DOB 07/06/1982
Education
2008: MVA in Painting, S.N. School- Hyderabad Central University, Hyderabad, India
2005: BFA in Painting, MSU Baroda, India
Work Experience
2025-present: Artist Liaison/Curator at Artcore (UK)- Part-time
2022- 2025: Programme Director at Sandarbh Artist Residency- Part-time
2019 – 2022: Sr. Manager at Gallery Ark and Ark Foundation for the Arts, Vadodara – Full-time
2017 – 2018: Programme Director at Space Studio, Vadodara- Part-time
2010 – 2021: Coordinating Artist for Sandarbh Artist Residency- Part-time
Projects
2025: Equilibrium (in collaboration with Artcore, UK), Partapur, India.
2023: Equilibrium, Partapur, India.
2022: Bhay, a food performance at Gallery Ark, Vadodara, India.
2022: Embark IV&V (co-curated) for Ark Foundation for the Arts, Vadodara, India.
2014: Equilibrium (in collaboration with Sandarbh, BLVS and Walpodenakademie), Partapur, India.
2013: Shop@Sandarbh, Walpodenakademie, Mainz, Germany.
2009 – 2010: Monolith (with Lochan Upadhyay, Bhrigu Sharma), Baroda, Gujarat, India.
Residencies/Workshops
2015: Future of Food, Bemis Centre for Contemporary Arts, Omaha, USA.
2012: Jaipur Chapter: Sandarbh International Artist Residency, Jaipur, India.
2012: Yatoo International Artist Residency, Gongju, South Korea.
2010: Sandarbh Artist Residency, Partapur, India.
2009: Hope (with Pratham-NGO), Delhi, India.
2008: Kanoria Centre of Arts, Ahmedabad, India.
2007: Site Specific Workshop, Mentor- Julia Neuenhausen, HCU, Hyderabad, India. 2005: Bharat Bhavan, Bhopal, India.
2004: Narratives: conceptual illustrations, IDC- IIT, Mumbai, India.
Solo Exhibition
2015: Identify it. Share it. Eat it. Live it., Garden of the Zodiac gallery, Omaha, USA.
Group exhibitions
2022: Parsec, Gallery Ark, Vadodara, India.
2015: Benefit Art Auction, Bemis Centre for Contemporary Arts, Omaha, USA. 2013: Museum Night, Walpodenakademie, Mainz, Germany.
2012: Baroda March, Coomarswamy Hall, Mumbai, India.
2009: The Hub Show, Fine Arts Gallery, MSU, Baroda, India.
2009: Facets of Faces, Open Eyed Dreams, Cochin, India.
2009: Chupa Rastam (Co curator), Monolith Studio, Baroda, India.
2006: Gallery at Home, Bhopal, India.
Awards
2014: Creative Encounters: Cultural Partnerships between Asia and Europe by the Asia-Europe Foundation (ASEF) and Arts Network Asia (ANA) in collaboration with Trans Europe Halles (TEH) for the project Equilibrium (in collaboration with Sandarbh, BLVS and Walpodenakademie)
Festivals
2016: Tapi festival, Surat, India.
Artist Talks
2015: Wilson Memorial Lecture Series, University of Omaha, Omaha, USA.
2025: S. N School of Fine Arts, Central University, Hyderabad
