Shilpa Gupta

In her multi-disciplinary practice, Shilpa Gupta (b. 1976, Mumbai, IN) explores power structures, social stratification, shared histories, and how they dictate socio-political phenomena. Her work often centers on modes of transmitting information and sentiment, such as through the written, spoken or sung word, and the ways in which this expression is shared or systematically repressed. With a focus on how nations, cultures and identities are defined and self-determined, Gupta’s work concerns itself with both the individual and the collective on scales local and global.

Shilpa Gupta has been the subject of solo exhibitions at international museums and institutions including Centro Botín, Santander (2024); Amant, New York (2023); MAXXI L’Aquila (2023); M HKA, Antwerp (2021); Dallas Contemporary, Dallas (2021); Barbican Centre, London (2021); Neuer Berliner Kunstverein, Berlin (2021); YARAT Contemporary Art Space, Baku (2018); Bielefelder Kunstverein, Bielefeld (2017); Kunstnernes Hus, Oslo (2014); and Contemporary Arts Center, Cincinnati (2010).

Gupta’s work has been featured in the Borås Art Biennial (2021), the 12th Gwangju Biennale (2018), the 58th Venice Biennale (2019) and the 8th Berlin Biennale for Contemporary Art (2014). She is the recipient of the GQ Cultural Provocateur Award (2019), the Bienal Award at the Bienal De Cuenca, Ecuador (2011) and the Transmediale Award, Berlin (2004). Gupta lives and works in Mumbai.