Tarini Sethi
B. 1989 in New Delhi, India
Tarini Sethi is a contemporary artist whose practice delves into themes of intimacy, sexuality, and mythology. Drawing inspiration from folklore and traditional Indian art forms like Kalighat, Miniature painting, Kavad, and Tholu Bommalata, Sethi constructs dreamlike worlds through a multimedia approach, including painting, drawing, and metal sculpture. Her works have been featured in Architectural Digest India and showcased at events like the Mumbai Urban Arts Festival.
Sethi’s art navigates complex realities, addressing mental health, political skepticism, and environmental concerns. Her subjects—hybrid beings that blur the lines between human and animal—inhabit intricate, labyrinthine spaces. These figures explore emotions and interactions, challenging societal norms around gender, beauty, and identity. As an Indian woman confronting issues of scrutiny and sexual oppression, Sethi’s work centers on bodies as vessels for agency and liberation. Her creations envision a utopian space where traditional boundaries dissolve, inviting freedom and transformation.
- /Education
- /Solo Exhibitions
- /Group Exhibitions
- /Special Projects and Curation
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Education
BA in Political Science, Lady Shri Ram College, New Delhi, India
Pratt Institute, New York: BFA in Drawing -
Solo Exhibitions
2024.
________A Memory of the Future, Galerie GEEK/ART, Tokyo, Japan2023.
________Do They See The Same Skies As We Do, Chemould CoLab, Mumbai, India2017.
________Of Flesh and Fog, India International Centre, New Delhi, India -
Group Exhibitions
2024.
_____I-POP, Untitled Art Fair, Rajiv Menon Contemporary, Miami, USA_____Maitri 0, Art Mumbai, Galerie Geek Art, Mumbai, India
_____Like Share Subscribe, Rajiv Menon Contemporary, Los Angeles, USA
_____Voices Of Women, Art Garde Global, New Delhi, India
_____Now Streaming, Rajiv Menon Contemporary, Los Angeles, USA
2023.
_____India Art, Architecture, and Design Biennale, New Delhi, India_____In The Absence Of Darkness, 47A, Mumbai, India
_____Continuum, Chemould Colab, Mumbai, India
2022.
_____A Moveable Feast, Bikaner House, New Delhi, India_____Goa Open Arts, Villa 259, Goa, India
_____Young Collectors Weekend, India Art Fair, Cultivate Art, New Delhi, India
_____Fresh Produce, India Art Fair, Method India, New Delhi, India
_____Dreaming of Genesis, Jaipur Art Week, Round Them Oranges, Jaipur, India
2021.
_____Trouble In Paradise, virtual exhibition, Round Them Oranges_____Dosed, Method India, Mumbai, India
2020.
_____All Is Not Lost 20:20:20, Sakshi Gallery, Mumbai, India_____Voice Of Women, New Delhi, India
2019.
_____TRImarchi DG, Mar Del Plata, Argentina_____Making Space, Sakshi Gallery, Mumbai, India
2018.
_____Engaging With Inequalities, Alliance Francais, New Delhi, India_____Regimes of Truth, Kalakar Theatre, New Delhi, India
_____Drawing is Dead, Studio Khirki, Mumbai, India
_____Black Cube Productions/Reflections of Society, Vis-a-Vis, New Delhi, India
_____Word, Kult Studio & Gallery, Singapore
2017.
_____Design Fabric/Image Exhibit, Mumbai, India_____Rumbles in the Playpen, India International Centre, New Delhi, India
_____Identity, Pond, New Delhi, India
_____Working Hours, a zine collective - Co-founder, New Delhi, India
2016.
_____Salon of curiosities, Pond, New Delhi, India2015.
_____Staves, Gussets, Laths, tenons, The Hollows, Brooklyn, New York, USA_____Figment art show, Governors Island, New York, USA
2014.
_____Downcaste, Lumiere, New York, USA_____One on One, Treats Boutique, New York, USA
_____Forever Endeavor, Candy Factory, New York, USA
_____Power House, Pratt Institute, New York, USA
_____One or More, Kunsthalle Galapagos, New York, USA
_____Notan graphics, Palisades906, New York, USA
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Special Projects and Curation
2022.
_____The Birds and The Bees, installation commission by Meta,73 x 9 feet in iron and paint, Meta Open Arts, Hyderabad, India_____The song, The Note, The Whistle, Mumbai Urban Art Festival, presented by St+art India, supported by Asian Paints, Sassoon Docks, Mumbai, India
_____Current The Irregular Times Newspaper - Founder & Editor in Chief
2020.
_____This Is Now Online, Zine Exhibition - Curator, Pulp Society, Virtual2018.
_____The Irregulars Art Fair, India’s first anti art-fair - Founder & Curator, New Delhi, India_____Drawing is Dead - Curator, Studio Khirki, New Delhi, India
2017.
_____Rumbles in the Playpen - Curator, India International Centre, New Delhi, India_____Pond/Identity - Curator, Brew House, New Delhi, India
2016.
_____Pond/Salon of curiosities - Curator, Brew House, New Delhi, India
Loud whispers brought them here, 2024
Stainless steel
171.7 x 92.9 x 25.4 cm
It Didn’t Happen Overnight, 2024
Stainless Steel
126.7 x 195 x 33 cm
Answering a ticklish question
Stainless Steel
101.6 x 177.2 x 25.4 cm