Shrimanti Saha Indian, b. 1987
Biography
Born in 1987 in West Bengal, Shrimanti Saha completed a bachelor’s and master’s of visual arts in painting from the Maharaja Sayajirao University, Baroda, in 2009 and 2011 respectively. A combination of expressive dreams, literary narratives and visceral characters blend to create dystopian landscapes in Saha’s practice, which includes drawing, painting and animation, treading the fine line between myth and reality as told through a variety of contexts and inspirations, from film, literature, Indian miniatures, mythology and architecture to news reports, science fiction, comic books and encyclopaedia illustrations.
Saha’s first solo exhibition titled Reveries in the Atelier was held at Vadehra Art Gallery, New Delhi, in 2023. She also presented a solo project titled Alternate Evolutions with the Foundation of Indian Contemporary Art at the India Art Fair in 2023. Saha has also participated in group exhibitions at Bikaner House, New Delhi (2023); Rizq Art Initiative, Abu Dhabi (2023); Vadehra Art Gallery, New Delhi (2023, 2021, 2016–19); Sunaparanta Centre for the Arts, Goa (2021); Sculpture Park, Jaipur (2018); Serendipity Arts Festival, Goa (2016); Mumbai Art Room, Mumbai (2015); and Alliance Française, New Delhi (2015), among others.
Saha was a finalist for the Sovereign Asian Art Prize, Hong Kong, in 2023. She has completed international artist residencies at the Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts, Nebraska, USA (2022); Vermont Studio Center, USA (2019); OMI International Arts Center in New York, USA (2018); Taj Residency and SKE Project, Bangalore (2015); and Kalakriti, Hyderabad (2015). She also received the Amol Vadehra Art Grant by the Foundation of Indian Contemporary Art in 2019 and the Inlaks Fine Arts Award in 2015.
In 2021, the Kiran Nadar Museum of Art, New Delhi, commissioned a painting by the artist for its permanent collection. Her work is also included in Francis J. Greenburger Collection, New York, USA and the Motiwani Jadeja Foundation Collection, California, USA, in addition to important private collections around the world.
The artist lives and works in Vadodara, India.
Works
Exhibitions
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Shrimanti Saha | Reveries in the Atelier
D-53 Defence Colony, New Delhi 15 March - 14 April 2023Shrimanti Saha’s practice reveals a highly cognitive and deeply perceptual understanding of the world at large, which she approaches through historical and contemporary sources and systems of knowledge – from...Read more -
A Handful of Dust
D-53 Defence Colony, New Delhi 19 May - 18 June 2022Exhibiting Artists: Jagannath Panda, K.M. Madhusudhanan, N.S. Harsha, Sudhir Patwardhan, Praneet Soi, Gigi Scaria, Sujith S.N., Susanta Mandal, Pranati Panda, Sachin George Sebastian, Shailesh B.R., Biraaj Dodiya, Shrimanti Saha, Priyanka...Read more -
Cloud Burst | Delhi Contemporary Art Week
Bikaner House, New Delhi 8 - 15 April 2021Our curation titled Cloud Burst features a diverse set of expressions around the general human condition and undertakings, articulated either through more intimate mental and bodily experiences as with Pranati...Read more -
(ME)(MORY) | Curated by Dipti Anand
D-53 Defence Colony 20 January - 24 February 2021(ME)(MORY) is a women’s group show curated by Dipti Anand, featuring nine artists with Subcontinental presences or origins, including Faiza Butt, Ruby Chishti, Anoli Perera, Bakula Nayak, Apnavi Makanji, Rakhi...Read more -
Shrimanti Saha | Fire in the Greenhouse and Other Stories
VAG Fresh 31 August - 4 October 2020Fire in the Greenhouse and Other Stories is an online exhibition of new works by Shrimanti Saha. With this digital presentation – FRESH by VAG – we wish to support...Read more -
SHRIMANTI SAHA | Tales of Expulsion
D-53 Defence Colony, New Delhi 8 April - 10 May 2017A combination of dreams, narratives and characters blend to create dystopian landscapes in Shrimanti’s paintings. Inspired by the writings of Wendy Roniger and Roberto Callaso, Shrimanti’s current body of work...Read more
Art Fairs
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Frieze Seoul
COEX Exhibition Centre, Seoul 6 - 9 September 2023The most urgent and topical discourses of our times seem to stake claim on trends of rupture. In the melting pot that is the contemporary...Read more -
FRIEZE SEOUL
2 - 5 September 2022Our curation explores what it means to share a history, by tracing patterns of consequence in interdependent systems and resting the debate on inter-sectionality. Women’s...Read more -
India Art Fair 2020
30 January - 2 February 2020
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5 best works to glimpse at Delhi contemporary art week: 8th-15th April 2021
By Uma Nair | Times of India 23 March 2021Vadehra’s curation , Cloud Burst features a diverse set of expressions around the general human condition and undertakings, articulated either through more intimate mental and...Read more -
Delhi: An all-women show (ME)(MORY) makes a splash at Vadehra Art Gallery
By Vaishnavi Nayel Talawadekar | Architectural Digest India 22 January 2021An ode to female artistry, with interdisciplinary conversations around the nature of self-building, will soon assume a novel avatar, in the way of an all-women...Read more -
White cube spaces open doors for new talent in Delhi
The New Indian Express 28 September 2020“We started the VAG FRESH initiative during lockdown as this was more important than ever to support emerging artists. We are showcasing Fire in the...Read more -
8 ongoing art initiatives that promise to give you your culture fix for the season
BY Praachi Raniwala | Vogue India 2 September 2020The New Delhi-based gallery has moved online with digital presentations to support young artists , with part proceeds from the exhibition going to the Centre...Read more