For Rohini Devasher, a close reading of the interplay between site, observer and observation is key to the exploration of the relationships between the human and non-human. These themes are central to Devasher, whose research-intensive practice explores the intersections between the humanities and the sciences. Spanning video, sound, printmaking, drawing, installation, and other mediums, her projects illuminate the weird, seductive, and entangled worlds that emerge from deep research and scientific exploration.
Her work has been shown most recently at the Dr. Bhau Daji Lad Mumbai City Museum (Solo 2024), PalaisPopulaire, Berlin (Solo 2024-25), MSP Foundation, San Francisco (Solo 2024), Gallery Wendi Norris, San Francisco (Solo 2024), Kunsthalle Bern, (2024), Museum Catharijneconvent Utrecht, Netherlands (2024) and Tai Kwun Contemporary, Hong Kong (2023), Macao International Art Biennale (2023), Collegium Helveticum, Zurich (2023), Warehouse 421, Abu Dhabi (2023), Rubin Museum of Art in New York (2021–22); the Sea Art Festival in Busan, South Korea (2021); the Vienna Academy of Fine Arts (2021); Kunst Leuven City Festival in Belgium (2021); Sharjah Biennial 14: Leaving the Echo Chamber in the United Arab Emirates (2019); Kaserne Basel (2019); the Museu d’Art Contemporani de Barcelona (2018); 7th Moscow International Biennale of Contemporary Art (2018); Spencer Museum of Art in Lawrence, Kansas (2018).
Devasher is the first Indian artist to be honored by Deutsche Bank as 'Artist of the Year' for 2024. In 2023 she was awarded a dual residency at CERN (European Organization for Nuclear Research) in Geneva, Switzerland, and at the International Centre for Theoretical Sciences (ICTS-TIFR) in Bengaluru, India as part of Connect India, a collaboration between Arts at CERN and the Swiss Arts Council Pro Helvetia. In 2024 she was the recipient of the Pro Helvetia Co-Creation Grant as part of which she will be continuing her research at both institutions in 2025.
Rohini Devasher holds a BFA in painting from New Delhi’s College of Art and an MA in printmaking from the Winchester School of Art in the UK. She is co-represented by Gallery Wendi Norris in San Francisco, California, and Project 88 in Mumbai, India.