THE URBAN BIOME
A Group Exhibition featuring Krisha Bhuva, Nivedita Shinde, N.Divya, Simran Yagyik, Sunil K, Hemanth Kumar

7th Aug - 4th Sept 2026

This exhibition explores the relationships between humans and the environments we inhabit, both indoors and out. The spaces we occupy are not merely arrangements of walls, volumes and surfaces, but living constellations shaped by objects, structures, habits and the many forms of life that coexist within them.

Things rarely exist in isolation. Objects gather around other objects, spaces acquire particular rhythms, and patterns emerge through acts of intention, neglect, efficiency, convenience or chance. A carefully arranged cupboard and the organic growth of a neighbourhood are not entirely different phenomena; both reveal how human behaviour leaves traces and gives form to the world around us. In turn, these environments shape the way we think, move and relate to one another, even as they remain products of our desires, anxieties and routines.

Seen in this way, objects, structures and landscapes become active participants rather than passive settings. They enter into relationships with one another, generating narratives that unfold through proximity, accumulation and use. Humans are only one set of actors within this larger ecology, continuously influencing and being influenced by the worlds they create.

Yet these environments are never exclusively human. They are shared with plants, animals and countless other living beings that respond to changing conditions and reshape them in turn. Together, these interdependent relationships form a kind of urban biome—an intricate ecology shaped by cultural, social and economic forces, and one that is especially complex within contemporary India.

Through these works, the exhibition invites us to observe the subtle exchanges between the sentient and the inanimate, between individuals and systems, and between the spaces we construct and those that ultimately construct us.


- Vivek Radhakrishnan

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KRISHA BHUVA


An MS University Vadodara graduate currently based in Gujarat, Krisha Bhuva is a visual artist whose visual narratives challenge societal norms around the female body. Her practice is rooted in the graceful movements of birds, the softness of organic textures, and the timeless beauty of the feminine form. Krisha’s recent work explores the interplay between fabric and skin, seeing nude self-portraits as a vehicle for self-expression. Her artwork celebrates vulnerability and autonomy, establishing her as a steadfast voice in the landscape of contemporary Indian art.

NIVEDITA SHINDE


A trained architect and artist, Nivedita’s work expands her empathy across divisions of race, gender, class, caste, nationality and species. Her art studio and practice comes from the material and spatial knowledge she gained on the field as an architect, resulting in shifting, experimental works. Nivedita
moves between realistic painting, loose drawing, stitching, printing, writing, using ink, graphite, oil paint, found and organic materials, fabric, metal and wood, as and when needed. Her works urge the viewer to celebrate the present, the fleeting ‘now’.

SUNIL K


Having graduated from the College of Fine Arts, Karnataka Chitrakala Parishath with a BVA in Painting, Sunil K is an artist who works across painting, printmaking, and photography. Using gouache as his primary medium, Sunil’s art comes from a deep place of isolation and domesticity. He uses interiors to explore the lives of insects and creatures who share them with us, studying the subtle tensions of this diverse coexistence. His work studies how we navigate emotional spaces and create meaning within the environments we inhabit.

HEMANTH KUMAR


Hemanth Kumar Mavuri is a printmaking artist from Baroda, India. Having received his MFA from the Faculty of Fine Arts, MS University Baroda, Hemanth’s work grows out of personal experiences, memories, and changes
that shape one’s identity over time.Through printmaking, he explores the relationship between his past and present self, often introspecting on transformation, inner conflict, and the emotions that accompany personal growth. He is also interested in ordinary moments and everyday surroundings, using them as starting points for new, innovative ideas.

N.DIVYA


A graduate from MS University Vadodara and a member of The Collective Studio Baroda, N Divya is an artist who believes that her own life history has been kept alive through personal articles handed down from loved ones. This includes garments, beloved objects from a home, furniture that has been refurbished and rehoused, utensils, bric-a-brac, mementos, and others. Divya finds solace in viewing them as an archive, a museum of memory, matrilineal and feminist family data, and second skins in which
she can find protection.

SIMRAN YAGYIK


Simran Yagyik is an artist from Punjab whose artworks and paintings explores the unnoticed flow of daily life, where familiar patterns loop and linger. It observes the push and pull between ease and restlessness. Through gestures, objects, and overlooked corners of the home, she explores the emotional weight of the ordinary- where beauty, discomfort, and reflection quietly coexist. Simran holds an M.V.A. in Printmaking from MS University of Baroda, Vadodara, where she earned the prestigious Prof.
V.S. Patel Gold Medal in Printmaking.

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