
A multimedia artist, curator based in Mumbai. Completed his Bachelors and Masters in Painting from Sir J. J. School of Arts, Mumbai in 1999. He is the Ideator of Kochi-Muziris Biennale and Co-Founder of Kochi Bienalle Foundation (est. 2010). He co-curated the first edition of Kochi-Muziris Biennale on 2012 and has been the Director of Programmes of the Kochi Biennale Foundation (2012, 2014, 2016) and in his capacity, he has initiated the Student’s Biennale, Children’s Biennale (ABC, Art by Children), Artist Cinema, Video Lab, Let’s Talk series, and History Now (Talks and Seminars), Pepper House Residency and Exhibition.
He has been Advisor and Visual Arts Curator for Serendipity Arts Festival in Goa in 2016 and 2017 and has conceptualized and curated the ‘Young Sub-Continent’ project since 2016, 2017 and 2018.
In 2016, he started URU Art Harbour, a cultural hub in Mattancherry, Kochi (Kerala) which promotes artists from the region focusing on research on local culture and maritime history.
Co-curated first International Football Film Festival in India at Goa International Film Festival and Teivendrum International Film Festival on 2012.
As an artist, his work have been exhibited globally including Brazil, France, Germany, UK, Italy, Korea, Indonesia, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri-Lanka, USA, China, UAE, Belgium, The Netherlands, Iran, South Africa among others. He often responds to the time and thematically explores the political and cultural history of India, especially Kerala.