Sarika Dandona

Sarika Dandona, is an Abstract & Fine Art Photographer, and winner of several awards at the prestigious Prix De La Photographie (PX3), Paris and the International Loupe Awards, Australia (earlier the International Aperture Awards). She was a gallery artist with the Egg Art Studio, Barakhamba Road, New Delhi from 2016-17. Her work has also been exhibited as part of group shows in Time Square, New York City, Saatchi Gallery, London and NCR Delhi including Museo Camera, Egg Art Studio, Wonderwall and Arpana Caur Academy of Fine Arts.

She has been earlier showcased by Smart Photography and Better Photography, the two leading photography and imaging magazines in India. Sarika’s work has also been commissioned by Penguin Books India for the cover of the book titled, “What Really Happened”, by author, Banaphool (Arunava Sinha Tr).

Her signature style is to delve deep into her subjects and draw out surreal yet intricate abstractions from a fusion of colours, shapes, contours, textures, materials and nature. With an interplay of light and shadows there is underlying movement and flow in her work that channelizes bursts of energy towards a sense of peace and tranquility. Her primary body of work transforms mundane objects with a str...

Self-taught, experimental photographer since 2012

Has a Masters in Biotechnology from the prestigious All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), New Delhi

Graduated in Microbiology from Delhi University

October 7 - 16, 2022: “Images on the Move Part 1/4” – A group show celebrating the genre of cellphone photography as a 4-series exhibition showcasing the work of 25 photographers in each series, at the Museo Camera, Centre for the Photographic Arts, Gurugram

August 19 –September 30, 2020: “Lockdown Diaries” – A group show showcasing the visual journal of life under Lockdown at the Museo Camera, Centre for the Photographic Arts, Gurugram

July 2020: Showcased as part of the first episode of Virtual Art Presentation by art curator, promoter and dealer, SidB

June 2020: “Coronaquilt Project” – An international online group show of multiple art forms organized by Art Refuge, a UK and France based NGO to depict hope and support mental health through art therapy during the pandemic, Covid 19

May 2020: Showcased in an online mentoring session on Abstract Photography by Harikrishna Katragadda, Mentor & Judge, Better Photography Weekly Challenge

March 18 – May18, 2017: Spring – A group show at the Egg Art Studio and Gallery, Barakhamba Road, New Delhi

October 22 – December 17, 2016: The Lair – A group show on Wildlife by artists from India and abroad at the Egg Art Studio and Gallery, Barakhamba Road, New Delhi

August 19 - September 1...