Khatra

KHATRA is a Vadodara-based visual artist working between typography, graffiti, and abstraction at the intersection of urban culture and conceptual design. He holds a Bachelor of Visual Arts from the Faculty of Fine Arts, M.S. University, Vadodara (2016). His practice translates digital sketches into murals, posters, and reflective works using spray paint, markers, and radium stickers sourced from Indian street graphics. His process merges calibrated letterforms with the fluidity of graffiti, allowing satire, repetition, and urban texture to co-exist with precise construction. He is drawn to glitch as a conceptual tool, treating digital errors as poetic disruptions, first explored through A4 poster assemblies (from 2017) and later embedded into public walls and installations.

Central to his work are themes of visibility, everyday labour, and the porous exchange between street infrastructure and art. He has painted across cities in India and abroad — including Sri Lanka, Sweden, Dubai, and Abu Dhabi — frequently with St+art India Foundation. His achievements include the Pepper House Graffiti Residency at Kochi Biennale (2018), a 200-metre typographic carpet at India Art Fair (2024), a five-storey mural in Shillong, and collaborations with Gucci, Adidas, Levi’s, Royal Enfield, Pepsi, and Urban Monkey, with projects shown at Serendipity Arts Festival and St+art initiatives. He has exhibited his studio works with Gallery XXL in 2023 at OUTSIDERS and in 2024 at sans sentense.