EDUCATION
2009–2013 M.A. Indology, Tilak Maharashtra Vidyapeeth, Pune, India
2009–2011 M.V.A. Art History, The Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda, India
2003–2008 B.F.A. Painting, Bharati Vidyapeeth’s College of Fine Arts, affiliated to University of Pune, India
SELECTED SOLO & DUO EXHIBITIONS
2026 Bonds per stitch, Solo exhibition, Framer Framed gallery + Amsterdam Gemeente Oost, Amsterdam NL
2026 Choreographies of Compliances, duo exhibition with Razia Barasati, South Asian Contemporary, Amsterdam, NL
2025 Bonds per Stitch, Treehouse NDSM, Amsterdam, NL; Stadsdeel Amsterdam Noord, Amsterdam, NL
2022 Shadows, Stitches & Many Hands, Sudarshan Kaladalan, Pune, India. Curated by Vrushali Dhage
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
2026 Come Back to Your Nature/Culture, Treehouse NDSM, Amsterdam, NL
2026 Queertropolis, Treehouse NDSM, Amsterdam, NL
2026 Objects, Obscurity and Conflicts, OED Gallery, Kochi, India. Kochi-Muziris Biennale parallel exhibition
2026 Brussels Sprout, Treehouse NDSM, Amsterdam, NL
2026 It’s Personal Festival, Talk + Presentation, Amstel CC, Amsterdam, NL
2025 Refresh 3: Imagine the Future, Amsterdam Museum, Amsterdam, NL
2025 As Tranquil as Can Be, Serendipity Arts Festival, Goa, India
2025 Temporarily Out of Place, Treehouse NDSM, Amsterdam, NL
2025 I We Them, Bikaner House, New Delhi, India
2025 Women House, Fuse Art Gallery, Amsterdam, NL
2025 Wunderships, Fuse Art Gallery, Amsterdam, NL
2024 Casa de Mulheres, Museum of Modern Art, Salvador, Brazil
2024 I Log-in Therefore I Am, Treehouse NDSM, Amsterdam, NL
2024 Nieuw New Babylon, Fuse Art Gallery, Amsterdam, NL
2023 Geen Woorden Maar Draden, Wereld Museum, Rotterdam, NL. Curated by Daan van Dartel
2023 Non-Native Native Festival, Framer Framed Gallery, Amsterdam, NL
2023 OP DE VLUCHT, Fuse Art Gallery, Amsterdam, NL
2023 Labour of Love, Treehouse NDSM, Amsterdam, NL
2023 Kaalstraat Festival, travelling boat exhibition, Amsterdam, Breda, Maarssen and Amersfoort, NL
2023 Process of Creation, Treehouse NDSM, Amsterdam, NL
2021 Womanism, Nippon Art Gallery, Mumbai, India
2020 Beyond Quilting, Nautilus Expo, Amsterdam, NL
2019 Asia Culture Week, Asia Culture Centre, Gwangju, South Korea
2019 Boven de Kronen, Barbarakerk, Culemborg, NL
2017 Towards Resistance, TIFA Working Studios, Pune, India
2017 Image per Second, TIFA Working Studios, Pune, India
2016 Wari – Ek Aanandyatra, Balgandharva Gallery, Pune, India
2015 The Non-Diplomatic Discourse, Refracting Room, KHOJ Pune International Artist Residency, Pune, India
2015 Flagship Exhibition, Pune Biennale, Pune, India
GRANTS
2026 Project Research Grant, Bonds per Stitch – Phase III, Amsterdam Fonds voor de Kunst
2026 Project Grant, Between Us: Stories and Encounters, Stichting Mensen Maken Amsterdam – Fonds voor Noord
2025 Voucher International, Mondriaan Fonds, for OED Gallery exhibition, Kochi, India
2025 Voucher International, Mondriaan Fonds, for I We Them, Bikaner House, New Delhi, India
2024 Kunstenaarshonorarium, Mondriaan Fonds
2024 Voucher Ontwikkeling, Mondriaan Fonds
2019 Project Grant, Bonds per Stitch, Stichting Mensen Maken Amsterdam – Fonds voor Noord
2019 ASEF Mobility Grant, Asia-Europe Foundation
2018 Project Grant, Beyond Quilting, Stimuleringsfonds
2018 Project Grant, Beyond Quilting, Stokroos Stichting
COMMUNITY ART PROJECTS
2024–ongoing Bonds per Stitch
Long-term participatory project exploring migration, belonging, memory and relationships through
textile practice, developed across India and the Netherlands.
2015–2020 Quilt Culture, Kondhava, Pune, India
Initiated a collective of 30 women from marginalised caste and economically disadvantaged
backgrounds, using traditional Godhadi quilting to create employment, financial independence and
collective ownership. The collective has operated independently with full ownership since 2018.
https://www.facebook.com/QuiltCulture/
2014–2016 #Hyperreal_ident_ity
Facebook-based community art project exploring the coexistence of virtual and physical realities.
CURATORIAL PROJECTS
2024 I Log-in Therefore I Am, Curator, Treehouse NDSM, Amsterdam
Concept, grant writing, communications, press and exhibition design.
2019 Beyond Quilting, Project Director, Pune
Collaborative workshop with Indian and Dutch designers and Godhadi quilters. Concept, legal
agreements, fundraising, budgets and production.
2015 Assistant Curator, Pune Biennale, Pune
Parallel activities and street-art programme.
2014 Swelling Surroundings, Curator, Sudarshan Kaladalan, Pune
Concept, artist selection, exhibition design and publicity.
2014 Uprooting the Aboriginals, Curator, Sudarshan Kaladalan, Pune
Concept and exhibition design.
2013 Retrospective of Pune Art, Co-Curator, Pune
Conceptual framework and exhibition design.
RESIDENCIES & WORKSHOPS
2019 ACC_R Residency, Asia Culture Centre, Gwangju, South Korea
2015 Pune International Artists’ Residency, KHOJ/TIFA, Pune
2008 Zinc-etching Print Workshop, Bharati Vidyapeeth College of Fine Arts, Pune
2007 National Camp for Upcoming Artists, Lalit Kala Academy, Chennai; Viscosity Print Workshop, Bharati Vidyapeeth College of Fine Arts, Pune
2005 All India Painting Camp, Kala Niketan, Ujjain
2004 National Student Painting Camp, Bharat Bhavan, Bhopal; Lithography Camp, M.P. Tourism Department, Ratapani
2003 Creative Art Camp, PUPRA, NCL Campus, Pune; State Landscape Camp, Mudra Niketan, Alibag.
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
2013–2017 Guest Faculty, Symbiosis Institute of Design, Pune Introduction to History of Art & Design;
Modern Western Art and its adaptation in advertising; Introduction to Oriental Painting | B.Des., Years 1–2
2012–2013 Lecturer, Vishwakarma Creative-I College, Pune
Ancient Civilizations; Indian Art History; Indian & Western Aesthetics | B.F.A. Painting, Years 1–3
2011–2014 Guest Faculty, Bharati Vidyapeeth’s College of Fine Arts, Pune
Ancient Civilizations; Indian Art History; Fundamentals of Art; Modern & Contemporary Art | B.F.A.
Painting, Years 1–4
2014 Guest Faculty, MIT Institute of Design, Pune
Art Appreciation | Undergraduate
2014 Guest Faculty, Bharati Vidyapeeth College of Architecture, Pune
Art Appreciation; External Jury, Theory of Design | B.Arch., Year 3
2008–2009 Lecturer, K.K. Wagh College of Fine Arts, Nashik
Ancient Civilizations; Indian Art History; Fundamentals of Art | B.F.A. Painting, Years 1–2
RESEARCH
2013 Regional Researcher, Asia Art Archive Bibliography Project
Research on writings on modern and contemporary art from Maharashtra in Marathi, Hindi and English.
2013 Paper Presentation, Locating Art Histories: Dialogues on Language, Writings and Research in
India, Asia Art Archive / India Foundation for the Arts
An Ontological Survey of Artist’s Writings in Roop-bheda, 1957–77.
SELECTED PRESS & REVIEWS
2025 De Kunstmeisjes, Op Studiobezoek bij... Rucha Kulkarni — review of Bonds per Stitch
2023 Art & Deal, Ecologies of Creative Exchanges: Tradition, Skill and Voices — review of Shadows,
Stitches and Many Hands
2023 Indian Contemporary Art Journal, Weaving Through an Intangible Tradition — review of Shadows,
Stitches and Many Hands
2020 No Borders Journal, Empower Women & Enrich Tradition: In Conversation With Quilt Culture Founder
2022 Times of India Pune mirror STITCH IN TIME - Pune Times Mirror
2020 Loksatta (Marathi) चि त्रकर्ती : गोधडीची कलात्मक ऊब
2019 Times of India Pune Mirror Cross-border stitches - Pune Times Mirror
2019 The Indian Express Beyond Quilting: Godhadi makes seamless debut in Indo-Dutch collaboration
2017 The Times of India Pune Mirror, Reuse, Don’t Throw
2017 The Times of India Pune Mirror, Art for Resistance
2017 The Times of India Pune Mirror, Landscapes of Doom — interview
2016 The Times of India Pune Mirror, Godhadi Gets Mediterranean Cover — interview
2016 City Shor, Quilt Culture – Where Art Meets Tradition Meets a Social Cause
2015 The Times of India Pune Mirror, Reviving the Dying Art of Godhadis, Stitch by Stitch — interview
2015 Z 24 Taas, Smart Women — review of Quilt Culture
2015 The Times of India, Silent Protest
2014 The Times of India Pune Mirror, Art Against Superstition
2014 The Indian Express, Only Change Is Permanent
ADDITIONAL TRAINING
2017 Art of the MOOC: Activism and Social Movements, Duke University, USA
2011 Curation Theory Workshop, India Foundation for the Arts, Baroda & Hyderabad, India
