Untitled, 2495
Canvas, Oil On Canvas
Seema Kohli
Seema Kohli
Returning to Mumbai for a solo exhibition after six years, renowned artist Seema Kohli foregrounds questions of time, labour, and movement in this new body of paintings and sculptures. Deconstructing the hierarchy of the clock, the artist calls on us to lean in and imbibe the subliminal rhythms of our planet. The beating of hearts, phases of the moon, cycles of menstruation, flow of seasons sing forth from her vivid visions. These tellurian pulses foster connections between our bodies and the energies that move alongside, an antidote to the isolation of modern life. Adorned with mountains, stars, and trees, Kolhi’s figures wear their interdependence as the full moon’s light, a badge of love, of a kinship across species and materialities.
“..when i found You hiding inside me, I ran wild, playing now me, now You” — Lal Ded
Whirling in the syncretic teachings of Kashmiri mystic Lal Ded, Kohli is both disciple—in her own eyes—and beacon for us. In a pièce de résistance, she offers insight into Lal Ded’s moment of ascension, occupying an unruly human body while communing with the unbound cosmos. “Kohli’s works offer precious unions of Saivite and Sufi, corporeal and cosmic, multiple and whole, sea and seed; talismans towards healing in these fractured times,” writes curator Shaunak Mahbubani
The artist celebrates the labour of birthing, care, repair, and resistance undertaken by women for centuries, visualizing the adjacency between feminine and forest, of bodies relegated to reproduction, unrewarded and unrecognized under the regime of material productivity. In a poignant series, Kohli pays homage to this reciprocity through the trailblazing women of the Chipko movement (Gharwal Himalayas, 1970 onwards) deeply imprinted in her memory from when she was a child. Constantly exploring new mediums, the artist has created a new fragrance for the exhibition space combining earthy and forest notes, as a juncture between body, recollection, and foliage.
Turning her gaze towards the underbelly of gender and recognizing the shadow side of mythological representation, the artist leaps into new territory, birthing what Ursula Le Guin has termed,“her third self”. Across the elements—wood, bronze, canvas—eagles and swans with wings outstretched accompany her flight, channeling courage and introspection respectively. In deftly conjoining her lineage of spiritual eco-feminism with a renewed hunger for equitable worlds, Seema Kolhi marks herself as a force that can neither be contained nor forgotten.
Canvas, Oil On Canvas
Threadworks, Cloth
Threadworks, Cloth
Threadworks, Cloth
Threadworks, Cloth
Threadworks, Cloth
Canvas, Acrylic on Canvas
Canvas, Acrylic on Canvas
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Canvas, Acrylic on Canvas
Canvas, Acrylic on Canvas
Canvas, Acrylic on Canvas
Canvas, Acrylic on Canvas
Canvas, Acrylic on Canvas
Woodworks, Acrylic On Wood
Woodworks, Acrylic On Wood
Paperworks, Paintings
Canvas, Acrylic on Canvas
Canvas, Acrylic on Canvas
Canvas, Acrylic on Canvas
Canvas, Acrylic on Canvas
Canvas, Acrylic on Canvas
Canvas, Acrylic on Canvas
Canvas, Acrylic on Canvas
Canvas, Acrylic on Canvas
Canvas, Acrylic on Canvas
Canvas, Acrylic on Canvas
Canvas, Acrylic on Canvas
Canvas, Acrylic on Canvas
Canvas, Acrylic on Canvas
Canvas, Acrylic on Canvas
Canvas, Acrylic on Canvas
Woodworks, Acrylic On Wood
Woodworks, Acrylic On Wood
Concept & Direction: Seema KohliCinematography Edit & Sound: Sakthi Doss A 12 minute capturing Seema Kohli’s involvement and the whole process of the making of the artworks at...
Grid of 84 archival prints of self-portraits, of 10x10inch. The cycle of life revolves around birth, death and the eventual liberation from mortality. All forms of life follow...
Single Channel Installation Performance & Concept: Seema KohliCinematography: Marlène Ila Popovic, Sakthi BhagatEditing: Marlene Ila PopovicSound Design: Sahil Vasudeva “We see death as a full stop. But it...
Concept, Script & Direction: Seema Kohli Photography & Videography: Sakthi Bhagat Editor: Tariq Vasudeva Music: Sahil Vasudeva Animation: Gaurav Singh Bedi “Seema Kohli’s Enter Stillness is a fable...
Art Heritage Gallery, NSIC Grounds, New Delhi
Art Heritage Gallery, NSIC Grounds, New Delhi
Bihar Museum
Presented by Sanchit Art Gallery At The Arts House, Singapore
Asian Art Museum, San Francisco presented by the Lara Lakshimi Foundation
Tao Art Gallery
Pacific Art League, Palo Alto, California
National Gallery of Modern Art (NGMA) New Delhi
Travancore Palace • Bikaner House • India Habitat Centre, New Delhi
Presented by Museum of Sacred Art At MOSA Radhadesh Gallery, Belgium
Kolkata Centre for Creativity, Kolkata
Venue: Sunder Nursery, New Delhi, Presented by Gallery Ragini
Hong Kong Visual Arts Center, Hong Kong, presented by Sanchit Art Gallery
Archer Art Gallery Ahmedabad, India
S.A. Fine Arts, Cromwell Place, London
Bikaner House, New Delhi presented by Gallerie Nvya
Gallerie Nvya, Triveni Kala Sangam, New Delhi
Bihar Museum, Patna
Shridharani Gallery at Triveni Kala Sangam, presented by Gallerie Nvya, Delhi
Lalit Kala Akademi, Chennai
National Gallery of Modern Art, Bengaluru
Seema Kohli Studio, New Delhi and The Partition Museum, Delhi
Sculptures, Bronze
Canvas, Acrylic on Canvas
Canvas, Acrylic on Canvas
Paperworks, Paintings
Paperworks, Etching
Sculptures, Bronze
Sculptures, Bronze
Canvas, Acrylic on Canvas
Canvas, Acrylic on Canvas
Sculptures, Bronze
Sculptures, Bronze
Canvas, Acrylic on Canvas
Sculptures, Bronze
Paperworks, Paintings
Paperworks, Paintings
Paperworks, Paintings
Paperworks, Paintings
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Paperworks, Paintings
Canvas, Acrylic on Canvas
Canvas, Acrylic on Canvas
Canvas, Acrylic on Canvas
Sculptures, Bronze
Paperworks, Etching
Paperworks, Paintings
Paperworks, Paintings
Paperworks, Etching
Paperworks, Etching
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Paperworks, Etching
Paperworks, Archival Photographic Works / Drawings
Paperworks, Archival Photographic Works / Drawings
Paperworks, Archival Photographic Works / Drawings
Paperworks, Archival Photographic Works / Drawings
Paperworks, Archival Photographic Works / Drawings
Paperworks, Archival Photographic Works / Drawings
Paperworks, Archival Photographic Works / Drawings
Canvas, Acrylic on Canvas
Canvas, Acrylic on Canvas
Canvas, Acrylic on Canvas
Canvas, Acrylic on Canvas
Sculptures, Glass-Reinforced Polymer
Canvas, Acrylic on Canvas
Threadworks, Cloth
Threadworks, Cloth
Canvas, Acrylic on Canvas
Canvas, Acrylic on Canvas
Canvas, Acrylic on Canvas
Paperworks, Paintings
Paperworks, Etching
Paperworks, Etching
Paperworks, Etching
Paperworks, Etching
Paperworks, Archival Photographic Works / Drawings
Paperworks, Archival Photographic Works / Drawings
Paperworks, Archival Photographic Works / Drawings
Paperworks, Archival Photographic Works / Drawings
Paperworks, Archival Photographic Works / Drawings
Paperworks, Archival Photographic Works / Drawings
Paperworks, Archival Photographic Works / Drawings
Paperworks, Etching
Paperworks, Etching
Canvas, Acrylic on Canvas
Canvas, Acrylic on Canvas
Canvas, Acrylic on Canvas
Canvas, Acrylic on Canvas
Threadworks, Embroidery
Threadworks, Embroidery
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Threadworks, Embroidery
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Threadworks, Embroidery
Threadworks, Embroidery
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Threadworks, Embroidery
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Threadworks, Embroidery
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Threadworks, Embroidery
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Threadworks, Embroidery
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Threadworks, Embroidery
Threadworks, Embroidery
Threadworks, Embroidery
Sculptures, Bronze
Sculptures, Bronze
Sculptures, Bronze
Sculptures, Glass-Reinforced Polymer
Sculptures, Glass-Reinforced Polymer
Sculptures, Glass-Reinforced Polymer
Sculptures, Glass-Reinforced Polymer
Canvas, Acrylic on Canvas
Canvas, Acrylic on Canvas
Canvas, Acrylic on Canvas
Canvas, Acrylic on Canvas
Canvas, Acrylic on Canvas
Canvas, Acrylic on Canvas
Canvas, Acrylic on Canvas
Canvas, Acrylic on Canvas
Canvas, Acrylic on Canvas
Canvas, Acrylic on Canvas
Canvas, Acrylic on Canvas
Canvas, Acrylic on Canvas
Canvas, Acrylic on Canvas
Canvas, Acrylic on Canvas
Canvas, Acrylic on Canvas
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Canvas, Acrylic on Canvas
Canvas, Acrylic on Canvas
Canvas, Acrylic on Canvas
Canvas, Acrylic on Canvas
Canvas, Acrylic on Canvas
Canvas, Acrylic on Canvas
Canvas, Acrylic on Canvas
Canvas, Acrylic on Canvas
Canvas, Acrylic on Canvas
Canvas, Acrylic on Canvas
Canvas, Acrylic on Canvas
Canvas, Acrylic on Canvas
Canvas, Acrylic on Canvas
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Canvas, Acrylic on Canvas
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Canvas, Acrylic on Canvas
Canvas, Acrylic on Canvas
Canvas, Acrylic on Canvas
Paperworks, Paintings
Paperworks, Paintings
Paperworks, Paintings
Paperworks, Paintings
Paperworks, Paintings
Paperworks, Paintings
Canvas, Oil On Canvas
Canvas, Oil On Canvas
Canvas, Oil On Canvas
Canvas, Acrylic on Canvas
Canvas, Acrylic on Canvas
Canvas, Acrylic on Canvas
Canvas, Acrylic on Canvas
Canvas, Acrylic on Canvas
Canvas, Acrylic on Canvas
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Canvas, Acrylic on Canvas
Canvas, Acrylic on Canvas
Canvas, Acrylic on Canvas
Canvas, Acrylic on Canvas
Canvas, Acrylic on Canvas
Woodworks, Acrylic On Wood
Woodworks, Acrylic On Wood
Canvas, Acrylic on Canvas
Sculptures, Bronze
Canvas, Acrylic on Canvas
Canvas, Acrylic on Canvas
Canvas, Acrylic on Canvas
Canvas, Acrylic on Canvas
Canvas, Acrylic on Canvas
Canvas, Acrylic on Canvas
Canvas, Acrylic on Canvas
Canvas, Acrylic on Canvas
Canvas, Acrylic on Canvas
Canvas, Acrylic on Canvas
Canvas, Acrylic on Canvas
Canvas, Acrylic on Canvas
Canvas, Acrylic on Canvas
Canvas, Acrylic on Canvas
Canvas, Acrylic on Canvas
Canvas, Acrylic on Canvas
Canvas, Acrylic on Canvas
Canvas, Acrylic on Canvas
Paperworks, Etching
Canvas, Archival Print
Canvas, Acrylic on Canvas
Canvas, Acrylic on Canvas
Canvas, Acrylic on Canvas
Canvas, Acrylic on Canvas
Canvas, Acrylic on Canvas
Canvas, Acrylic on Canvas
Canvas, Acrylic on Canvas
Canvas, Acrylic on Canvas
Canvas, Acrylic on Canvas
Canvas, Acrylic on Canvas
Canvas, Acrylic on Canvas
Canvas, Acrylic on Canvas
Canvas, Acrylic on Canvas
Sculptures, Paintings
Threadworks, Cloth
Paperworks, Paintings
Paperworks, Paintings
Canvas, Acrylic on Canvas
Canvas, Acrylic on Canvas
Canvas, Acrylic on Canvas
Paperworks, Lithographs
Paperworks, Lithographs
Paperworks, Lithographs
Canvas, Acrylic on Canvas
Canvas, Acrylic on Canvas
Canvas, Acrylic on Canvas
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Canvas, Acrylic on Canvas
Threadworks, Embroidery
Threadworks, Embroidery
Threadworks, Embroidery
Threadworks, Embroidery
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Threadworks, Embroidery
Threadworks, Embroidery
Threadworks, Embroidery
Threadworks, Embroidery
Threadworks, Embroidery
Threadworks, Embroidery
Threadworks, Embroidery
Threadworks, Embroidery
Threadworks, Embroidery
Threadworks, Embroidery
Threadworks, Embroidery
Threadworks, Embroidery
Threadworks, Embroidery
Threadworks, Embroidery
Threadworks, Embroidery
Threadworks, Embroidery
Threadworks, Embroidery
Threadworks, Embroidery
Threadworks, Embroidery
Threadworks, Embroidery
Threadworks, Embroidery
Threadworks, Embroidery
Threadworks, Embroidery
Threadworks, Embroidery
Paperworks, Zinc Plate Intaglio Print
Paperworks, Zinc Plate Intaglio Print
Paperworks, Zinc Plate Intaglio Print
Paperworks, Zinc Plate Intaglio Print
Paperworks, Zinc Plate Intaglio Print
Paperworks, Zinc Plate Intaglio Print
Paperworks, Zinc Plate Intaglio Print
Paperworks, Zinc Plate Intaglio Print
Paperworks, Zinc Plate Intaglio Print
Paperworks, Zinc Plate Intaglio Print
Paperworks, Etching
Canvas, Acrylic on Canvas
Canvas, Acrylic on Canvas
Canvas, Acrylic on Canvas
Canvas, Acrylic on Canvas
Canvas, Acrylic on Canvas
Threadworks, Embroidery
Threadworks, Embroidery
Threadworks, Embroidery
Threadworks, Embroidery
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Threadworks, Embroidery
Threadworks, Embroidery
Threadworks, Embroidery
Threadworks, Embroidery
Sculptures, Wooden
Sculptures, Sandstone
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Sculptures, Sandstone
Sculptures, Sandstone
Sculptures, Bronze
Sculptures, Bronze
Sculptures, Bronze
Canvas, Acrylic on Canvas
Canvas, Acrylic on Canvas
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Canvas, Acrylic on Canvas
Canvas, Acrylic on Canvas
Canvas, Acrylic on Canvas
Canvas, Acrylic on Canvas
Canvas, Acrylic on Canvas
Canvas, Acrylic on Canvas
Canvas, Acrylic on Canvas
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Canvas, Acrylic on Canvas
Canvas, Acrylic on Canvas
Canvas, Acrylic on Canvas
Canvas, Acrylic on Canvas
Canvas, Acrylic on Canvas
Canvas, Acrylic on Canvas
Canvas, Acrylic on Canvas
Canvas, Acrylic on Canvas
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Canvas, Acrylic on Canvas
Canvas, Acrylic on Canvas
Canvas, Acrylic on Canvas
Canvas, Acrylic on Canvas
Paperworks, Archival Photographic Works / Drawings
Paperworks, Woodcut
Paperworks, Woodcut
Paperworks, Woodcut
Paperworks, Woodcut
Paperworks, Woodcut
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Paperworks, Woodcut
Paperworks, Woodcut
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Paperworks, Woodcut
Paperworks, Woodcut
Paperworks, Woodcut
Paperworks, Woodcut
Threadworks, Embroidery
Paperworks, Etching
Canvas, Acrylic on Canvas
Canvas, Acrylic on Canvas
Canvas, Acrylic on Canvas
Canvas, Acrylic on Canvas
Canvas, Acrylic on Canvas
Threadworks, Embroidery
Threadworks, Embroidery
Threadworks, Embroidery
Threadworks, Embroidery
Sculptures, Bronze
Sculptures, Bronze
Sculptures, Bronze
Sculptures, Bronze
Sculptures, Bronze
Sculptures, Bronze
Sculptures, Bronze
Sculptures, Bronze
Sculptures, Bronze
Paperworks, Archival Photographic Works / Drawings
Paperworks, Archival Photographic Works / Drawings
Paperworks, Archival Photographic Works / Drawings
Paperworks, Archival Photographic Works / Drawings
Paperworks, Archival Photographic Works / Drawings
Paperworks, Archival Photographic Works / Drawings
Paperworks, Archival Photographic Works / Drawings
Paperworks, Archival Photographic Works / Drawings
Khula Aasman
Khula Aasman
Khula Aasman
Khula Aasman
The Golden Womb Series
Khula Aasman
Khula Aasman
Khula Aasman
Tree of life
Khula Aasman
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