Vanita Gupta b. 1971

Vanita Gupta’s practise deals with the minimal, most relevant and perennially compelling forms. She confounds us by enlarging the definition of art, conflating genres and pictorial language. Vanita was awarded J D 3rd Rockefeller Fellowship Grant, 2014-15 by the Asian Cultural Council, New York, to observe the contemporary art practice in New York, visit museums and galleries and meet curators. She was invited for a residency at ‘Residency Unlimited’ New York, 2015. Vanita’s video work, the “Balloon Trilogy: Liberation”, was featured at the 16th International Media Art WRO Biennale 2015, Wroclaw, Poland. In 2014, she was awarded the Pollock Krasner Foundation Grant, New York. The same year she was at an artist residency in Vermont Studio Centre, USA. In 2012 her video works were selected by Videoholica International Video Art Festival, Varna, Bulgaria. Vanita was also a recipient of the Raza Award 2008, India for excellence in art. Balloon trilogy, selected for special viewing at Creative Mile Trail, London, presented by Waterman Gallery 2022 sept. Vanita was selected for a residency at ‘Sculpture Space “ New York, 2025. She is recently created a 30 ft sculpture “ Silhouette in flight” for the very first sculpture park of India, at Art Ichol. Maihar. Vanita was born and raised in Mumbai, she lives and works between Mumbai and Bangalore.