Bio

 

Kanika Gupta is an alumnus of the JJ School of Art, Mumbai

Kanika has done Summer Residency with School of Visual Arts in New York.

Since 2009-2021, Kanika had built iktaara

into a design house offering both gift products made from her art.

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Her works have been published by Bloomsbury India, Juggernaut among others. Kanika began the movement of adult colouring and doodling workshops– a great Sunday morning activity at Cubbon Park, Bangalore.

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Notable Achievements:

            •           Named by Home Review Designquest as one among their 5 Young Indian Designers under 35,

            •           Awarded the Silver for best Wedding Invite Design at the GIW Awards.

            •           Invited to conduct doodling and art workshops at at TEDx events,Bangalore International Centre, IIM- Ahemdabad, Schools and more.

 

Kanika has a weekly art comic with Sunday Midday, Mumbai

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Art shows:

Indian Art festival 2018

Art Maadhyam, Bangalore

 Solo Show ar Nippon Art Gallery, Mumbai

Group show with iart, 2023

Group Show , Tao Art Gallery 2024

Showing Online with Tao Online, I-art, The house of Things, Method India

On display at 079 stories, Ahmedabad

Group Show at The Raw House ,Ahmedabad

 

Artist Statement

Artist Statement :

My art emerges from a place beyond thought—instinctive, spontaneous, and often surprising even to me. It is a process guided more by feeling than form, more by surrender than control. I don’t plan my work in a traditional sense; rather, I allow the images to arise naturally, following a mysterious inner flow that seems to know where it’s going before I do.

Whimsical and mystical by nature, my work carries an innocence that feels childlike, not in simplicity but in purity—untouched by expectation or judgment. Creating is a deeply personal act of devotion and discovery. I often feel as though I’m in dialogue with something greater, something sacred. Many of my pieces are inspired by scripture and spiritual texts,  they echo the soul of the words, expressing what lies between the lines. As I draw messages often reveal themselves—subtle guidance, truths, or insights I didn’t consciously intend.

Art, for me, is a healing force. It purifies. It grounds me in the present while connecting me to something timeless. I don’t always know where the inspiration comes from, but I TRUST it. There is a kind of grace in letting go and ALLOWING the unknown to speak through color, form, and texture.

Ultimately, I see each piece as a portal—an invitation into the unseen, the poetic, the sacred. I hope viewers feel that same sense of wonder and quiet healing when they encounter my work, as though they, too, are being gently reminded of something forgotten but deeply known.

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ART for me is A- R-eturn -T-icket to my True Self :-)