Nidhi Agarwal Faridabad, Haryana, India, b.1972
Nidhi Agarwal (b. 1972) is a graduate of the College of Arts, Delhi. She continues to work and live in Delhi. Agarwal’s solo exhibitions have been presented by institutions such as Nature Morte, New Delhi; Artist Center Gallery, Mumbai; and Dhoomimal Gallery, New Delhi. Her works have also been exhibited at institutions such as Macedonian Museum of Contemporary Art, Thessaloniki, Greece; Penza Museum, Penza, Russia; and the Indira Gandhi National Center for the Arts (IGNCA), New Delhi, India. She has been felicitated with the Pollock Krasner Foundation Grant 2016–2017, New York, USA, and has undertaken residencies like the Art PARTage Residency and Workshop, Triangle Network, Mauritius in 2019, and the DrawInternational Residency, Caylus, France in 2018.
Selected Artworks
Exhibitions
Solo Exhibitions
2025
The Dichotomous Salon, Nature Morte, New Delhi, India
2022
The Zeitgeist Tease, Nature Morte, New Delhi, India
2021
Haphazard Senses (Online Viewing Room), Nature Morte, New Delhi, India
2018
Amalgamation, Artist Centre Gallery, Mumbai, India
2014
Psychic, Oberoi Hotel, Gurgaon, India, Presented by Nature Morte
2010
Spectrum, Hotel Taj, New Delhi, India
2007
Existence is bliss, Dhoomimal Gallery, New Delhi, India
2004
Water, Triveni Art Gallery, New Delhi, India
2000
Portraits of the next Millennium, Gallery Food for Thought, Bangalore, India
1997
Miniatures, Art Konsult, New Delhi, India
1996
The Different Faces, Triveni Gallery, New Delhi, India
1994
People, All India Fine Arts & Crafts Society Gallery, New Delhi, India
Group Exhibitions
2024
Manifestoes in the Open Air, Lalit Kala Akademi, Chennai, India
Battle Royale, Nature Morte, New Delhi, India
2023
A Demonstration of Ornamentation, Nature Morte, New Delhi, India
2022
DCWA, Bikaner House presented by Nature Morte, New Delhi, India
2020
AORA: II (Online Viewing Room), AORA Space
The Future is not Fixed (Online Viewing Room), Curated by Arjun Dev Sawhney, Presented by Nature Morte and Vadehra Art Gallery, New Delhi, India
In Touch Edition IV (Online Viewing Room), Presented by Nature Morte, New Delhi, India
Four Flags, Nature Morte, New Delhi, India
The Idea of The Acrobat, Bikaner House, New Delhi, India, Presented by Nature Morte
India Art Fair, New Delhi, India, Presented by Nature Morte
2019
Brief Parables of Dystopia, Macedonian Museum of Contemporary Art, Thessaloniki, Greece
The Cadence of Freefall, Gallery ONKAF, Hamburg, Germany
2018
Lateral Thinking, Nature Morte, New Delhi, India
Contemporary Art of India, Penza Museum, Penza, Russia
Past Perfect, Indira Gandhi National Center for the Arts, New Delhi (IGNCA), India, Presented by Sahitya Kala Parishad
Through My Eyes, Curated by Sushma Vishwakarma, Triveni Kala Sangam, New Delhi, India, Presented by Shridharani Gallery
CIMA Art Mela, Kolkata, India, Presented by Center for International Modern Art (CIMA)
1st International Print Biennale, Lalit Kala Academi, New Delhi, India
2017
Group Show of Indian Artists, Art Penza Gallery, Penza, Russia
PostAge (Traveling Exhibition), Artist Centre Gallery, Mumbai, India
Chandigarh, India
Busan International Art Fair, Busan, South Korea
New Works by, Nature Morte, New Delhi, India
SKETCH 2017 (Traveling Exhibition), Rabley Drawing Centre, Mildenhall, UK
Plymouth College of Art, Plymouth, England
Black Swan Arts, Frome, UK
Peter Scott Gallery, Lancaster, UK
Mediterranean Day of Visual Arts in Hammermat, Hammamet, Tunisia, Presented by Art Attitude
The International Visual Arts Exhibition, JDA Perera Gallery, Colombo, Sri Lanka
Annual Exhibition, Emami Chisel Art Gallery, Kolkata, India
PDAF Exhibition, Nehru Centre, Mumbai, India
2016
A Whimsical Fantasy, Visual Art Gallery, India Habitat Centre, New Delhi, India, Presented by Art Konsult
Vaama III, All India Fine Arts & Crafts Society, New Delhi, India
There is a place called Elsewhere: Within us, Gallery Under the Mango Tree, Berlin, Germany
G20 International Art Exchange Exhibition, Qianjiang International Art Museum, Hangzhou, China
2015
The 377191 Wall, Gallery Beyond, Mumbai, India
National Exhibition (Traveling Exhibition), Bharat Bhavan, Bhopal, India, Presented by South Zone Cultural Centre
South Zone Cultural Centre, Pune, Maharashtra, India
Vaama II, Twin Art Gallery, Indira Gandhi National Center for the Arts (IGNCA), New Delhi, India
2014
India Art Fair, New Delhi, India, Presented by Mark Rothko Art Center
2013–15
Mark Rothko 2013 (Traveling Exhibition), Vidzeme Concert Hall, Daugavpils, Latvia,
Presented by Daugavpils Mark Rothko Art Center Collection
The Art House of Kuldiga, Kuldiga, Latvia
2013
Alliance Française de Delhi, New Delhi, India
The Black frame Project: Your Singapore, Indigo Blue Art, Singapore
United Art Fair, Pragati Maidan, New Delhi, India
India Art Fair, New Delhi, India, Presented by Pursuit and Nature Morte
2012
Luminous Hues, Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi, India
Small is Big Gallery, Durbar Hall Art Gallery, Kochi, India
Titillations & Gratifications, Nature Morte, New Delhi, India
Nerves Under Your Skin, Nature Morte, Gurgaon, India
15th Asian Art Biennale, Dhaka, Bangladesh
2011
Anthology of Styles, Gallery Contemplate, Coimbatore, India, Presented by Nature Morte and Gallery Contemplate
India Art Fair, New Delhi, India
2010
On Canvas 1, Gallery Art Motif, New Delhi, India
The Gamut, Nature Morte, New Delhi, India
Pretty Ugly, Bose Pacia Gallery, Kolkata, India
India Art Fair, New Delhi, India
2009
Deep in Black, Galerie Müller & Plate, Munich, Germany
Collector’s Stop, Art Gallery, New Delhi, India
Annual Show, Galerie Müller & Plate, Munich, Germany
“Drawing” The – Essence, Visual Art Gallery, New Delhi, India
Untitled, Gallery Art Motif, New Delhi, India
India Art Fair, New Delhi, India
2008
101 Indo Korean Art Exhibition, Lalit Kala Academy, New Delhi, India
2007
Archival Show, Dhoomimal Gallery, New Delhi, India
2006
Galerie Müller & Plate, Munich, Germany
2005
Synergy for the Destiny, Art Indus Visual Art Gallery, New Delhi, India
21 Korean & Indian Women Artist Show, All India Fine Arts & Crafts Society, New Delhi, India
Women Artist Show, Hauz Khas Village, New Delhi, India
Women’s Art Exhibition, Dhoomimal Gallery, New Delhi, India
2004
Art Indus, New Delhi, India
2000
Food For Thought, Art Konsult, New Delhi, India
1998
Gallery Steps, New Delhi, India
Frankfurt Art Fair, Frankfurt, Germany
1997
Frankfurt Art Fair, Frankfurt, Germany
1996
Hotel Ashoka Samrat, Gallery Art Konsult, New Delhi, India
Frankfurt Art Fair, Frankfurt, Germany
1995
Frankfurt Art Fair, Frankfurt, Germany
1994
Frankfurt Art Fair, Frankfurt, Germany
1993
10 Artists Show, Lalit Kala Academy, New Delhi, India
Bharat Bhawan Biennale, Bhopal, India
1992
33rd National Exhibition of Art, Lalit Kala Academy, New Delhi, India
Awards
2023
Tao Hua Tan, 6th residency, Anhui Province, China
2019
Conflict Zone, Art PARTage Residency and Workshop, Triangle Network, Mauritius
2018
Draw International Residency, Caylus, France
2017
Prafulla Dhanaukar: All India M. F. Husain Award, Mumbai, India
2016
Black & White Mixed Media Residency, Noida, India
Pollock Krasner Foundation Grant 2016–2017, New York, USA
2014
7th International Sculpture Symposium, Penza, Russia
2013
Mark Rothko International Artists Residency, Daugavpils, Latvia
Pollock Krasner Foundation Grant 2013–2014, New York, USA
2011
Junior fellowship Ministry of Culture, New Delhi, India
ART CHENNAI Art Residency II, Kodaikanal, India
2007
79th All India Fine Arts and Crafts Society Award in Drawing, New Delhi, India
2004
28th Annual Art exhibition Award Painting, Sahitya Kala Parishad, New Delhi, India
1997
68th All India Fine Arts and Crafts Society Award in Drawing, New Delhi, India
1996
67th All India Fine Arts and Crafts Society Award in Painting, New Delhi, India
1995
66th All India Fine Arts and Crafts Society Award in Painting, New Delhi, India
1994
National Exhibition Award, New Delhi, India
1992
7th Yuva Mahotsava Award Painting, India
Certificate of Merit In Drawing, College of Art, New Delhi, India
1989
India Tourism Development Corporation International Award in Painting, New Delhi, India