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.
Gambhari Wood, Steel And Brass FittingsW65 x L84 inches2023
Stainless Steel 6mm, Weight 180kg8 x 5 ft2023
Acrylic Colors And Ink On Canvas With 24kt Gold And Silver Leaf6 x 6 ft2023
Acrylic Colors And Ink On Canvas With 24kt Gold And Silver Leaf6 x 6 ft2023
Acrylic Colors And Ink On Canvas With 24kt Gold And Silver Leaf3 x 3 ft2023
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...
Pacific Art League, Palo Alto, California
Gallerie Nvya, Triveni Kala Sangam, New Delhi
Shridharani Gallery at Triveni Kala Sangam, presented by Gallerie Nvya, Delhi
National Gallery of Modern Art, Bengaluru
Seema Kohli Studio, New Delhi and The Partition Museum, Delhi
Tao Art Gallery, Mumbai
Bihar Museum, Patna
Bikaner House, New Delhi presented by Gallerie Nvya
Venue: Sunder Nursery, New Delhi, Presented by Gallery Ragini
Kolkata Centre for Creativity, Kolkata
Tao Art Gallery
Acrylic Color, Water Colors, Ink On Treated Archival Canvas And Acrylics Sheet With LED Lights54 x 61 inches2017
Acrylic, Water-Color And Ink On Treated Archival Canvas And Acrylics Sheet2017
Drawings And Calligraphy Reproduced From Ancestral Books, Ink And Pencil On Archival Paper2019
Drawings And Calligraphy Reproduced From Ancestral Books, Ink And Pencil On Archival Paper2019
Drawings And Calligraphy Reproduced From Ancestral Books, Ink And Pencil On Archival Paper2019
Wooden SculptureH 10.5ft x L 9.5ft x W 4.7ft2019
Tea Stains, Gouache And Inks On Paper13 x 4 ft2014
Tea Stains, Gouache And Inks On Paper13 x 4 ft2014
Glass- Reinforced Polymer16 x 14 x 11 inches2018
Intaglio Zinc Plate Etchings On Fabriano Paper5 x 5 inch diameter2014
Intaglio Zinc Plate Etchings On Fabriano Paper5 x 5 inch diameter2014
Intaglio Zinc Plate Etchings On Fabriano Paper5 x 5 inch diameter2014
Intaglio Zinc Plate Etchings On Fabriano Paper5 x 5 inch diameter2014
Intaglio Zinc Plate Etchings On Fabriano Paper5 x 5 inch diameter2014
Intaglio Zinc Plate Etchings On Fabriano Paper5 x 5 inch diameter2014
Acrylic Colors And Ink On Canvas With 24kt Gold And Silver Leaf60 x 66 inches2018
Sandstone Sculpture5 x 11 x 24 inches2019
Sandstone Sculpture5 x 11 x 24 inches2019
Sandstone Sculpture5 x 11 x 24 inches2019
Sandstone Sculpture5 x 12 x 24 inches2019
Bronze45 x 25 x 17 inches2019
Thread, Beads And Sequence On Canvas Cloth62 x 69 inches2023
Thread, Beads And Sequence On Canvas Cloth56.75 x 55 inches2023
Thread, Beads And Sequence On Canvas Cloth54.75 x 46.5 inches2023
Thread, Beads And Sequence On Canvas Cloth47.75 x 74 inches2023
Acrylic Colors And Ink On Canvas With 24kt Gold And Silver Leaf5 x 7 ft2023
Gambhari Wood, Steel And Brass FittingsW65 x L84 inches2023
Stainless Steel 6mm, Weight 180kg8 x 5 ft2023
Acrylic Colors And Ink On Canvas With 24kt Gold And Silver Leaf6 x 6 ft2023
Acrylic Colors And Ink On Canvas With 24kt Gold And Silver Leaf6 x 6 ft2023
Acrylic Colors And Ink On Canvas With 24kt Gold And Silver Leaf3 x 3 ft2023
Acrylic And Water Colors On Arches, 300gsm, Cold Press Paper10.2 x 14 inches2024
Acrylic And Water Colors On Arches, 300gsm, Cold Press Paper10.2 x 14 inches2024
Acrylic, Watercolours And Inks On 360gsm Paper4 x 5 ft2024
Acrylic Colors And Ink On Canvas With 24kt Gold And Silver Leaf6 x 6 ft2024
Bronze4 x 4 x 1.5 ft2019
Pen, Ink, Water And Gouache Colors On Paper (Stuck On Aluminium sheet)45 x 96 inches2020
Acrylic Colors And Ink On Canvas With 24kt Gold And Silver Leaf6 x 4 ft2020
5.5 x 9 ft2023
Acrylic Colors And Ink On Canvas With 24kt Gold And Silver Leaf4 x 6 ft2023
Acrylic Colors And Ink On Canvas With 24kt Gold And Silver Leaf3 x 4 ft2025
Woodcut Print On Paper121.92 x 152.4 cm2025
Woodcut On Schoelershammer 165 GSM3 x 3 ft2026
Etching On Arches Paper48 x 120 inches2014
Acrylic Colors And Ink On Canvas With 24kt Gold And Silver Leaf8 x 6 ft2025
Acrylic Colors And Ink On Canvas With Pure Silver Leaf4 x 10 inches2026
BronzeL36 x W32 x H432018
Drawings On Archival Prints And Archival Ink And Gold Dust24 x 70 inches2023
Acrylic Colors And Ink On Canvas With 24kt Gold And Silver Leaf4 x 6 ft2023
Acrylic Colors And Ink On Canvas With 24kt Gold And Silver Leaf6.7 x 5 ft2023
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