Priyanka Choudhary
Priyanka Choudhary was born in 1976, Delhi, India and holds a Bachelor of Fine Art from Delhi College of Art, Delhi, India. Her visual vocabulary spans Arte-Povera, Minimalism and contemporary practice including performance art.
In 2025 she was part of India Art Fair, New Delhi, India. In 2024 she had her sixth solo show i will lie to you forever, Gallery Maskara, Mumbai, India. In 2023 she was part of India Art Fair, New Delhi, India. 2022 she participated in Remember the Skin Whose Earth You Are and in A Handful of Dust at Vadehra Art Gallery, New Delhi. 2016 Priyanka had her fourth solo show The Second Throw at Gallery Maskara, Mumbai, India. In 2015 she was part of a group show The Smell of War, De Lovie - Poperinge, Belgium earlier in January she did a performance at the India Art Fair, New Delhi, India. In 2014 she had her third solo show 1914 – 2014 at Gallery Maskara, Mumbai, India and a performance Disseminated Verses, New York, USA. In 2013, the artist performed in five major conflict zones in four different continents. She was artist-in-residence at the prestigious Nirox Residency, Cradle of Humankind, Krugersdorp, South Africa. She was also awarded a month-long residency at [R.A.T.] Residencias Artísticas por Intercambio, Mexico City culminating in a show at the same venue. Her third solo show Si´, was mounted at Yam gallery, Mexico City and she was one of the featured artist in Traditions\Transformation curated by Abhay Maskara at Geukens & De Vil, Antwerp, Belgium. Her works were shown at the Skoda prize show at National Gallery of Modern Art (NGMA), New Delhi, India; In 2012, Choudhary participated in two group shows at Vadehra Art Gallery, New Delhi including a performance Shroud Reader at the same venue. Her works were featured at the India Art Fair, New Delhi, VIP Art Fair (online) and she was one of 20 artists shortlisted for the ŠKODA Prize; In 2011 she had her second solo show Tetanus Midas at Gallery Maskara, Mumbai. Her works were also featured in (M)other India at Galerie du Jour – Agnès B, Paris, France and at the India Art Summit, New Delhi, India; In 2010, her first solo show, NUL to Now was curated by Abhay Maskara and was held at Gallery Maskara, Mumbai, India. The artist lives and works in Delhi, India.
Education
1998 Bachelor of Fine Art, Delhi College of Art, New Delhi, India
Solo Exhibitions
2024
I will lie to you forever, Gallery Maskara, Mumbai, India
2016
The Second Throw, Gallery Maskara, Mumbai, India
2014
1914 – 2014, Gallery Maskara, Mumbai, India
2013
Performance, Satyagraha House, Johannesburg, South Africa
Si´, Yam Gallery, Mexico City, Mexico
2011
Tetanus Midas, Gallery Maskara, Mumbai, India
2010
NUL to Now, Gallery Maskara, Mumbai, India
Group Exhibitions
2024
India Art Fair, New Delhi, India
2024
India Art Fair, New Delhi, India
2023
India Art Fair, New Delhi, India
2022
Remember the Skin Whose Earth You Are, Vadehra Gallery, New Delhi
A Handful of Dust, Vadehra Gallery, New Delhi
2020
We Are Still Alive, IIC, New Delhi
2017
C13 An Exhibition/ A proposition/ A playground/a house, New Delhi
2016
‘A Place in Time’, Nirox Sculpture Park, Johannesburg, South AfricaW W W . G A L L E R Y M A S K A R A . C O M2015
The Smell of War, De Lovie - Poperinge, Belgium
2014
India Art Fair, New Delhi, India
2013
Traditions\Transformation, Geukens & De Vil, Antwerp, Belgium
Open Studio, Turin Studios RAT, Mexico City, Mexico
India Art Fair, New Delhi, India
Skoda Prize Show, National Gallery of Modern Art (NGMA), New Delhi, India
2012
Porous, Vadehra Art Gallery, New Delhi, India
Extending the Line, Vadehra Art Gallery, New Delhi, India
Mumbai Gallery Weekend, Mumbai, India
VIP Art Fair, Online
India Art Fair, New Delhi, India
2011
(M)other India, Galerie du Jour – Agnès B., Paris, France
India Art Summit, New Delhi, India
Performances
2020
i, Vladslo German War Cemetery, Ypers, Belgium
‘The YOU/ The WHO, The Dodengang, Diksmuide, Belgium
2019
The Beguine, St Catherine’s Beguinage, Antwerpen, Belgium
2017
Cooking with Instructions, C!3 Exhibition, New Delhi, India.
2015
Delhi, India
Her – an urban action, New Delhi, India
The Art of Papilio demoleus (or how to become the Lemon Butterfly), India Art Fair, New
2014
Walk with You, Mumbai, India
Disseminated Verses, New York, USA
2013
The Walk, Ypres, Belgium
Line, Geuken & De Vil Gallery, Antwerp, BelgiumW W W . G A L L E R Y M A S K A R A . C O MCharkha III, Jalianwala Bagh, Punjab, India
Churning IV, Ypres, Belgium.
Churning III, Apartheid Museum, Johannesburg, South Africa.
Churning III, Soweto, Johannesburg, South Africa.
Churning II, Wall Street, New York, USA.
Churning I, Performance Zocalo, Mexico City, Mexico.
Charkha II, Tlatelolco, Mexico City, Mexico
Charkha I, Zokalo, Mexico City, Mexico
2012
Shroud Reader, Vadhera Art Gallery, New Delhi, India
Artist Residencies/Awards
2013
[R.A.T.] Residencias Artísticas por Intercambio, Mexico City, Mexico
Nirox Residency, Cradle of Humankind, Krugersdorp, South Africa
Selected Skoda Prize, India.
