Shikha Soni

Shikha Soni is a visual artist based in Baroda, Gujarat. Her art practice is an inquiry into the nature of the construction of the self and what it means to be human by excavating the interior spaces of one's home, family, childhood, and relationships. Painting portraits of people outside of her becomes a way to stay connected to herself. The Family Album becomes a primary referent in her paintings to work with ideas of self-reflexivity, generational dynamics, and what remains ‘unseen’. Her practice relies heavily on drawing, painting, photographing and maintaining diaries to convey the transparency of feeling through form.

She finished her Master's in Visual Arts from Shiv Nadar University, Delhi NCR (2023), and her Bachelor's in Painting from the Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda (2021). Her works have been exhibited at Round Them Oranges in Jaipur (2024), Gallery DotWalk, Travancore Palace, Delhi (2024), Immerse Fellowship, Mumbai (2024), Kochi-Muziris Students Biennale, Kochi (2022-23)&(2021), Anant Art Gallery, Noida (2023) and India Art Fair (2023).

She has participated in numerous workshops such as CONA Art In-Betweeners (2020-21), Paper-making workshop(M.S.U Baroda), Miniature painting workshop (M.S.U Baroda), and has also received the Gujarat State 60th Lalit Kala Academy Award (2020).