Pranati Panda, born in 1974 in Bhubaneswar, Odisha, is an artist whose work delves deeply into self-reflection. She completed her BFA at B.K. College of Arts and Crafts, followed by an MFA from the Delhi College of Art. In her art, Pranati often places herself at the center of a personal exploration, using abstraction and storytelling to examine her own philosophies on life. Her process is highly meditative, with her signature threadwork reflecting her commitment to the meaning found in labor and the pursuit of open-ended questions. In 2019, she held her first solo exhibition, *Speaking Threads*, at Vadehra Art Gallery in New Delhi. Pranati has also been featured in many other exhibitions,

Prabhu Harsoor (1962) has been reflecting on forms that transpire between the abstract and the figurative and acquire a visual language that is particularly his own. He has several visualisations from his memories that have given his works a special treatment in the realm of the distorted from that of the concrete. Some of his abstractions are similar to a linguistic script and are deliberately engaging with the idea of the formation of a language. Very evocative of the famous Indian modernist Artist Vasudeo S. Gaitonde's works, Harsoor explores alphabets as he visualises them and, in the process, engages with the idea of the artistic practice of script-making and the lingering

Jayashree Chakravarty, born 1956, in Tripura and spent her childhood in Agartala, where she was first introduced to art. Jayashree Chakravarty’s subject of interest was always nature which came from experience in living in a small town. Exposed to the cosmopolitanism of her immediate environment, surrounded by students and scholars from all over the world, Chakravarty was able to trace several similarities between Agartala and Santiniketan in terms of the ways in which small towns at the time were morphing into more urban spaces. During the early 1980s, Jayashree moved to Vadodara, Gujarat and joined M.S. University for a PG Diploma in Painting. This change brought influences

Since her early years, Nahid Merchant has exhibited a profound passion for art, which led her to pursue formal training in fine arts. She earned her Bachelor of Fine Arts from the esteemed Sir J.J. School of Art in Mumbai in 1984. Merchant's debut in the art world began with her participation in the *Monsoon Show* in 1981, and she has since contributed to numerous national and international exhibitions. In addition to her accomplishments in the visual arts, Merchant has achieved recognition as an internationally acclaimed fashion designer. Merchant's artistic and design practices are closely intertwined. Her keen interest in design manifests across various forms, with a particular focus on

Ekta Singha's practice delivers upon personal interpretation of layers of experiences woven with paraphernalia of design motifs, forms and elements derived from miniature paintings. Her interest in Mughal, Persian and Rajput miniature paintings allow her to develop an independent language that makes its entrance in a pictorial surface that is layered with metaphorical and personal references. The miniature visual elements help her to create the desired pictorial