I’m a multi-disciplinary artist exploring environmental ecologies, preservation and consciousness. My practice spans across sculpture, sound and video, drawing and photography. Abandoned, overgrown and untamed environments inspire me. Natural chaos is beautiful, but with increasing urbanization, we are progressively losing our natural environs to cement and steel. My work is a testament to this loss and disappearance of thousands of species of plants and trees capturing a botanical melancholy of degeneration and struggle, absence and presence.

“Radhika’s work contemplates humanity's relationship to the natural world with visual wonderment. Her approach is wide-ranging, a transhistorical approach that traces kinships and affinities between artistic methods and practices, to create new layers of meaning to bridge the present and past. What emerges is a historical narrative that is built around forms of symbiosis, solidarity, and human hood. Her works transcends the graph of time and many of the stories told in Radhika’s time capsules thus participate in the complex process of rewriting and rereading ecological history that has marked the last few years, when it has become clearer than ever that no historical narrative can ever be considered final.”

BIOGRAPHY

Radhika was born in Kolkata in 1985. She currently lives and works from Goa.

Radhika Agarwala has completed her MFA in Fine Art from Goldsmiths, University of London (2011), MFA in Painting from School of Fine Art, University of Florida (2010) and Post-Baccalaureate Certificate in Painting from The School of the Art Institute of Chicago (2008), preceded by BFA in Painting from Rabindra Bharati University, Faculty Of Visual Arts, Kolkata (2007).

Her works have been exhibited for ‘Ghosts In Machines’, at Serendipidity Arts Festival, curated by Damian Christinger (2024), ‘There Are Tides In The Body’ at Emami Art ,Kolkata, curated by Damian Christinger (2024), ‘Gold.Silver’, at Church of San Martin Obispo, Spain, curated by Jasone Miranda-Bilbao (2024), ‘Kaee Kolkata City Lab, Kaee Contemporary, Kolkata ,curated by Premjish Achari (2024), ‘Weathering With You’ at Frestonian Gallery, London (2024), ‘Planetary Scale', curated by Jasone Miranda-Bilbao at Filet, London (2024), ‘Luminous Reveries’, Travancore Palace, Delhi ,curated by Premjish Achari (2024),‘Art Dubai at Latitude 28 (2022) ,'When The Other Stares Back’, curated by Adwait Singh at Kaee Contemporary, Kolkata (2022), 'Memory Leaves' ,Curated by Uma Nair at Art Exposure, Kolkata (2022), ‘All The Days and Nights’ at Kristin Hjellegjerde Gallery, London (2020), with Latitude 28 at Delhi Contemporary Art Week (2021-2017), India Art Fair (2023,2022,2019 & 2018); ‘Babur ki Gai’ (2018) and ‘G/rove’ (2017), 'Participate', Asians Arts Initiative (2014).  Solo exhibits include 'For Two Lovers' (2013) & 'Encounter' (2012) at Kristin Hjellegjerde Gallery, London.

Artist residencies include 'Ancestral Futures', Galaxidi, Greece, by Chronos initiative led by curator Damian Christinger (2023), Kaee Kolkata City Lab (KKCL), initiative led by curator Premjish Achari, Kaee Contemporary (2023), Atelierhaus Salzamt, Austria & Casa Dell'Arte, Turkey (2013). She has participated in the Saatchi Gallery Auction, London (2012) and was shortlisted for the 100 Painters of Tomorrow, by Kurt Beers, Cecily Brown & Jack Klein and Threadneedle Prize for Painting and Sculpture, UK (2013), Scholarship from Goldsmiths, University of London, Annual Scholarship from University OF Florida School of Art + Art History, U.S.A and Merit Scholarship from School of The Art Institute of Chicago.