Vadehra Art Gallery is ready to present at Booth #1B02 in Art Basel Hong Kong’s 13th edition
Vadehra Art Gallery announces its returning participation in the upcoming edition of Art Basel Hong Kong 2025 starting from March 28, presenting a group exhibition featuring works by leading and emerging South Asian contemporary artists across generations.
The presentation will include works by Anju Dodiya, Ashfika Rahman, Astha Butail, Atul Dodiya, Gauri Gill, Nalini Malani, Praneet Soi, Shailesh B.R., Shilpa Gupta, and Zaam Arif.
The exhibition continues the gallery’s commitment to connecting an international audience with a diversity of artistic practices and representations from across the South Asian region and its diaspora.
The curation at Art Basel Hong Kong 2025 engages with topical discourses resonating in the region today, such as identity politics and nationhood; reinterpretations of oral and written traditions and rituals; the marginalization of cultural communities based on caste, gender, and geography; the asymmetry of progress and the planned chaos of urbanity; as well as psycho-social and philosophical frameworks of the human condition.
Artists Participating in Art Basel Hong Kong 2025
Anju Dodiya in her compositions delves into the psychology of experience by engaging with powerful imagery that navigates the emotional theater of an inner world. She received her fine arts degree from Sir J.J. School of Art, Mumbai, and currently lives and works in Mumbai.
Ashfika Rahman engages with historical archives to investigate complex social issues affecting marginalized communities in Bangladesh through her multimedia practice, which operates between art and documentary. She studied photography at Hochschule Hannover, Germany, and earned a professional degree in photography from Pathshala South Asian Media Institute, Bangladesh. She lives and works between Dhaka, Bangladesh, and Zurich, Switzerland.”
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Astha Butail has a research-based practice rooted in traditional philosophies, oral traditions, and cultural practices, interpreted through contemporary lenses and interdisciplinary media. She holds a master’s degree in economics from Punjab University, Chandigarh; a master’s in the Rig Veda from the Gnostic Centre at the Auroville University of Human Unity; and a certificate in fashion design from the National Institute of Fashion Technology (NIFT), New Delhi. Butail lives and works in Gurugram, India.
Atul Dodiya is trained at the Sir J.J. School of Art and the École des Beaux-Arts, Paris. Dodiya is widely considered one of India’s most significant artists. His avant-garde practice cultivates various image economies as a form of cultural inheritance, expanding compendiums of knowledge through social, political, and art historical arrangements. He lives and works in Mumbai.
Gauri Gill, a Delhi-based artist, in her immersive photography reflects several lines of inquiry, guided by thoughtful, intimate, and complex explorations of diverse communities. Her practice explores rural, indigenous, marginalized, and diasporic Indian communities through black-and-white and color photography. She lives and works in New Delhi.
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Nalini Malani received her classical academic training in painting from Sir J.J. School of Art, Mumbai. She lives and works between India, and the Netherlands. Her focus on narratives of oppression, justice, and freedom leads into archives of myth and metaphor, where stories of resistance and resilience converge with contemporary discussions.
Praneet Soi lives and works in Amsterdam, Netherlands. His practice engages with open-ended narratives and circulated imagery, developing a pattern-based language that observes how symbols migrate across cultures and shifting perspectives. Soi completed his BFA and MFA in painting at the Faculty of Fine Arts, Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda, and later pursued a second master’s at the University of California, San Diego.
Shailesh B.R. lives and works in New Delhi. His work explores the sculptural nature of the imagination, maintaining a repository of observations, moods, and emotions among a whimsical collection of objects, landscapes, and ideas.
Shilpa Gupta completed her BFA in sculpture from the Sir J.J. School of Fine Arts, Mumbai, in 1997. She lives and works in Mumbai. Her work explores interventions, alterations, and transgressions that occur across spatial and conceptual boundaries concerning global issues.
Zaam Arif is largely a self-taught artist trained under the tutelage of his parents, both painters. He lives and works in Houston, Texas. His practice navigates between Western influences of literature and philosophy and the deportment of a South Asian cultural context, painting within cinematic mise-en-scènes.
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Highlights from the curation include a suite of works on paper in watercolor by Atul Dodiya; a painted, shaped mattress work by Anju Dodiya; a series of photographs embroidered upon by a community of women by Ashfika Rahman; photographs from Gauri Gill’s Acts of Appearance series; and mixed media works on paper by Nalini Malani, among others.
About the Gallery
Founded in 1987, Vadehra Art Gallery represents a roster of artists across four generations, pioneering the representation of South Asian art globally. The gallery’s comprehensive programming includes frequent exhibitions at two prominent locations in Delhi, along with art events, conversations, and an expanding digital platform.
With a growing global presence, the gallery presents curated projects at prestigious art fairs and institutional venues worldwide. In 1996, the gallery ventured into publishing, producing literature on ongoing exhibitions and artist projects, further solidifying its commitment to supporting South Asian art.
Feature Image Courtesy- Nalini Malani, The Miracle Called Life/ VAG
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