Visual tributes to music – Utkarsha Sahani

Utkarsha Sahani, contemporary Indian artist creating music-inspired visual art influenced by Carnatic music, folk traditions, and personal storytelling.

Instagram: @creativedesk_99 For Utkarsha Sahani, music and art are the same language spoken through different hands. Carnatic music is her primary source of inspiration — it is woven through her childhood, her present, and her creative practice. She describes art as ‘an ocean of possibilities, a language without barriers, and a constant presence woven into […]

Getting in touch with Femininity – Nikita Sharma

Nikita Sharma, contemporary Indian artist exploring femininity, identity, and emotional storytelling through figurative contemporary art and visual narratives.

Instagram: @nikky_artwork Nikita Sharma began simply: drawing cartoons that made her friends laugh. That connection — the moment her art sparked joy in someone else — lit a fire that has never gone out. Over time, she pushed herself past cartoons, past portraiture, past the familiar confines of realism to something more searching: the human […]

Kanika Kalra’s 25-Year Journey to the Canvas

Kanika Kalra, contemporary Indian artist and doctor, creating nature-inspired acrylic paintings that explore mindfulness, serenity, and emotional wellbeing.

Instagram: @matteandglaze Kanika Kalra is a doctor by profession and an artist by a calling that took 25 years in medicine to fully answer. From Himachal Pradesh, Kanika spent decades at the forefront of healthcare before one meditative moment changed the direction of her creative life: she found herself craving to hold a painting brush […]

The Camera Became an Extension of Her Vision — Nikita Gorawara

Nikita Gorawara, contemporary Indian photographer, exploring visual storytelling through fine art photography, documentary imagery, and creative observation.

Instagram: @nikita_gorawara Nikita Gorawara grew up in the heart of Delhi alongside her sister; both of them were nurtured by a mother who understood intuitively that creativity needed to be cultivated. Each summer, she enrolled them in different activities, trusting that something would take root. Art groups, workshops, and classes — through them all, Nikita’s […]

Kirti Aggarwal’s Uncharted Path to Art

Kirti Aggarwal, contemporary Indian artist and mentor, known for expressive artworks exploring resilience, personal growth, identity, and creative transformation.

Instagram: @artist_kirtiaggarwal Kirti Aggarwal’s life has been a series of bold pivots. Her early aspirations were to become a chartered accountant, and she tested those waters before setting her sights on the Services Selection Board—a rigorous pathway into the armed forces. Life, as it does, had different designs. What emerged from these experiences was a […]

Young Artist at Bhavkala – Nirja Arora

Nirja Arora, emerging contemporary Indian artist, presenting original artworks that explore memory, identity, belonging, and human connection.

Instagram: @nirjaarorapoetry Nirja Arora was barely sixteen years old, and yet her work carries the quiet authority of someone who has lived through much more. Her childhood was defined by constant movement—her father is an army officer, which meant a new posting, a new city, and a new beginning every few years. What that life […]

The Pandemic Gave Him Back His Pen — Neeraj Rathee

Instagram: @rathee_neeraj Neeraj Rathee’s relationship with art began in the 7th grade when he joined an art club at school in Rohtak, Haryana. Immersed in drawing and painting from those early years, he went on to earn both his bachelor’s and master’s degrees in applied arts from the prestigious College of Art, Tilak Marg, New […]

From Designing Spaces to Reclaiming Herself — Roopsi Batra

Instagram: @kalatmak_by_roopsi Roopsi Batra built her professional life around the art of interior design—creating beautiful, functional spaces for others. Then came a transition: a new chapter of life, parenthood, and with it a rekindled hunger for something that was purely, entirely hers. She picked up the paintbrush again after years of designing spaces for others, […]

The Deeper Truth of Self on Canvas—Jhalak Singh

Instagram: @creativity_tales Jhalak Singh grew up in Delhi in a middle-class neighborhood where appearances often masked deeper struggles. That duality became the very foundation of her art. Her work explores the contrast between light and shadow, using muted colours and stark contrasts to convey the hidden emotions and stories that lie beneath the surface. The […]

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