Kavyakumar Bhatt is a visual artist and printmaker based in Vadodara, Gujarat. A graduate in Graphic Design and a post-graduate in Printmaking from the Faculty of Fine Arts, MSU Baroda, Kavya has been combining his knowledge of design principles and his love for Indian aesthetics to craft his own visual language. As a printmaker, Kavya’s etchings and drawings bring together nuanced line work with indigenous motifs occupying the spaces in-between. And as for his sources of inspiration, they are as rooted as they are diverse. From the Palia and Hatha memorial stone structures to the tattoos of Kathiyawadi men and women; from the playful jungle gyms of public parks to the...
Vipurva Parikh is a photographer living in Mumbai, India. Taking pictures for about sixteen years now, his work is sometimes labeled commercial and sometimes editorial. He doesn’t mind these tags at all, especially if it means getting to travel around India, his favourite muse, and making photographs that to him are always personal. Vipurva finds India’s forms, geometry and people mesmerising, particularly from way up high. Acquiring a drone in recent years has given him an entirely new perspective on landscape photography and, to some extent, life. Which leads him to strongly suspect that birds are wiser than humans. Vipurva has had 2 solo shows - one in Mumbai, India...
Harshvardhan Kadam is an image maker, designer and traveller currently residing in Pondicherry. His first work as a graphic novel was published in 2007 in the US by Virgin Comics. Moving on to art direct computer games, animation and films, he travelled extensively and discovered public spaces and walls as an apt canvas for his form of storytelling. In 2016, Harshvardhan along with his brother painted the largest artwork of India in Pune where it still stands proud today. As a Creative Director nowadays, he imagines fictional universes and characters for films and games. His digital paintings are a way for him to share his energy with others. The art showcased here comes from his...
An Applied Art graduate from the L. S. Raheja School of Art, Bandra, Prashant is one of the most promising new voices in India’s graphic design scene. Inspired by dreams, failures and nature, Prashant prefers using vectors and watercolours to bring his bold yet minimal designs to life. When not working on his next project, he’s usually found in the neighbourhood park working on his cover drive – just like his icon Rahul Dravid.
Muskan Jain is a self-taught artist with formal training in lifestyle accessories designing. Her sculptures - blending seamlessly with contemporary settings - serve as reminders to slow down and savour the mundane. Muskan’s material of choice is clay. That is what lends her creations a soul and transforms them into sources of textural richness. Earthy and alive, they retain the memory of the thumbs that press over them. Having worked with brands like Outhouse Jewellery and Nappa Dori in the initial days of her practice, Muskan currently caters to some of the most prominent names in the design industry under the pseudonym Muscellaneous.
Sajid is a self-taught visual artist who’s been experimenting with shapes, forms and colours since the age of seven. With music and fine art as his biggest sources of inspiration, Sajid has forged a body of work that’s prolific, inventive and, in his own words, vicarious. Constantly merging traditional drawing techniques with digital technology, his abstract and surreal-themed creations find expression in a wide variety of media – from some of the world’s most popular Google stickers to the walls of India’s biggest corporate houses. In 2017, Sajid hosted his first solo show at Blue Tokai, Mumbai.
