Never was a shade : Curated by Prajna Desai

14 May - 18 July 2026
  • Vilayti Kikar
    Anarya
    Vilayti Kikar , 2026
    Pen and ink on Paper
    6 x 6 inches
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  • Vilayti Kikar
    Anarya
    Vilayti Kikar , 2026
    Pen and Ink on Paper
    6 x 6 inches
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  • Vilayti Kikar
    Anarya
    Vilayti Kikar, 2026
    Pen and Ink on Paper
    6 x 6 inches
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  • Vilayti Kikar
    Anarya
    Vilayti Kikar , 2026
    Pen and Ink on Paper
    6 x 6 inches
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  • tail feathers sway, wet branch (afternoon, Western Ghats, Maharashtra, September 7, 2024)
    Claire Baker,
    tail feathers sway, wet branch (afternoon, Western Ghats, Maharashtra, September 7, 2024), 2024
    indigo, malachite, chrysoprase, lapis, and iron oxide with various binders on aluminum
    22 ¾ x 47 3/8 inches
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  • Wooden minds and mossy corridors
    Debabrata Hazra
    Wooden minds and mossy corridors, 2023
    Oil on canvas
    36 x 60 inches
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  • kai ii
    Debasis Beura
    kai ii, 2024
    Watercolour on paper
    22 x 30 inches
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  • kai x
    Debasis Beura
    kai x , 2026
    Watercolour on paper
    11 x 16 inches
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  • kai ix
    Debasis Beura
    kai ix, 2026
    Watercolour on paper
    22 x 30 inches
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  • Tree 4
    Janaki Gandhi
    Tree 4 , 2026
    Archival ink on watercolour paper
    24 x 19.25 inches
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  • Tree 3
    Janaki Gandhi
    Tree 3 , 2026
    Archival ink on watercolour paper
    24 x 19.25 inches
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  • Tree 2
    Janaki Gandhi
    Tree 2 , 2026
    Archival ink on watercolour paper
    24 x 19.25 inches
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  • Tree 1
    Janaki Gandhi
    Tree 1 , 2026
    Archival ink on watercolour paper
    24 x 19.25 inches
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  • Stomata IX
    Khageswar Rout
    Stomata IX, 2026
    Graphite on Terracotta
    12.75 x 28.25 x 16 inches
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  • Stomata VIII
    Khageswar Rout
    Stomata VIII, 2026
    Graphite on Terracotta
    22.75 x 17 x 11 inches
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  • Between herbaria and habitat II
    Khageswar Rout
    Between herbaria and habitat II, 2024-25
    Water colour, Earth and stone pigment and natural Indigo on paper
    40 x 55 inches
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  • Bird sown
    Mahesh Baliga
    Bird sown, 2026
    Casein on board
    10 x 12 inches
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  • Silk tree
    Mahesh Baliga
    Silk tree, 2026
    Casein on board
    12 x 10 inches
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  • Tree
    Mahesh Baliga
    Tree, 2026
    Casein on linen
    22 x 30 inches
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  • Phantom Limb
    Neha Luthra
    Phantom Limb , 2026
    Mixed media (Acrylic ink & colour pencil on watercolour paper)
    15.5 x 22 inches
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  • In Absentia
    Neha Luthra
    In Absentia , 2026
    Mixed media (Acrylic ink & colour pencil on watercolour paper)
    15.5 x 22 inches
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  • A Sublime Presence
    Neha Luthra
    A Sublime Presence , 2025
    Oil on linen
    20 x 16 inches
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  • Companion A
    Neha Luthra
    Companion A, 2023
    Lightfast colour pencil on paper
    8 x 11.5 inches
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  • Companion B
    Neha Luthra
    Companion B , 2023
    Lightfast colour pencil on paper
    11.5 x 8 inches
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  • Untitled from the series Hypnagogia
    Poulomi Basu
    Untitled from the series Hypnagogia , 2025
    Film printed on archival paper
    24 x 36 inches
    Edition of 3 plus 2 artist's proofs (#1/3)
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  • Canopy: As Tranquil As Can Be
    Raqs Media Collective
    Canopy: As Tranquil As Can Be, 2026
    Plexi, Cable ties
    9.8 x 13.25 feet
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  • Dispersal 1
    Sandeep Mukherjee
    Dispersal 1, 2025
    Acrylic and color pencil on Duralene
    18 x 18 inches
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  • Dispersal 2
    Sandeep Mukherjee
    Dispersal 2, 2025
    Acrylic and color pencil on Duralene
    18 x 18 inches
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  • Pe(ople)epal Tree
    Sahil Sawant
    Pe(ople)epal Tree, 2025
    Graphite pencil and digital post-production
    21 x 25 inches
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  • Vitthal Mandir Practises
    Sahil Sawant
    Vitthal Mandir Practises , 2025
    Graphite pencil and digital post-production
    25 x 18 inches
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  • RainForest Street
    Sahil Sawant
    RainForest Street , 2025
    Graphite pencil and digital post-production
    18 x 24 inches
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  • Stories of CB Patil Chawl
    Sahil Sawant
    Stories of CB Patil Chawl , 2025
    Graphite pencil and digital post-production
    18 x 25 inches
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  • Mother Tree
    Sashikanth Thavudoz
    Mother Tree , 2026
    Single channel AV
    3 minutes 8 seconds
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  • Roots of Survival
    Soumen Mondal
    Roots of Survival, 2026
    Cloth, transparent paper, charcoal, dry leaves, Nepali paper, banana bark,
    black ink, tree fiber, long grass, natural fiber, and natural and synthetic adhesive.
    21 x 50 inches
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  • The Narrator of Material Memory
    Soumen Mondal
    The Narrator of Material Memory, 2025
    Cloth, transparent paper, charcoal, dry leaves, Nepali paper, banana bark,
    black ink, tree fiber, long grass, natural fiber, and natural and synthetic adhesive.
    17.5 x 25 inches
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  • An aggressive wind
    Soumen Mondal
    An aggressive wind, 2024
    Cloth, transparent paper, charcoal, dry leaves, Nepali paper, banana bark,
    black ink, tree fiber, long grass, natural fiber, and natural and synthetic adhesive.
    21.5 x 27 inches
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  • AGGRESSIVE DELTA 8
    Soumen Mondal
    AGGRESSIVE DELTA 8 , 2024
    Cloth, transparent paper, charcoal, dry leaves, Nepali paper, banana bark,
    black ink, tree Fiber, long grass, natural fiber, and natural and synthetic adhesive.
    26 x 37 inches
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  • The Raft
    Soumya Netrabile
    The Raft, 2025
    glazed terracotta
    12 x 10.5 x 10 inches
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  • Happening somewhere in Goalpara, Santiniketan II
    Subhankar Chakraborty
    Happening somewhere in Goalpara, Santiniketan II, 2024
    Graphite, Charcoal, Pen, and Ink on paper
    22 x 28 inches
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  • Metamorphosis of an abandoned land II
    Subhankar Chakraborty
    Metamorphosis of an abandoned land II, 2023
    Graphite, charcoal, watercolour, digital print, pen and ink on paper
    28 x 22 inches
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  • Metamorphosis of an abandoned land I
    Subhankar Chakraborty
    Metamorphosis of an abandoned land I , 2023
    Graphite, charcoal, watercolour, pen and ink on paper
    28 x 15 inches
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  • TREES & REFLECTION IN WHISPERED LINES
    Suresh Kumar Singha
    TREES & REFLECTION IN WHISPERED LINES, 2025
    Tempra, charcoal, acrylic on handmade paper
    11 x 8 inches
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  • SYMPHONY OF SEASONS & SOLITUDE
    Suresh Kumar Singha
    SYMPHONY OF SEASONS & SOLITUDE, 2025
    Tempra, ink, acrylic on paper
    7 x 5 inches
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  • FROM THE SECRET GARDEN
    Suresh Kumar Singha
    FROM THE SECRET GARDEN, 2024
    Tempera, ink, and acrylic on paper
    7 x 5 inches
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  • BRANCHES IN BETWEEN THE LEAVES OF MEMORY
    Suresh Kumar Singha
    BRANCHES IN BETWEEN THE LEAVES OF MEMORY, 2023
    Charcoal, tempera, acrylic on paper
    7 x 5 inches
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  • Orderly Chaos
    Tejal Shah
    Orderly Chaos, 2025
    Botanical print with oak & yellow raspberry leaves, fern, marigold & other herbs on unbleached calico
    23 x 26 inches
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  • If a Tree is Being Felled in a Forest...
    Tejal Shah
    If a Tree is Being Felled in a Forest..., 2026
    Botanical print with fern, chir pine needles & marigold on unbleached organic calico
    28.5 x 28.7 inches
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  • Drizzle
    Bansri Om Chavda
    Drizzle, 2024
    Kandhar Ink, Graphite Powder, salt on Hotpressed Paper
    30 × 22.05 inches
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  • Rend
    Bansri Om Chavda
    Rend, 2024
    Acrylic Ink, Graphite Powder on Arches Hotpressed Paper
    10.25 × 7.10 inches
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  • Sway
    Bansri Om Chavda
    Sway, 2024
    Sumi Ink on Arches Hotpressed Paper
    10.25 × 7.10 inches
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  • Crackle
    Bansri Om Chavda
    Crackle, 2024
    Acrylic Ink, salt on Arches Hotpressed Paper
    10.25 × 7.10 inches
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  • Rustle
    Bansri Om Chavda
    Rustle , 2024
    Acrylic Ink, Graphite Powder, Salt on Arches Hotpressed Paper
    10.25 × 7.10 inches
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  • wet bark, dim shimmer (morning, Western Ghats, Maharashtra, July 9, 2024)
    Claire Baker,
    wet bark, dim shimmer (morning, Western Ghats, Maharashtra, July 9, 2024), 2024
    chrysoprase, chrysocolla, malachite, and surma with various binders on aluminum
    8 panels in series, 14 1/2 x 10 x 3/4 in
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  • Beneath the boughs, the leaves confide
    Debabrata Hazra
    Beneath the boughs, the leaves confide, 2024
    Oil on canvas
    42 x 48 inches
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  • Noon reporting away
    Debabrata Hazra
    Noon reporting away, 2023
    Oil on canvas
    42 x 48 inches
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  • Underneath a mango tree
    Debabrata Hazra
    Underneath a mango tree, 2022
    Oil on canvas
    36 x 60 inches
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  • The way life goes
    Nisha Manavi
    The way life goes, 2025
    Mixed media on canvas
    10 x 8 inches
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  • Dancing under the ground
    Nisha Manavi
    Dancing under the ground, 2025
    Mixed media on canvas
    8 x 10 inches
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  • The more I flow, the more I grow
    Nisha Manavi
    The more I flow, the more I grow, 2025
    Mixed media on canvas
    12 x 12 inches
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  • Dancing with the wind
    Nisha Manavi
    Dancing with the wind, 2025
    Mixed media on canvas
    8 x 10 inches
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  • Heart that never stops to beat
    Nisha Manavi
    Heart that never stops to beat, 2025
    Mixed media on canvas
    12 x 12 inches
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  • Sweetheart
    Neha Choksi
    Sweetheart, 2010-2011
    Single-channel HD video, stereo
    5 minutes 43 seconds
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  • Left to right: As (On the other side), Toward (On the other side), Inside (On the other side), Into (On the other side)
    Neha Choksi
    Left to right: As (On the other side), Toward (On the other side), Inside (On the other side), Into (On the other side)
    Glass paint baked onto tempered ultra-clear glass, gray one-way mirror, walnut wood
    17 x 20 x 3 inches each
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  • Mango leaf
    Palvi Godambe
    Mango leaf , 2023
    Eco-printing on cotton
    42 x 35 inches
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  • Post Harvest Residue
    Palvi Godambe
    Post Harvest Residue , 2023
    Eco-printing on Silk
    31 x 35 inches
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  • Finding Kalpavriksha
    Rahul Juneja
    Finding Kalpavriksha, 2023
    Single-channel video
    5:45 minutes
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  • Dangling Dews
    Rahul Juneja
    Dangling Dews, 2023
    Single-channel video
    6:01 minutes
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  • Epistemic Fruit
    Rahul Juneja
    Epistemic Fruit, 2023
    Photographic print
    24 x 30 inches
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  • "Untitled" (studies of plants and trees in and around Baroda)
    R Magesh
    "Untitled" (studies of plants and trees in and around Baroda), 2026
    Ink, oil pastel, and soft pastel on paper
    12 x 8 inches
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  • "Untitled" (studies of plants and trees in and around Baroda)
    R Magesh
    "Untitled" (studies of plants and trees in and around Baroda), 2026
    Ink, oil pastel and soft pastel on paper
    12 x 8 inches
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  • "Untitled" (studies of plants and trees in and around Baroda)
    R Magesh
    "Untitled" (studies of plants and trees in and around Baroda), 2026
    Ink, oil pastel, and soft pastel on paper
    12 x 8 inches
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  • Persistence of Faith III
    R Magesh
    Persistence of Faith III, 2023
    Concrete, Iron, Silicon carbide, and Ink
    24 x 57 inches
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  • Persistence of Faith I
    R Magesh
    Persistence of Faith I, 2023
    Silicon carbide and ink on handmade hemp paper
    25 x 34 inches
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  • If a tree asks you for a match box? (Composition 1)
    Robin Rawat
    If a tree asks you for a match box? (Composition 1), 2026
    Acrylic on canvas
    21 x 27 inches
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  • If a tree asks you for a match box? (Composition 2)
    Robin Rawat
    If a tree asks you for a match box? (Composition 2), 2026
    Acrylic on Canvas
    21 x 27 inches
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  • Shadow of Trees 1
    Sandeep Mukherjee
    Shadow of Trees 1, 2026
    Acrylic on Duralene
    24 x 24 inches
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  • Shadow of Trees 2
    Sandeep Mukherjee
    Shadow of Trees 2, 2026
    Acrylic on Duralene
    24 x 24 inches
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  • Shadow of Trees 3
    Sandeep Mukherjee
    Shadow of Trees 3, 2026
    Acrylic on Duralene
    36 x 36 inches
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  • Black Limbs
    Soumya Netrabile
    Black Limbs, 2026
    glazed terracotta
    12 x 10.5 x 10
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  • Above the Ruins
    Soumya Netrabile
    Above the Ruins, 2025
    glazed stoneware
    12 X 11 X 11 inches
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  • The Ghost Inside
    Soumya Netrabile
    The Ghost Inside, 2022
    glazed stoneware
    11 x 11 x 11 inches
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