Anikesa Dhing
Works
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Mum Crushing Candy Crush, 2024 -
Fallen Mickey and Donald, 2023
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LapDog (Objects Of Anxiety), 2023
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Laxman Rekha, 2023
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Man On A Pedestal, 2023
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Spiny Stale Bread, 2023
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The Elephant Vanishes, 2023
Biography
Anikesa Dhing was born in Udaipur, and lives and works in Vadodara. She graduated from MS University, Vadodara with an undergraduate and postgraduate degree in Fine Arts. The artist uses a vibrant range of colours and lines which resonate with a “‘pop”’ visual vocabulary that lie between the disciplines of fine art and design.
Anikesa’s practice focuses on a renewed relationship with the material world through aspects of knowledge, perception and memory. With overwhelming visuals and scale, she tries to induce a sense of uncertainty to what we think is ‘known.’ Through such works, Anikesa talks about the sentimental tendencies materialism holds, and the transactional values of the object-oriented universe. The visual bombardment of images present in her work mimics the anxiety of transitoriness and desire in a manner that narrates the story of an object as a prime protagonist.
Anikesa has previously exhibited at India Art Fair with Studio Nyn (2024), at Art Mumbai with Gallery XXL (2023), numerous exhibitions with Gallery XXL (2023 and 2024), and at a solo exhibition titled “ice-cream melting at the bouncy castle” at Anant Art Gallery (2022). In 2024, she was also a part of the Khoj International Artist Residency in collaboration with Misk Art Institute.
Exhibitions
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BENDING AND BREAKING
Presenting the works of AIKO, Anikesa Dhing, Ashna Malik, Avinash Kumar, Bhushan Bhombale, Khatra, Nabi and Sadhna Prasad 10 Dec 2025 - 23 Jan 2026To bend is to alter, stretch, and curve form until it yields; to break is to arrive at a point of irreversible shift where fragments can give way to newer...Read more -
STAIN CANON
Presenting works of Anikesa Dhing, liactuallee and Priyanka Paul 12 Nov - 29 Dec 2024Stain: from Old French desteindre which means ‘tinge with a color different from the “natural” one’ Canon: from Greek kanōn which means ‘rule’ STAIN CANON attempts to prod into reasons...Read more -
The Desired Scaffold
Visualizing Architectures of Longings and Isolations 26 Jul - 25 Sep 2024The window period that diagnoses freedom from its construction is determined by the time spent or created by inhabitants of any space; space which implies both room and duration. But,...Read more -
Clusterflux
16 - 19 Nov 2023On the walls of humdrum, stories that were yet to be told held a time, changing places, finding -- a newer imagination. Stories that form the essence of our existence,...Read more
Press
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A whirlwind of art and expression
Lifestyleasiaindia , January 15, 2025 -
#GraziaCulture MGW
Grazia , January 10, 2025 -
Start the new year with a creative escape at Mumbai Gallery Weekend
Vogue , January 10, 2025 -
How to Cover Mumbai Gallery Weekend by Foot
The Nod , January 9, 2025 -
Trade your brunch for art! Your ultimate guide to the Mumbai Gallery Weekend 2025
Namrata Dewanjee, Elle Decor , January 9, 2025 -
6 striking art exhibitions in Mumbai that are worth a visit in August
Neerja Deodhar, Architectural Digest India, August 5, 2024 -
9 New Art Shows in India We’re Excited about this August
Huzan Tata, Vogue India, August 2, 2024 -
Attend A Mumbai Exhibition Exploring The Link Between Our Emotions & The Spaces We Occupy
Disha Bijolia, Homegrown, July 31, 2024
