Dhara Mehrotra (b.1979, New Delhi, India) is a visual artist with an M.F.A in Painting from College of Art, Delhi University, India. Mehrotra’s work demonstrates intricate linkages and connections, deeming isolated consciousness a falsehood, and rupturing contemporary individualist tendencies. Once we are willing to acknowledge the relational dynamics of the natural and cultural realms, there are possibilities of understanding complex processes and deeper synergy. Mehrotra is the recipient of the Swapan Biswas award for academic excellence in India and the junior fellowship award from the Ministry of Culture, Government of India. She has been an artist-in-residence at the Tata Institute of Fundamental Research (TIFR-NCBS) Bangalore 2018-19, resulting in an exhibition titled Through Clusters and Networks. The artist has participated in multiple group shows and one solo exhibtion with Aicon Contemporary since 2023.
Mehrotra lives and works in Bangalore, India.