Riya Chandwani is a contemporary Indian artist whose multidisciplinary practice spans drawing, painting, printmaking, embroidery, installation, and paper burn techniques. Her work explores intergenerational memory, displacement, and the emotional traces of history, particularly the legacy of the 1947 Partition of India, which displaced her family from Larkana, Sindh.

She holds a B.F.A. and M.F.A. from Sir J. J. School of Art, University of Mumbai (2018–2024). Solo presentations include a show at Gallery Futures, curated as part of the India Art Fair Young Collectors' Programme, New Delhi (2025).

Group exhibitions include The Parliament Is Now In Session, Gallery Method, Mumbai & Delhi (2025); Tell It Slant, Prameya Art Foundation, Shrine Empire, Delhi (2025); Dtale Archist 6, Gallery Dtale Archist, Bengaluru (2025); MOOL, curated by Shaleen Wadhwana, Bikaner House, New Delhi, presented by Exhibit320 (2025); I INSIST, YOU RECKON, curated by Vaidehi Gohil, Exhibit320, New Delhi (2025); Slow Rot, curated by Anica Mann, Method, New Delhi (2025); a group exhibition, London (2026); Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai (2022); Chitramayee State Art Exhibition (2022); Art Society of India (2020–2022); and Bombay Art Society (2020–2021).

Riya Chandwani

Riya Chandwani

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