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Julius Das (born 1994) is an interdisciplinary artist works with photographs, text-based works, moving images, installations, and primarily with drawings. Julius has completed his BFA from B. K. Collage of Art and Craft, Bhubaneswar (2017) and MFA from the School of Humanities and Social Sciences, Shiv Nadar University, Dadri (2020). Julius Das works with many diverse subjects like post-war, art historical events, sexuality, citizenship, mass culture with multi-layered conceptual frameworks through artistic and research based projects. Julius is currently working as a product designer at BEAD Studio, Bhubaneswar. Julius has participated in numerous exhibitions, which includes, ‘ID-ENTITY ‘group exhibition at ArtPilgrimLive Gallery, Gurgaon (2018); 'EMPTY IS NEW ENERGY’, a solo exhibition at Bocca Cafe , Bhubaneswar, Odisha (2017); ‘Student Biennale’, Kochi Muziris biennale, Kochi (2016) and ‘HORIZON’, Group Show at Press Club, Bhubaneswar, Odisha (2016)’; among others. Das has attended various artist residencies and workshops, which includes, ‘SPACE STUDIO’, Four-Months Artist Residency 2021,Vadodara (2021); ‘October School- 2018’, contemporary public art project, as part of the network initiated by IFCAR institute of contemporary art research at ZHDK Zurich (2019); ‘Kala-Setu’, Utsha Foundation for Contemporary Art in partnership with the Raza art foundation (2017); ‘PAGO’, Public Art Project, at Gopalpur Odisha, by Government Of Odisha, Berhampur (2017) and ‘CHALENGAE’ Video Art Residency, Utsha foundation, Bhubaneswar, Odisha (2016), among others.

As an artist and observer, Rhea Moras turns to textiles as a way of thinking through the body and material. In quiet dialogue with threads, she explores themes of memory, trauma, nostalgia, community, and embodied, situated knowledge. She uses slow, intuitive hand-making processes, such as poking, skeletonising, and stitch, as forms of repetitive mark-making.

Disharee Mathur is an artist and designer based in Jaipur (India). Her work lies at the intersection of traditional craft, material research, and design. Her primary media is circular ceramics in Jaipur Blue Pottery, which introduces industrial waste materials to create new recipes adapted by the traditional craft for cultural and economic sustainability.

Bilash Sardar is an art historian, curator, and educator, researcher, currently pursuing his Ph.D. inthe Department of Art History at Kala Bhavana, Santiniketan, with a Senior Research Fellowship.His research explores curatorial strategies for public art in irregular venues, focusing on contemporary enablers and practices. He earned his Master’s degree (2017) and Bachelor’s degree (2015) from the Department of Art History and Aesthetics at Maharaja Sayajirao University, Baroda. Over the years, Bilash has curated several notable exhibitions and festivals, including Chai ki Chuski (2016), Retables of St. Thomas Churches (2017), the Sreemesha Art Studio Annual Exhibition(2017), and the Saptasajya Festivals in 2019 and 2021.Bilash taught Art History at Utkal University of Culture, Bhubaneswar. Previously, he worked as the Centre Administrator and In-house Curator at Utsha Foundation, Bhubaneswar, specializing in contemporary art. He also played a pivotal role as a core team member of Bhubaneswar Art Trail 2018, Odisha’s largest public art project. Bilash worked as Centre Co-ordinator at Arthshila Santiniketan. In addition to his curatorial achievements, Bilash has contributed as a young researcher with Daastaan Mediacommunication, where he worked on the translation of Parikrama of Chaitanya Mahaprabhu. He has worked on archival projects on Sajjad Zaheer, a prominent Urdu writer and founding member of the Communist Party of India and Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Saraswati, the founder of Gaudiya Mission and world Harekrishna movement. Bilash’s passion for public art extends to graffiti and street art, which influence his ongoing resea and practice. He has attended numerous seminars and workshops on exhibition curation and paper conservation, further enriching his knowledge and expertise.

Premjish Achari is a curator and writer based in Delhi and teaches art history and theory at Shiv Nadar University, India. He founded the in-depth curatorial platform called Future Collaborations aimed at theoretically and politically informed curation, and is the co-curator of Bhubaneswar Art Trail 2018, and currently heads the program and the editorial for the exhibition ‘Lokame Tharavadu’ organised by Kochi Biennale Foundation. He has curated numerous projects in the contexts of India, the UK, and the USA. He received the Inlaks: Take on Art Travel Grant for Young Critics in 2016 and was a Fellow for Curatorial Intensive South Asia (CISA) in 2017 at KHOJ International Artist’s Association. In 2018, he received the Art Scribes Award from Prameya Art Foundation for developing new curatorial paradigms. As part of the Award, he attended a residency at Chateau de La Napoule, France. He was the winner of the Art Writers’ Award 2021 issued by the Swiss Arts Council Pro Helvetia.

Madhulika is an interdisciplinary researcher using ethnography and qualitative research to study the loss of heterogeneity in lived experience. Madhu has an educational background in quantitative research but has chosen to pursue appreciative inquiry as a mode to interpret culture, critical theory and power in society. Her areas of interest include arts, crafts, food culture , flora and design of learning in vernacular learning systems. Madhu is also an installation artist with experience and expertise in mixed media art, paper art and upcycled art.

Ritaban Ghosh deploys queries into the cusps of the contemporary rippling across pluralities of time. Through image, sculpture, food, and performance, he ponders the scape between the seen and imagined and their intervening capacity, with compassionate scrutiny. Negotiating perimeters of power, evidence and historical conjecture, he segues into diverse discourses of threshold and insolvability to chart the voyage to artisthood.

Satyabhama is an artist from Bhubaneswar ( Odisha) practicing in varied expressions such as painting, Installation art, sculpting and photography. Her strength is painting and she does a lot of concepts on Growing Urbanization. Apart from that, she also undertakes many socially relevant and much needed projects where she takes art as a medium to engage with the community. In the past 15 years she has been working a lot with school children to help them and their school authorities understand and indulge in creative learning processes though art and art practices. She also works very closely with tribal communities to understand their culture and lifestyle. she believes that her efforts are a process of developing empathy and better relationships with nature,oneself, each other and the surroundings. She was a recipient of state award of Lalita Kala Academy, Odisha in 2012. She is working with NGOs like Gram Vikas & Tata trust for developing child education in Odisha.

Sibdas works with subjects matters around transformative affectedness in relation to speed and immediacy; ideas around forgetfulness and historical gaps, rejection and space of abstraction. Sibdas has participated in many group exhibition, such as Indian Art Fair(2020); The earth is still going around the sun, curated by Mile Samdab (2019) and Student Biennale, Kochi Muziris Biennale (2016), among others. Sibdas had also various project displays of his installations such as Second Wave Of Amnesia, Final MFA Solo Project Display, Kiran Nadar Museum of Art, Noida (2019); response to an absurd land, which doesn't exist, Shiv Nadar University (2018) and The City Under-Wrapped, Shiv Nadar University (2018), among others

Raj Maurya is a multidisciplinary artist, archivist, and researcher working at the intersections of photography, moving image, and community-led archival practices. Trained in photography design, his work spans photography, film, and archival research, exploring how lived experiences, cultural practices, and oral histories shape collective memory and identity. Raj’s practice is rooted in close collaborations with communities and draws from traditional knowledge systems, material culture, and local histories.

​Kirti Kumari is a photographer from Kanpur. based in Shillong, Meghalaya, India. She finds her practice at the intersection of art, nature, and culture, reflecting a profound commitment to research and documentation of ancient knowledge systems, oral traditions,myths, rituals, folklore and other related narratives. Her preferred tool of inquiry is the camera, which allows her to mindfully witness the world, experience it in more depth and beauty. By employing photography as a medium of expression, she tries to traverse the fine line between reality and illusion.