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Smruthi Gargi Eswar (Smu) - an artist based out of Bangalore and Delhi. She studied at the Baroda Faculty of Fine Arts and at Chitrakala Parishad briefly. Her art studies though, had started earlier, while she was still a student at The Valley School KFI. With shows travelling to Budapest, New York, Cochin, Delhi and Mumbai from her studio space in Bangalore she collaborates with designers, performance artists and others. She is also a board member of Art in Social Structures, an international NGO run and funded by artists that believes that art is the building block of all social structures. Her photography work has been published in India and the Philippines.
From a fine arts education she moved on to graphic design and photography almost immediately. Over the last few years, she moved back into the space of Fine Art finding an avenue to explore address and express at a more personal level. The journey from graphic design to art, initially established the medium in which her works are created. Now, her mediums vary, from terracotta to acrylic to photography.

Colaborations
RITU KUMARNew Delhi | India
Clothing Line in collaboration with one of the top fashion houses in India.

Khan Market ,Launch of the collaboration project Seasoned – New Delhi 2014


Sister Misfortune - False Ceiling – Mumbai 2012
Her solo show for the series Sister Misfortune, was held in Cochin during the Cochin Biennale (at the Open Eyed Dreams gallery). Also the series was shown at the False Ceiling and at the Art Loft for the Art Hop event in Mumbai. In Bangalore a few from the series were shown at the group show 4 Walls, held at The Taj West End by Art Chutney. 4 new pieces “Seasoned” have been commissioned and created from the series for the Label Ritu Kumar – one of the larger Fashion Houses in India.
Also her later work has been shown in more experimental spaces like Walkin Studios Bangaluru. She was also invited for the KYTA Art Residency, creating and exhibiting a new series The Winter Apple, in Himachyal Pradesh.
Smruthi is also a partner in the design space – ODD WORKS that caters to commercial design projects with a wide range of clients from all around the world. Walking the line between design and art Smruthi is keen on exploring the world around her as she blurs the lines between the two.
SHOWS
The Chess Set & Seasoned - The Courtyard Community - Bangaluru Feb 2019
Still Move - Walk In Studios - Bangaluru Feb 2018
Sister Misfortune : OED, Open Eyed Dreams – Cochin 2018
Old City Cave - Powercut - Bengaluru - April 2018
Full House No Joker - Powercut - Bengaluru - Feb 2018
Sister Misfortune : - OED, Open Eyed Dreams – Cochin 2017
Old City Cave - NUMA Bengaluru - April 2016
Sister Misfortune - Art Chutney, Art Collective at VR Bengaluru - Feb 2016
Old City Cave - Privacy to Piracy ,Walk In Studios - Bangaluru Oct 2015
Monsoon Festival - Alliance Francaise New Delhi Aug 2015
Sister Misfortune & Seasoned – SOLO SHOW - The Label Ritu Kumar, Flagship Show Room Khan Market
Launch of the collaboration project Seasoned – New Delhi 2014
Sister Misfortune – The Taj West End – Four Wall by Art Chutney – Bangalore 2014
Sister Misfortune – The Humming Tree – Power to the Women Event – Bangalore 2014
Sister Misfortune – Art Loft, Event Art Hop – Mumbai 2013
Sister Misfortune : SOLO SHOW Open Eyed Dreams – INDIA Kerala 2013
Sister Misfortune – SOLO SHOW False Ceiling – Mumbai 2012
Trees & Their People - Anxieties of the Periphery, OED Cochin - 2010
Kitchen Matriarch - SAWCC
South Asian Women’s Creative Collective Annual Show – New York USA 2008
Assorted Works - MATRICES (International Show of Elektrographic Art) -
Budapest HUNGARY 2007
Assorted Works - Metrosexual Show Delhi : Red Earth - Alliance Francaise Delhi INDIA 2006

Old City Cave - NUMA Bengaluru
Publication
FLOW - An art, design and culture magazine.Manila | Philippines


Residency
KYTA - a residency programme, aims to explore and work on the possible relationships between travel, living, culture, art and expressionHimachal Pradesh | India

