A New York-based multidisciplinary artist - film and set designer, furniture maker, writer, reader, dancer.
AMBIKA SUBRAMANIAM
b. 1992
a@ambikasubra.com
IATSE 829 - Scenic Design
EDUCATION
2015 M.A. Fine Art, Chelsea College of Art and Design, London, UK, with Honors
2014 B.F.A. Film Theory and Sculpture, summa cum laude, Washington University in St. Louis
2012 Santa Reparata International School of Art, Italy
SKILLS: Adobe Creative Suite: Illustrator, Photoshop, InDesign; Sketchup 3D, Vectorworks3D, Rhino 5 (Windows), AutoCAD (Windows), Grasshopper (Windows); TextWrangler, CSS, HTML; Microsoft Office; Final Cut Pro
WORK
2021
WeCrashed, Apple Studios, New York, NY
Graphics
2020
The Equalizer, CBS, New York, NY
Graphics
Colin in Black and White, Netflix, New York, NY
Set Designer
Kal Penn Approves This Message, Freeform, New York, NY
Production Designer
The Flight Attendant, HBO MAX/ Warner Bros, New York, NY
Assistant Art Director
2019
Mrs. America, FX, New York, NY
Art Director (S1, E2)
The Trial of the Chicago 7, New York, NY
Directed by Aaron Sorkin; Production Designer: Shane Valentino
Assistant Art Director
The Wilds, Amazon TV, Auckland, NZ
Directed by Susanna Fogel; Production Designer: Amy Williams
Assistant Art Director
The Deuce, HBO, New York, NY
Created by David Simon and George Pelecanos; Production Designer: Scott Dougan
Graphics (S3, Ep 1- 7)
Art Director (S3, Ep 8)
2018
City Morgue, “Lamorghini Getaway” and “Caligula” Music VIdeos, NY
Production Designer
Charm City Kings, Baltimore, MD
Directed by Angel Manuel Soto, Written by Barry Jenkins; Production Designer: Scott Dougan
Graphics
Tigertail, New York, NY
Directed by Alan Yang; Production Designer: Amy Williams
Art Director
Before You Know It, Feature Film, New York, NY
Directed by Hannah Utt, Production Designer: Katie Hickman
Art Director/Art Coordinator/Graphics
Aloe Blacc’s “Brooklyn in the Summer,” Music Video, New York, NY
Directed by Anthony Williams and Joel Pront
Production Designer
Red Bull Music Festival, Designed by Julia Heymans
Graphic Designer and Draftsman
Solange Knowles’ Stage Design at Sydney Opera House, Australia
Lead Designer: Julia Heymans
Assistant Set Designer
The Sunlit Night
Directed by David Wnendt, Production Designer: Katie Hickman
Graphic Designer
Feral, Feature Film, New York, NY
Directed by Andrew Wonder, Production Design by Colleen Dodge
Scenic Artist
Freelance Graphic Designer for Film/Commercial
Film, Commercials, and Short Films
2017
Monsters and Men, Feature Film, New York, NY
Directed by Ronaldo Marcus Green, Production Designer: Scott Dougan
Assistant Art Director and Graphic Designer
2016-7
Badlands Unlimited, New York, NY
CFO, Head of Research and Development, and Assistant Editor
Badlands Unlimited was a New York-based independent publisher founded by the artist Paul Chan in 2010, and consisted of artists Micaela Durand, Ian Cheng, Parker Bruce, and Ambika Subramaniam. Badlands’ work has been shown at The Whitney Museum of American Art, MoMA PS1, the Guggeinheim, etc.
Égal Dancewear, Founded by Misty Copeland, New York, NY
Graphic Designer and Photo Editor for Web and Print
2015
Hato Press, London, UK
Publishing and Press Manager
Manager of risographic printing press; development of books from concept to finished publication
2014
Analog Modern Furniture Design, Brooklyn, NY
Freelance Furniture Designer and Apprentice
White Flag Projects, St. Louis, MO
Installation and Art Handler
2013
Rob Reiner Feature Film, And So It Goes..., Stamford, CT
Production Designer: Ethan Tobman; Art Directors: Matteo De Cosmo and Jan Jericho
Art Intern
BOOKS
Selected Writings of Carroll Dunham, by Carroll Dunham; Edited by Paul Chan, Assistant Edited by Ambika Subramaniam; Published by Badlands Unlimited, 2017
Fantasian, by Larissa Pham; Edited by Micaela Durand, Parker Bruce, and Ambika Subramaniam; Published by Badlands Unlimited, 2016.
Indignant, by William Loftie (M. Casey); Edited by Ambika Subramaniam; Published by SUB/SUR Editions,
Return of the Super Maria Sisters, by Ambika Subramaniam; Edited by Dr. Dan Smith; Published by Sub-Concrete Press; SUB/SUR Editions; Hato Press, 2015
AWARDS
2017 Collection of the Whitney Museum of American Art, “New No’s” By Badlands Unlimited
2016 Book Works Semina Series 2016-2017 (manuscript shortlisted)
2015 Clifford Chance Exhibition Design Award, University of the Arts, London (nomination)
2015 Unstitute, Spatio-Mnemonic Digital Residency
2014 John T. Milliken Residency Grant, from Cité Internationale des Arts in Paris, France
2014 Caroline Risque Janis Prize in Sculpture
2014 Sam Fox Award in Sculpture, Washington University in St. Louis
ARTICLES AND REVIEWS
2017 Badlands Unlimited, Publisher’s Weekly, Review of “Into Words: The Selected Writings of Carroll Dunham”
2017 Badlands Unlimited, ArtReview, March 2017, “What kind of art is being spawned in the place that spawned Trump?”
2017 Badlands Unlimited, Mousse Magazine, Issue 57, “What do we know?”
2017 Badlands Unlimited, Dazed Digital, “Facebook bans controversial anti-Trump protest posters”
2016 Badlands Unlimited, NYTimes “Best Art of 2016” for the work “New No’s”
2015 London Journal of Critical Thought, “Digital Ontologies for Contemporary Art”
2014 It’s Nice That, “Furniture Design: Intricate woven chair designs by Ambika Subramaniam”
2014 Temporary Art Review, “Of Zebraification: A Review of Cousins Presents ‘Faceless’”