Varunika Saraf

Varunika Saraf and now based in Hyderabad is an Indian contemporary painter who seeks to bare the reality of violence often drawing attention historical and political realities and injustices in India.

Art practice

Saraf's main material is Wasli, an ancient Indian paper for detailed painting and hand-ground pigments made in her studio. The artist employs color as a form of abstraction to attract viewers to the complex details within often massive scale paintings. She also uses miniature art, embroidery,

Exhibitions

Saraf is represented by Chemould Prescott Road, Mumbai where she had a solo exhibition in 2021. Her work has been presented at Art Basel, Art Dubai and India Art Fair. She has been a part of several solo and group exhibitions in India and abroad.

Public collections

Varunika Saraf's works are a part of the collections at KNMA, New Delhi; Chemould Prescott Road, Mumbai; Kasturbhai Lalbhai Museum and Sarmaya Foundation.

Awards and Honors

Saraf received an Mention from the Sharjah Biennial Prize jury for her series ‘We, The People’ which was a part of the Sharjah Biennale 15 Thinking Historically in the Present. She was also awarded the Asia Society Gamechanger Award, 2023, Kashi Award for Visual Arts, 2006 and Shri. SL Parasher Gold Medal, University of Hyderabad, 2006.