Manjot Kaur

Manjot Kaur’s works are intimate worlds encompassing the anthropology of wonder and awe, proposing narratives that imagine a multi-species future. She cross-pollinates ancient mythologies and histories to reflect on the relationship between humans and more-than-humans. Her drawings, paintings, and time-based media attempt to de-patriarchize the sovereignty of ecology and women’s bodies. Moreover, her works delve deep into intimate worlds encompassing the anthropology of wonder and awe, proposing narratives that imagine a multi-species future by responding to ecological grief and loneliness through acts of care and kinship.

Manjot completed her bachelor’s in Painting at the Government College of Art, Panjab University, Chandigarh (2010), her master’s with a University Gold medal from the Government College of Art, Chandigarh (2012), and Post Academie for Art, Design and Reflection at Jan van Eyck Academie, Maastricht, Netherlands (2021). She has received many prestigious grants and fellowships, such as the Lakshmi Mittal and Family South Asia Institute at Harvard University, Cambridge, USA, in March-April (2023); the Sustaina India Fellowship at CEEW (Council on Energy, Environment, and Water); and the Generator Art Production Fund grant from Experimenter Gallery, India, in (2022). She has been an artist in residence at Jan van Eyck Academie, Maastricht, Netherlands (2020-21); 1 Shanthiroad, Bangalore (2019); Unidee, Cittadellarte Fondazione Pistoletto, Italy (2018), funded by Inlaks Shivdasani Foundation, India; Peers – Khoj International Artists’ Association, New Delhi (2018); and Museo Casa Masaccio Centro per l’Arte Contemporanea, San Giovanni Valdarno, Italy—a cross-institutional program with Clark House Initiative, Mumbai (2018). 

Her awards include the State Award, Punjab Lalit Kala Akademi, Chandigarh (2018); Sohan Qadri Fellowship, Chandigarh Lalit Kala Akademi, Chandigarh (2017); State Award, Chandigarh Lalit Kala Akademi, Chandigarh (2017) and (2012); and Scholarship to Young Artists, Chandigarh Lalit Kala Akademi (2011). She was chosen by Hindustan Times as one of the Top 30-under-30 young achievers in 2017.

Her recent participations include  ‘Land That Lives Through Us’ curated by Khushboo Jain at Art and Charlie, Mumbai (2025);  India Art Fair with LATITUDE 28, New Delhi, (2025 & 2023); ‘Art Basel’with Mor Charpentier at Miami Beach, Paris (2024); ‘An Alternate Contemporary’ curated by Waswo X Waswo partnership with LATITUDE 28 at Sunapranta centre for the Arts, Goa (2024); ‘Ecosystems are Lovestories’, solo presentation by LATITUDE 28 in (2024) at Bawabba, Art Dubai (2024); other exhibitions are ‘A Tree” curated by Marjolein Van der Loo at Onomatopee, Eindhoven, Netherlands, (2024); ‘Animal Farm’ curated by Julia Geerlings at Musuem Rijswijk, Rijswijk, Netherlands, (2024); ‘I Will Meet You Yet Again: Contemporary Sikh Art’, at Fowler Museum, UCLA, California, USA (2024); ‘Green Snake – Women Centered Ecologies’ curated by Kathryn Weir, at Tai Kwun, Hong Kong, (2023); curated by Emiliano Valdes; Tomorrows/Today section at Investec Cape Town Art Fair, South Africa curated by Mariella Franzoni, with Gallery Caroline O’Breen, Amsterdam, (2024); ‘Becoming Earths’, Gallery Caroline O’Breen, Amsterdam during Amsterdam Art Week, (2023); Art Mumbai with LATITUDE 28, Mumbai, (2023); Delhi Contemporary Art Week with LATITUDE 28, Bikaner House, New Delhi, (2023); ‘Conjunction of the Spheres’, curated by Girish Shahane, Delhi Contemporary Art Week, Bikaner House, New Delhi, (2023); ‘Where Shall We Plant The Placenta’ curated by Julia Geerlings at A Tale of A Tub, Rotterdam, (2022); ‘Non-Fungible Speculations’ curated by Srinivas Aditya Mopidevi, Nature Morte, New Delhi, (2022); ‘The World Awaits You Like a Garden’ with curatorial advice by Sugata Ray, LATITUDE 28, New Delhi, (2022); ‘The Pool of Memories’ curated by Suvi Bains, Surrey Art Gallery, Canada, 2022; ‘Hurting and Healing – Let’s Imagine a Different Heritage’ curated by Charles Ecshe, Tensta Konsthall, Stockholm, (2022); ‘Terrain Offline’, Bikaner House, New Delhi, India, (2021) and ‘Garden State’ curated by Fadwa Naamna, Garage Rotterdam, Rotterdam, Netherlands, (2021) among others.

The artist is represented by LATITUDE 28, New Delhi, India.