25/08/2025
Mumbai based, Teja Gavankar’s work is deeply intertwined with technology, reflecting the modern world’s connection to digital media. For over a decade, her work has consistently focused on flux and movement, leading her to recently create digital art.
Her digital work, ‘Allomothering’ made in collaboration with NewArtX, explores the fleeting nature of external support, drawing a parallel to the human need for “allomothering”: the communal care and protection we offer one another. In times of stress, we are called to be each other’s keepers, to provide the invisible support that gives a sense of safety and belonging.
She exhibited internationally, with her first solo show at The Optica Centre for Contemporary Art in Montreal (2017), and participated in major group exhibitions like Sculpture By The Sea, Sydney, and the Venice Architecture Biennale (2018). Teja has been part of several residencies, including at Khoj International Delhi, What About Art, Mumbai, and Verticale Artist Centre, Laval, Canada. She received the Nasreen Mohamedi Award (2014) and the Space 118 Contemporary Residency Award (2020). Teja teaches Design at the Academy of Architecture and SEA College in Mumbai.
of Escape and Return