Bharat Sikka India, b.1973
Bharat Sikka began his photographic practice before studying at the Parsons School of Design, NY. Sikka’s long term photographic projects have centred on the cultural residues and societal transformations within India, rendered with the visual language and material forms of contemporary art photography. His work subtly speaks to India’s history and regionality (of Kashmir, in Where the Flowers Still Grow), the tide of globalization (Matter), and masculinity (Indian Men).
Lives and works between Europe and India.
Solo Exhibitions
2025
Souvenir Shop, Nature Morte, Mumbai
2023
Waiting for Midnight, Nature Morte, New Delhi
Waiting for Midnight, Communion (Lovebirds Studio), Mumbai
2022
Coming Through in Waves, Unseen, Amsterdam
2021
The Sapper, Nature Morte, New Delhi
2020
Coming Through in Waves- Paris Photo, Nature Morte
2019
The Sapper, Unseen, Amsterdam
The Marlborough Theatre – Shed 9/Nature Morte, New Delhi
2018
Where The Flowers Still Grow – Sunaparanta, Goa
2017
Where The Flowers Still Grow – Nature Morte, New Delhi
Intimation – Focus Photo Festival
2016
Where the Flowers Still Grow – Kochi Muziris Biennale
Reimagine – Photoworks and Brighton Photo Festival
2013
Matter – Unseen Photo
Matter Show Live – Focus Festival, Mumbai
2012
Matter – Nature Morte, New Delhi
2011
Matter – Nature Morte, Berlin
2010
The Road to Salvador do Mundo – Project 88, Mumbai
The Road to Salvador do Mundo – Sunaparanta Art Centre, Goa
2009
Skinny Legs & All – Weiden & Kennedy, New Delhi
The Road to Salvador do Mundo – Nature Morte, New Delhi
2008
Space In Between – Matthieu Foss Gallery, Mumbai
Otto Zoo, Milan
Space in Between – Chatterjee & Lal, Mumbai
Indian Men – Otto Zoo, Milan
National Museum, New Delhi, India
Nature Morte, Project Space
2007
Nature Morte & Bose Pacia, Calcutta
2005
Families – Galerie Valerie Cueto, Paris
2003
Indian Men – Artist Space, New York
Group Exhibitions
2017
Intimation – Focus Photo Festival
‘Matter ’A Part Of A Million Mutinies Later, India at 70, as part of Diffusion – Cardiff International Festival of Photography
2010
Where Three Dreams Cross: 150 Years Of Photography From India – Pakistan And Bangladesh, Whitechapel Gallery, London & Fotomuseum Winterthur, Switzerland
2009
The Purple Wall – Curated By Gayatri Sinha, India Art Summit, New Delhi
Il Giallo Di Napoli, Castel Dell’ovo, Napoli
Bharat Sikka / Krzysztof Bednarski — Il Giallo Di Napoli Nell'europa Dei Cinque Continenti, Al Blu Di Prussia, Napoli
India Moderna – Ivam Institut Valencia D’art Modern, Valencia
India 3: New ‘Republic Of Illusions’ – Krinzinger Projekte, Vienna
2008
Tarn et Garonne – Landscapes and Portraits, Place des Invalides, Paris
Entry In The Neuflise Vie Collection For Photography – Paris 2008 1x1 Gallery, Dubai
2007
Rencontres D'arles – Space In-between
2006
Armory Show – New York
Paris Photo, Anne De Villepoix
Indian Men – Lille 3000
Education
B.F.A in photography from Parsons School of Design, NYC, 1996
Monographs
2013
Looking For Nyamu – Lalit Kala Akadami, Perth
2012
Looking For Nyamu – Lalit Kala Akadami, New Delhi
The Road To Salvador Do Mundo – Photophnom Penh, Cambodia
Fotofeo – The Road To Salvador Do Mundo, Australia
Matter, "Divergence — Photographs from Elsewhere", Midland Atelier
The Matter Within – YBCA Buena Center for the Arts, San Francisco
2011
The Generation In Transition – Zacheta National Gallery Of Art, Warsaw
Concurrent India – Helsinki Art Museum, Helsinki & Kulturhuset, Stockholm
Awards
'Ripples in the Pond' shortlisted for Paris Photo-Aperture Photobook Award
Best Photographs 2005 from Time Magazine
50 Influential Photographer from Flash Art
PDN’s 30 Choice of Emerging Photographers
Parsons Scholarship, Parson's School of Design, New York