Gone Are The Days · c. 2016–2018

Fourteen paintings of a country's discarded equipment. Withdrawn coins, a pillar postbox, hand-lettered posters for the last single-screen cinemas, a tonga going out as an auto-rickshaw arrives. What is leaving she paints in full oil; what is arriving she draws as a single bare line.

Recent work · 2024–

Then the register changes. Hotter reds, a darker ground, and green entering her palette for the first time. Her own words for these: pause, stillness, silence, listening. Two have already gone to New York and London.

Bandh Darwaze · Closed Doors · 2018

Four paintings of old doors, one foot square. A hasp, a bolt, a heart-shaped knocker, and a padlock hanging open on its staple. Her only work without a figure in it, and the closest she comes to abstraction.

Artist's statement

They are not things, They are everything They come to me They hold my hand They give me a brush Then sit quietly In front of me I put them on canvas I don't paint Am not a painter

Eighteen solo exhibitions · 2005–2018

Triveni Kala Sangam · India Habitat Centre · ICCR · Travancore Art Gallery · Lalit Kala Akademi · Nehru Art Gallery, Bombay.

“As an artist whose work knows no borders, my pieces have journeyed far and wide, finding their place in numerous private art collections globally. My creative expression has resonated with diverse audiences, building connections that span continents.”