Persistently engaging with materials and different kinds of fabric, Boshudhara Mukherjee’s practice has undergone growth, change, occasional loss, and cyclical rediscovery. Born out of the urge to free canvas or fabric from functional confines, her work ushers a spotlight on the organic growth and evolution of forms that are free from claustrophobic frameworks.
In the last decade, there has been a slow yet deliberate shift in her practice, from the stoic, white-coated canvas, with its stiffness and strength, to a softer, playful and free moving fabric. Shedding preconceived notions, she has embraced new techniques and materials in her recent works to include knitting, crocheting and sometimes stitching.
Boshudhara studied painting at the Maharaja Sayajirao University in Baroda and has been exhibiting actively since her graduation in 2008. She received the Pollock-Krasner Foundation Grant in 2013, the Inlaks Foundation Fine Art Award in 2010 as well as the Nasreen Mohamedi Foundation Scholarship in 2005-06.
Her last solo show The Familiars was held at TARQ, Mumbai in 2021. She has had four other solo shows, in Mumbai at TARQ, at the Volte gallery, and at the Gallery Sarah in Muscat, Oman. Some of her group shows include Rehang curated by Uthra Rajgopal at Anant Art Gallery, New Delhi (2021); Emerging Canvas 5, Inko Center, Lalit Kala Academi, Chennai (2018); Waste Land, curated by Birgid Uccia, TARQ, Mumbai (2018); 4th International Emerging Artist Award, Dubai, U.A.E (2015); Abu Dhabi Art Fair 2013 represented by the Bait Muzna Gallery, Muscat, Abu Dhabi (2013); Women’s Art Symposium, Omani Society for Fine Arts, Muscat, Oman (2013) and Monsoon Show Concern India Foundation Artist Centre Gallery, Mumbai, India (2010). Her public projects include Women’s Art Symposium, Muscat, Oman (2013) and The Oryx Caravan, Muscat, Oman (2010).
Boshudhara’s work was most recently exhibited at the inaugural edition of Supper Club in Hong Kong in 2024 and in Notes from abstracting the real, Rizq Art Foundation in Abu Dhabi in 2023. Her work has also been shown at the India Art Fair 2024 and Art Mumbai 2023 represented by TARQ, Mumbai; the British Textile Biennial, Lancashire, UK, 2023; and the 17th International Triennial of Tapestry in Lodz, Poland, 2022.
She lives and works in Bengaluru.