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Desh Pradesh – At Home in the World

Curated by Myna Mukherjee | Travancore Palace • Bikaner House • India Habitat Centre, New Delhi

12-23 March, 2025

Desh Pradesh – At Home in the World

Desh Pradesh – At Home in the World was a multidisciplinary group exhibition organised by Engendered and presented across heritage and contemporary venues in New Delhi in 2025. Kohli participated with a pair of mixed-media works that reflected on migration, memory, and shared cultural identity. These pieces were hand-painted on vintage black-and-white silver gelatin photographs, with painted imagery overlaying scenes of village life, railway platforms, and migrating figures — visual interventions that embodied themes of movement, belonging, and the interweaving of histories between India and Pakistan. The works were formally innovative and subtle, juxtaposing photographic archive with hand-drawn motifs that evoked both departure and continuity.

Desh Pradesh – At Home in the World
Raat Ki Rani

Raat Ki Rani

Canvas, Acrylic on Canvas

Madhumalti

Madhumalti

Canvas, Acrylic on Canvas

Gulab ki Khet

Gulab ki Khet

Canvas, Acrylic on Canvas

The flutter of her wings and the unbending mountains

The flutter of her wings and the unbending mountains

Paperworks, Paintings

Untitled, S 608

Untitled, S 608

Paperworks, Etching

Untitled, S 607

Untitled, S 607

Paperworks, Etching

Untitled, S 610

Untitled, S 610

Paperworks, Etching

Untiled, S 609

Untiled, S 609

Paperworks, Etching

Untiled, S 600b

Untiled, S 600b

Paperworks, Archival Photographic Works / Drawings

Untiled, S 604b

Untiled, S 604b

Paperworks, Archival Photographic Works / Drawings

Untiled, S 611b

Untiled, S 611b

Paperworks, Archival Photographic Works / Drawings

Untiled, S 615

Untiled, S 615

Paperworks, Archival Photographic Works / Drawings

Untiled, S 623

Untiled, S 623

Paperworks, Archival Photographic Works / Drawings

Untiled, S 602e

Untiled, S 602e

Paperworks, Archival Photographic Works / Drawings

Untitled, S 606c

Untitled, S 606c

Paperworks, Archival Photographic Works / Drawings

Vaishnavi

Vaishnavi

Sculptures, Bronze

Bhudevi

Bhudevi

Sculptures, Bronze

Narshimi

Narshimi

Sculptures, Bronze

Untitled, S 413a

Untitled, S 413a

Paperworks, Etching

Nartakah Shivah -Nartakah Atman

Nartakah Shivah -Nartakah Atman

Paperworks, Etching

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EXHIBITIONS
  • ALL
  • CANVAS
  • ACRYLIC ON CANVAS
  • ARCHIVAL PRINT
  • DRAWING
  • OIL ON CANVAS
  • PAINTING ON WOOD
  • PAPERWORKS
  • ARCHIVAL PHOTOGRAPHIC WORKS / DRAWINGS
  • ETCHING
  • LITHOGRAPHS
  • PAINTINGS
  • SERIGRAPHS
  • WOODCUT
  • ZINC PLATE INTAGLIO PRINT
  • SCULPTURES
  • BRONZE
  • GLASS-REINFORCED POLYMER
  • PAINTINGS
  • SANDSTONE
  • TERRACOTTA
  • WOODEN
  • THREADWORKS
  • CLOTH
  • EMBROIDERY
  • WOODWORKS
  • ACRYLIC ON WOOD
  • ALL
  • CANVAS
  • ACRYLIC ON CANVAS
  • ARCHIVAL PRINT
  • DRAWING
  • OIL ON CANVAS
  • PAINTING ON WOOD
  • PAPERWORKS
  • ARCHIVAL PHOTOGRAPHIC WORKS / DRAWINGS
  • ETCHING
  • LITHOGRAPHS
  • PAINTINGS
  • SERIGRAPHS
  • WOODCUT
  • ZINC PLATE INTAGLIO PRINT
  • SCULPTURES
  • BRONZE
  • GLASS-REINFORCED POLYMER
  • PAINTINGS
  • SANDSTONE
  • TERRACOTTA
  • WOODEN
  • THREADWORKS
  • CLOTH
  • EMBROIDERY
  • WOODWORKS
  • ACRYLIC ON WOOD
  • ALL
  • ART FAIR/ BIENNALES
  • CANVAS
Bodies of Work
  • ALL
  • HERBS OF INHERITANCE
  • KHULA AASMAN
  • MOON MYTHS
  • SAPTA MATRIKA
  • SHAKTI
  • TANTRA
  • THE GOLDEN WOMB SERIES
  • TREE OF LIFE
  • YOGINIS
  • ALL
  • ARTICLES
  • EXHIBITIONS
  • PAINTINGS
  • PERFORMANCES