"Art is my refuge and my adventure. It is what I go home to, it is what I leave home for."

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A multidisciplinary Indian visual artist based in Paris, Bonobithi works in diverse analogue and digital media to create multisensory storytelling experiences. Dealing chiefly with mixed reality, drawing and painting, photography, poetry film, sculpture, audio art, performance, multilingual writing and visual poetry, she constructs immersive multimedia installations. The thematic focus of her practice is the South Asian post-colonial historic-cultural landscape, synesthetic multilingualism, identity of the female body of colour, and intercultural dialogue through shared safe spaces. She is interested in speculative fiction and psychogeography in upholding silenced narratives of vulnerability in marginalised communities, particularly among women. She holds a Master of Fine Arts in Transdisciplinary New Media from Paris College of Art, Paris, France. Having participated in various artist residencies and group and solo exhibitions internationally, Bonobithi’s works have been extensively displayed in cities across Europe and Asia. She is a member of the activist artist group WE Collective.

Selected Exhibitions
Solo
  • 2023    Garland of Melodies, Ketemu Project, Bali, Indonesia 
  • 2023    Mirrored, Kalakendra Gallery, Bharat Nivas, Auroville, India 
  • 2022    Sky Lanterns, Bombay Art Society Gallery, Mumbai, India 
  • 2022    Crescendo, Conscience 20, Antwerp, Belgium
Group
  • 2025    Le Salon des Affamés, Paris. France
  • 2025    Eidos, Graduate Thesis Exhibition, Bastille Design Center, Paris, France
  • 2025    Tomorrow Will, Brief Shalimar, Vie Projects, Paris, France
  • 2025    2nd Edition We Collective, Ottawa, Canada
  • 2024    1st Edition We Collective, video screenings in Greece, Italy, UK, Iceland, Germany, Brazil, Iran
  • 2024    Floating Homelands, PCA Gallery, Paris, France
  • 2024    Summer Project Exhibition, The Cut Arts Centre, Halesworth, UK
  • 2024    Floating Homelands, Espace Usanii, Nevers, France
  • 2023    Bound Together, Chitrakala Parishath, Bangalore, India
  • 2023    The Edge of Self, Si Bambai Gallery, Mumbai, India 
  • 2023    Ubud Open Studios, Ketemu Project, Bali, Indonesia 
  • 2023    Kalaarambh, Venkatappa Gallery, Bangalore, India 
  • 2022    Artival 2022, Mumbai, India 
  • 2022   Visions- ANIMA MUNDI 2022 (59th Venice Biennale of Art), ItsLiquid Group, Venice, Italy 
  • 2022    London Contemporary 2022, ItsLiquid Group, London, UK
  • 2022    Oppositions, The Holy Art, London, UK 
  • 2022    Antithesis, Capital Culture House, Madrid, Spain 
  • 2021    All You Need is Art, Art Space Milano, Milan, Italy
  • 2019    Janfest Art Exhibition, St. Xavier's College, Mumbai, India
Workshops & Lectures
  •  2024   Artist workshop “Cartography Art and Mapping the Body”, Paris College of Art, Paris, France
  •  2024   Artist workshop “Psychogeography of Migration”, PCA Gallery, Paris, France
  •  2024   Guest lecture “Transdisciplinary Explorations: Chemistry in Art”, St. Xavier’s College, Mumbai, India
  •  2024   Guest lecture “Conservation: A Rendezvous of Art, Science and History”, St. Xavier’s College, Mumbai,                    India
Selected Bibliography & Publications
  •  2024   “Student Stories: Bonobithi Biswas”. By Zainab Affejee. Paris College of Art 
  •  2022    "Bonobithi Biswas and the Opportunities Fund". International Institute for Conservation of Historic and              Artistic Works 
  •  2022    “I Have a Dream”. ZAAL Z, Royal Museum of Fine Arts KMSKA