"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, identity of the female queer 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. Having participated in various artist residencies and group and solo exhibitions internationally, Bonobithi’s works have been extensively displayed in cities across India, Indonesia, Italy, UK, Spain, Belgium, Greece, Iceland, Brazil, Germany, Iran and France.


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
  • 2024     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