Seema Kohli
Seema Kohli is a multidisciplinary artist working through the imagination of mythical and fantastical worlds from an eco-feminist eye. Engaging with visual and performative media, Kohli explores the themes of beauty and sensuality echoed in philosophy and spirituality studies across civilisations. Her work primarily celebrates the cosmic feminine and its relationship to forces of creation and destruction.
Seema Kohli
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- Name
- Seema Kohli
- Birthplace
- Delhi, India
- Education
- Miranda House, Delhi University South Delhi PolytechnicSouth Delhi Polytechnic, Delhi University
- Born
- 1960
- Nationality
- India
- Occupation
- sculptor · contemporary artist
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Seema Kohli is a multidisciplinary artist working through the imagination of mythical and fantastical worlds from an eco-feminist eye. Engaging with visual and performative media, Kohli explores the themes of beauty and sensuality echoed in philosophy and spirituality studies across civilisations. Her work primarily celebrates the cosmic feminine and its relationship to forces of creation and destruction.
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Biography
There is a focused engagement with the concept of Hiranayagarbha or The Golden Womb; she attempts to create new artistic identities by reshaping belongings, bringing the past and the present into a dialogue through a process of decay, hybridisation and transformation.
Key facts
Key facts
• Name — Seema Kohli • Birthplace — Delhi, India • Education — Miranda House, Delhi University South Delhi PolytechnicSouth Delhi Polytechnic, Delhi University • Father — Krishnan Dev Kohli • Mother — Uma Kohli • Website — https: www.seemakohli.com
Early life and career
Early life and career
Seema Kohli was born in 1960 in Delhi, India. She graduated from Miranda House, University of Delhi. Kohli received a gold medal at the Florence Biennale in 2009 for her film Swayamsiddha – Myth, Mind, and Movement. In 2016, she created a large-scale installation at the Kala Ghoda Arts Festival using 1,000 coloured cutting chai glasses and 700 glass holders. In 2019, the Museum of Sacred Art (MOSA) hosted a six-month exhibition of Kohli's works at Radhadesh in Durbuy, Belgium. Her exhibition Cut From The Same Cloth was showcased at Bikaner House, New Delhi, from 28 July to 4 August 2023. The exhibition was presented by Gallerie NVYA.
Selected exhibitions
Selected exhibitions
Her work has been shown at the Kochi-Muziris Biennale, Florence Biennale, Birth Rights Collective, Venice Biennale of Art, National Gallery of Modern Art, Arco, Art Basel, Jaipur Literature Festival, Jehangir Art Gallery, and India Art Fair, as well as the Habiart Foundation. • "Samsara and Metamorphosis: The Mythical World of Seema Kohli", a solo show at the Pacific Art League, USA • "Bodies of Sky, Bodies of Earth", a solo show at Shridharani Gallery, Triveni Kala Sangam, 2026 • "With Her Hair Running Wild", a solo show at Gallerie Nvya at Triveni, Triveni Kala Sangam, 2026 • "Where Earth Writes Upon the Sky", a solo show at Lalit Kala Akademi, Chennai, 2025 • "Kaal Netra- Sacred Matrices: Seema Kohli's Living Mythic Matrices", a solo show at the National Gallery of Modern Art, Bengaluru, 2025 • 'Khula Aasman', a solo show at Partition Museum and Seema Kohli Studio, Delhi, 2025. • 'When the Moon is Nine Months Full', a solo show at Tao Art Gallery, Mumbai, 2024. • 'Between Realms and Dreams- Along Reality's Edge', a solo show at Bihar Museum, Patna, Bihar, 2024 • 'I tell you: Suns Exist', Archer Art Gallery, Ahmedabad, Gujarat 2023 • "World Within World", Hong Kong Visual Arts Centre, Hong Kong 2023 • "Cut From The Same Cloth", a solo show at Bikaner House, New Delhi 2023 • Jaipur Literature Festival 2023 • Tat Tvam Asi, a solo exhibition at Cromwell Place Galleries, London by SA Fine Art, 2022 • The Feminine in the Divine, a solo exhibition at South Asian Art Gallery, Boston, 2021 • Hiranyagarbha series shown in Yatra Nariyasathu, a group show at the NGMA, Delhi, curated by Uma Nair, 2021 • A Tapestry of Time, a group show at the Tao Art Gallery, Mumbai, 2020
Life and career
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Life and career
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1960
Seema Kohli was born on 1 January 1960.
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Awards and recognition
• Year — Award — Ref. • 2017 — B. C. Sanyal Award • 2014 — Female Empowerment Outstanding Achievement Award by Molecule Communication, Mumbai • 2007 — Lalit Kala Akademi National Award for Women
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- 1.Seema Kohli's art performance based on her father's unpublished autobiography, Miter Pyaree Nu, combines inhabited land with the unified consciousness. Indulgexpress. 11 April 2019.
- 2.Imagining the universe as a womb and bringing a starfish home: Artist Seema Kohli on creating happy memories. Moneycontrol. 19 March 2022.
- 3.A tryst with the yoginis. The New Indian Express. 6 March 2021.
- 4.This stirring exhibition is showcasing art with a potato-based twist. India Today. 16 February 2018.
- 5.Seema Kohli Department of Visual Arts. dova.uchicago.edu.
- 6.Project Home. Asia Society. 10 June 2022.
- 7.Artist Seema Kohli on the India Art Fair 2022: 'Art is alive, physical and raw'. Firstpost. 2 May 2022.
- 8.The philosopher in her studio in Delhi. The New Indian Express. 22 June 2019.
- 9.Swayam Siddha: The Self Realized. Take Art Magazine. 5 November 2019.
- 10.Walk through a wonderland at Kala Ghoda. Hindustan Times. 1 February 2016.
- 11.Spirituality transcends religion: Artist Seema Kohli. Hindustan Times. 14 July 2019.
- 12.Visual artist Seema Kohli celebrates feminine form through embroidery. The Indian Express. 30 July 2023.
- 13.Nair, Uma. Seema Kohli's contemplative residues in acrylics and embroidery. The Times of India.
- 14.PM Rishi Sunak very much looking forward to G20 summit in September: UK envoy. The Economic Times. 29 July 2023.
- 15.Home is where the heart is: Artist Seema Kohli shares her idea of home through art. The Indian Express. 2 July 2022.
- 16.Reliving Van Gogh. habiartfoundation.org.
- 17.A Café Exposition: Reliving Van Gogh India International Centre. iicdelhi.in.
- 18.The Alchemy of Process India International Centre. iicdelhi.in.
- 19.Seema Kohli’s First Solo Exhibition in the United States: Samsara & Metamorphosis: The Mystical World of Seema Kohli. Pacific Art League. 2026-02-27.
- 20.Seema Kohli Solo Exhibition in USA – Indian Art. Laasya Art.
- 21.Zimmerman, Heather. Artist Seema Kohli's 'internal journey'. The Almanac. 2026-02-20.
- 22.Bodies of Sky, Bodies of Earth. India Art Fair.
- 23.Two exhibitions in Delhi trace the artistic journey of Seema Kohli. The Indian Express. 2026-01-20.
- 24.With her Hair Running Wild: Seema Kohli. India Art Fair.
- 25.Dhingra, Deepali. Line of Fire and Freedom. The New Indian Express. 2026-03-08.
- 26.Where Earth Writes Upon the Sky: Seema Kohli. India Art Fair.
- 27.Seema Kohli returns to Chennai with a rewritten sky in her latest exhibition. The Times of India. 2025-12-05. 0971-8257.
- 28.Service, Express News. Earth, sky, and in-betweens. The New Indian Express. 2025-12-01.
- 29.Kaal Netra – Sacred Matrices: Seema Kohli. India Art Fair.
- 30.Dhanaraj, Ruth. Kaal Netra by Seema Kohli pays homage to the feminine divine. The Hindu. 2025-10-08. 0971-751X.
- 31.Khula Aasman : Seema Kohli. India Art Fair.
- 32.When the Moon is Nine Months Full : Seema Kohli. India Art Fair.
- 33.Bihar Museum - Event detail. www.biharmuseum.org.
- 34.Ahmedabad News – Latest & Breaking Ahmedabad News. Ahmedabad Mirror.
- 35.Nair, Uma. Seema Kohli's solo in Hong Kong. The Times of India.
- 36.11 new art shows in India to add to your July 2023 calendar. Vogue India. 4 July 2023.
- 37.Seema Kohli - Jaipur Literature Festival. Jaipurliteraturefestival.org. 17 September 2013.
- 38.Home is where the heart is: Artist Seema Kohli shares her idea of home through art. The New Indian Express. 2 July 2022.
- 39.The Feminine in the Divine Seema Kohli. South Asian Art Gallery.
- 40.Nair, Uma. Butterfly Rain: Seema Kohli. The Times of India.
- 41.Behrawala, Krutika. 'Tao is our canvas'. The Hindu. 27 February 2020.
- 42.Mumbai: Tao Art Gallery celebrates its 20th anniversary. Architectural Digest India. 28 February 2020.
- 43.Nair, Uma. Is this art? Seema Kohli Chai at Nehru Park, New Delhi. The Times of India.
- 44.Narayanan, Chitra. India Art Fair opens in the Capital with pandemic and sustainability themes dominating. Thehindubusinessline. 29 April 2022.
- 45.Artists honoured with BC Sanyal Award. Business Standard. 17 January 2017.
- 46.Seema Kohli: From the canvas of her life and art. The Daily Eye.
- 47.Seema Kohli. South Asian Art Gallery.
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