Portfolio

My recent works are on issues of my identity. Who am I? Do I want to be stereotyped with any preconceived term? Is my work now diasporic?
My paintings can be considered biographical but I’m not trying to make any political statement of my identity, culture or my sense of belonging in a new culture that I have now adopted. I realize my identity today is all tangled up with so many influences and changes; some changes consciously scripted, some not but do I need to untangle them at all? Instead of finding any coherence in it, sometimes I’m happy being in this state of flux.
Currently my works and I are in a moment of transition, trying to negotiate with new concepts and maybe through that one day forge my own free identity?

Education

MA- Contemporary Art Theory. Goldsmiths College, University of London (2008)
BFA- Drawing & Painting. Sir JJ School of Art, University of Bombay              (2007)

Exhibitions & Displays

– Cultivate Vyner Street Gallery, London (2012)

– Summer Salon Exhibition, Islington Arts Factory, London (2012)

– Radcliffe & Newlands Financial Planners, Liverpool Street, London (2012)

– Kensington’s Cultural Feast, London (2012)

– Vibe Gallery, Bermondsey, London (2012)

– Higher Bridges Gallery, Enniskillen, N.Ireland (2012)

– Vibe Gallery, Bermondsey, London (2012)

– Snapshots Festival, Rich Mix, Shoreditch, London (2012)

– Menier Gallery, United Society of Artists, London (2012)

– Temporary Art Fair, Tooting, London (2012)

– Luton Hoo Estate, Luton (2012)

– Lalit Kala Akademi, Chandigarh (2012)

– Redbridge Museum Complex, London (2011) [Solo show]

– Oxford House, Bethnal Green, London (2011)

– Brick Lane Gallery, Shoreditch, London (2011)

– Wanstead Art Fair, London (2011)

– Curated: ‘Milap’, The Gallery, Willesden Green, London (2009)

– The Gallery, Willesden Green, London (2008)

– Lalit Kala Akademi, Chandigarh (2008)

– Lalit Kala Akademi, Chandigarh (2007)

– Artists Centre, Bombay (2007)

– Bajaj Art Gallery, Bombay (2007)

– Kala Ghoda Arts Festival, Bombay (2007)

– Chittari Art Academy, Pune (2006)

– Rajashriya Art Exhibition, Pune (2006)

– Jehangir Art Gallery, Bombay Art Society, Bombay (2006)

Paintings (click on images to enlarge)

Life, acrylics on canvas, 36″ x 18″, 2013.

Handle with care, acrylics on canvas, 36″ x 18″ each (set of two), 2012.

Lost and found, acrylics on canvas, 36″ x 18″ each (set of two), 2012.

ReBirth, acrylics on canvas, 30″ x 40″, 2012. SOLD.

A pocket full of memories, acrylics on canvas, 30″ x 40″, 2012. SOLD.

How long is so long?, acrylics on canvas, 30″ x 40″, 2012. SOLD.

Conception of a dream, acrylics on canvas, 30″ x 40″, 2012.

The wedding, acrylics on canvas, 30″ x 40″, 2012.

Devi (Goddess), acrylics on canvas, 30″ x 40″, 2012.

Independence, acrylics on canvas, 30″ x 40″, 2012.

Keeping in touch, acrylics on canvas, 30″ x 40″, 2012.

Beads for the madam?, acrylics on canvas, 30″ x 40″, 2012.

Formation, acrylics on canvas, 36″ x 18″, 2012. SOLD.

 

Passport, acrylics on canvas, 30″ x 40″, 2011.

 

Monday: Mirror, mirror on the wall;how beautifully tangled I am afterall!, acrylics on mirror, 6″ diameter, 2011.

Tuesday: Step into my world, acrylics on canvas, 30″ x 20″, 2011.

Wednesday: Self Portrait, acrylics & paper on mirror, 7″ x 5″, 2011.

Thursday: Fancy a cuppa?, acrylics on canvas, 30″ x 20″, 2011.

Friday: Aboard the Central, acrylics on canvas, 36″ x 24″, 2011.

Friday again: Aboard the District now, acrylics on canvas, 30″ x 24″, 2011.

The Striped Shoes, acrylics on canvas, 10″ x 12″, 2011. SOLD.

Tie them for me please?, acrylics on canvas, 10″ x 12″, 2011. SOLD.

Thank you!, acrylics on canvas, 10″ x 12″, 2011. SOLD.

Tying loose ends, acrylics on canvas, 24″ x 36″, 2011.

The Rise of a New Dawn (commission work), acrylics on canvas, 30″ x 24″, 2011. SOLD.

The Bohemian, acrylics on canvas, 18″ x 14″, 2011.

The End of Spring, acrylics on canvas, 30″ x 24″, 2011.

The Rift, acrylics on canvas, 12″ x 24″ each (set of 2), 2011.

The Death of Freedom, acrylics on canvas, 30″ x 24″, 2011.

A Stubborn Knot, acrylics & thread on canvas, 18″ x 14″, 2011.

Identity, acrylics on canvas, 40″ x 30″, 2011.

In search of…, acrylics on board, 30″ x 20″, 2011.

Remembering a faded memory, acrylics on canvas, 36″ x 24″, 2011.

Aphrodite in love, acrylics on canvas, 36″ x 24″, 2011.

Reminiscence, oils on canvas, 8″ x 8″ each (set of 4), 2011.

A cup of tea solves everything, acrylics and pencil on canvas, 30″ x 40″, 2011.

No windmills in the mind, acrylics on canvas, 20″ x 27″, 2011.

Where have all the flowers gone?, acrylics on canvas, 20″ x 16″, 2010.

Sisters, oils on canvas, 12″ x 10″, 2010. NOT FOR SALE

Cover Girl, oils on canvas, 15″ x 20″, 2009.

Trapped, oils on canvas, 20″ x 16″, 2009.

Pondering over, oils on paper, 2006. NOT FOR SALE.

The Unveiling, oils on canvas, 2005. SOLD.

The Thinker, oils on canvas, 12″ x 12″, 2005.

Dad, acrylics on canvas, 12″ x 16″, 2010. NOT FOR SALE.

Colours of the medina, acrylics on canvas, 16″ x 16″, 2011.

By the river, acrylics on canvas, 30″ x 20″, 2011.

By the river 2, acrylics on canvas, 30″ x 20″, 2011.

Caravan, acrylics on canvas, 20″ x 16″, 2010.

Spring, oils on canvas, 16″ x 16″, 2008.

Solitude, oils on canvas, 36″ x 36″, 2007

Chaotic me, 2007. (Etching)

Gateway to Heaven, 2006. (Etching)

Untitled, 2006. (Etching)