Deeya Bhugra

I am a Delhi based artist and facilitator working across painting, photography, poetry, video, and participatory art making. My practice is rooted in deep self observation, and I often approach art making as a way of understanding and processing lived experience. Through layered abstract paintings created using the meditative technique of stippling, I explore subtle movements of thought, memory, perception, and emotional states.
Alongside my studio practice, I run collaborative and process based art workshops through my initiative, Dots on Canvas. Conducted across Delhi NCR, Himachal, and Auroville, these workshops invite participants to step away from analytical thinking and engage more intuitively with materials through collective painting processes. I am interested in creating spaces that encourage introspection, non judgment, play, and shared creation, and in exploring how art can become a space for inner stillness, connection, and transformation.

MFA Fine Arts, School of Visual Arts, 2021–2023
BFA in Painting, College of Art, 2014–2018

Deeya Bhugra’s work has been exhibited across India and New York in both solo and group exhibitions. Her recent solo show, Where the End Meets the Other (2025), was held at Triveni Gallery. She has participated in several group exhibitions including Verukal at David Hall, curated by TAK Contemporary; Creatures of Habit at Gallery MC; After Eden at LatchKey Gallery curated by Molly Davy; and Hand of the Artist at Flatiron Gallery curated by Sara Raza. Her work has also been shown at the School of Visual Arts MFA Curatorial Practice Thesis Show, O’Flaherty’s, STIR Gallery, and the Lalit Kala Akademi.