Layered colour, texture, and quiet emotional resonance define Vanita Gupta’s contemporary painting practice. Working primarily with acrylic and mixed media, her compositions balance abstraction with subtle structure, creating atmospheric spaces that evoke memory, introspection, and the poetry of everyday life. Gupta’s process is intuitive and meditative, allowing surfaces to develop through layered gestures, tonal shifts, and delicate mark-making. Her works often suggest landscapes of emotion rather than literal places, inviting viewers to slow down and enter contemplative visual environments. Trained at the L.S. Raheja School of Art in Mumbai, Gupta has developed a sustained practice that engages with abstraction through sensitivity to colour, surface, and spatial depth. Her paintings have been exhibited widely in India and internationally and are held in significant public and private collections.

Solo Exhibitions

• Pundole Art Gallery, Mumbai
• Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai
• Gallery, Redchurch Street, London

Selected Exhibitions

• 16th International Media Art Biennale, Poland
• 50 Years of Art in Bombay, National Gallery of Modern Art, Mumbai
• Palette Art Gallery, New Delhi

Awards & Residencies

• Asian Cultural Council Fellowship (2014–15)
• Pollock-Krasner Foundation Grant (2014)
• Raza Foundation Award (2008)
• Artist Residency, Vermont Studio Center, USA