ANKITA KASHYAP
b. 1996,India.
Artist based in London & India
Working across performance, sculpture, and material-driven installation
📍 London, UK / Varanasi, India
kashyapankita96@gmail.com | +44 7564935139
MA Contemporary Art Practice (2024–25)
Royal College of Art, London (ongoing)
Postgraduate Certificate in Critical Analysis of Art (2023–24)
Bombay Institute for Critical Analysis and Research (BICAR)
MFA in Painting (2017–2019)
Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi – CGPA: 8.49
BFA in Painting (2013–2017)
Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi – CGPA: 8.32
2025
– Contemporary Art Fest – Aftersense, performance, The Hangar, RCA, London
– Aftersense publication launch, Cubitt Gallery, London
2024
– Flux, group show, The Hangar, RCA, London
2019
– Khoj, solo exhibition, KA Art Gallery, Varanasi
– Barbil Art Project IV – Moving into the Margins, group show, Utsha Foundation, Barbil
2018
– First International Kala Mela, IGNCA, New Delhi (with Lalit Kala Akademi)
2017
– Annual Exhibition, Bombay Art Society, Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai
– Lalit Kala Akademi Scholarship, Ministry of Culture, India (2019–20)
– Barbil Art Project IV Residency, Utsha Foundation, sponsored by Arya Group (2019)
– State Lalit Kala Akademi Award, Lucknow (2018)
– Scholarship to Young Artists, Ministry of Culture, India (2016–17)
– Arya Group Foundation, Barbil Art Project IV (2019)
– Buddhist Theory of Images, BICAR (2024)
– Eastern Abstraction in Modern Art, BICAR (2023)
– The First Image, BICAR (2023)
– Fragrance & Flavour Creation, FFDC, Kannauj (2022)
– Practice-Based Doctoral Research, BHU, Varanasi (2022)
Artist based in London & India
Working across performance, sculpture, and material-driven installation
📍 London, UK / Varanasi, India
kashyapankita96@gmail.com | +44 7564935139
Education
MA Contemporary Art Practice (2024–25)
Royal College of Art, London (ongoing)
Postgraduate Certificate in Critical Analysis of Art (2023–24)
Bombay Institute for Critical Analysis and Research (BICAR)
MFA in Painting (2017–2019)
Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi – CGPA: 8.49
BFA in Painting (2013–2017)
Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi – CGPA: 8.32
Selected Exhibitions & Performances
2025
– Contemporary Art Fest – Aftersense, performance, The Hangar, RCA, London
– Aftersense publication launch, Cubitt Gallery, London
2024
– Flux, group show, The Hangar, RCA, London
2019
– Khoj, solo exhibition, KA Art Gallery, Varanasi
– Barbil Art Project IV – Moving into the Margins, group show, Utsha Foundation, Barbil
2018
– First International Kala Mela, IGNCA, New Delhi (with Lalit Kala Akademi)
2017
– Annual Exhibition, Bombay Art Society, Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai
Awards & Residencies
– Lalit Kala Akademi Scholarship, Ministry of Culture, India (2019–20)
– Barbil Art Project IV Residency, Utsha Foundation, sponsored by Arya Group (2019)
– State Lalit Kala Akademi Award, Lucknow (2018)
– Scholarship to Young Artists, Ministry of Culture, India (2016–17)
Collections
– Arya Group Foundation, Barbil Art Project IV (2019)
Workshops
– Buddhist Theory of Images, BICAR (2024)
– Eastern Abstraction in Modern Art, BICAR (2023)
– The First Image, BICAR (2023)
– Fragrance & Flavour Creation, FFDC, Kannauj (2022)
– Practice-Based Doctoral Research, BHU, Varanasi (2022)
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