 | Gold Medalist, International Award for Young People India (IAYP). |
| SOLO EXHIBITIONS | |
| 2017 | This Scarred Land: New Mountainscapes, Curated by Ram Rahman at Vadhera Art Gallery |
| 2013 | HOME.STREET.HOME Ojas Art New Delhi |
| 2010 - 2009 | WTC: Now, Organized by American Center Mumbai, Bodhi Art & Asia Society. American Center, New Delhi, And Ojas Art. |
| 2009 - 2007 | Street Dreams, Curator: Dr. Alka Pande, Supported by the British High Commission in India and Department for International Development (DFID). DFID Office and Nehru Centre, London, & India Habitat Centre, New Delhi. |
| Photo Festival & Biennale | |
| 2018 | Kochi-Muziris Bienniale, Curated by Anita Dube |
| 2018 | The FotoFest 2018 Biennial, Houston, United States. |
| SELECTED GROUP SHOWS | |
| 2018 | WTC, Now, India Arch Dialogue at OJAS Art, Delhi |
| 2017 | 50:50 Organized by Birla Academy of Art & Culture,Kolkata. Curated By Johny ML. |
| 2017 | SHAPE, Alliance Francaise de Delhi & Muktangan Presents Art for Social Action. Curation by Probir Gupta. |
| 2016 | Photo Exhibition World Photography Day at Arpana Art Gallery, New Delhi. |
| 2015 | “In Focus: Justice, A Photo Journey” Organized by INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT LAW ORGANIZATION. Curated by Shahidul Alam. |
| 2012 | 37 Indian Still Life, Organized by Tasveer……….. Bangalore, Ahmedabad, Kolkata, Mumbai and Delhi |
| 2012 | Apna Ghar, Curator: Vidya Shivadas. Vadehra Art Gallery, New Delhi. |
| 2011 | Art of Photography Show Lyecum Theatre Gallery, San Diego. |
| 2010 | Freedom to March: Rediscovering Gandhi through Dandi, Curators: Anubhav Nath & Johny ML, Organized by Ojas Arts. Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi |
| 2010 | Snapshot, Hong Kong Visual Arts Centre, Hong Kong. |
| 2010 | Where Three Dreams Cross: 150 years of Photography from India, Pakistan and Bangladesh, Whitechapel Gallery, London, and Fotomuseum Winterthur, Switzerland. |
| 2009 | Expressions at Tihar, Curators: Anubhav Nath & Johny ML, Organized by Ojas Art and Ramchander Nath Foundation. Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts, New Delhi. |
| 2009 | WTC: Now, Supported by Maybach Foundation and Silverstein Properties World Trade Center 7, New York. |
| 2008 | Click! Contemporary Photography in India, Vadhera Art Gallery, New Delhi. |
| 2008 | Shared Histories: Inner Voices, Curator: Dr. Alka Pande. Sandton Art Centre, Johannesburg………. |
| 2007 | Relative Values, John Hansard Gallery, University of Southampton. |
