Manisha Parekh

Manisha Parekh holds an MA in Painting from the Royal College of Art, London (1991–93) and from The M.S. University of Baroda (1983–90). She was a founding member of Khoj International Artists Workshop. One of the few artists working in India today who continues to explore an exclusively abstract language, her practice straddles painting, collage and drawing — most recognised for works created by layering shapes cut from handmade papers into dense fields of pattern and energy. Her work is held in major collections including the Kiran Nadar Museum of Art, New Delhi; Lalit Kala Akademi, Ahmedabad; Royal