Parul Gupta (b.1980) is interested in movement in architectural spaces as a generator of perceptual experiences, primarily through parallax and also in an exploration of geometry and light in those spaces. In her sensitive perception that is intuitively moved by the silent suggestions of shifting lights, shadows, events and perspectives, she essentially morphs space into a dynamic entity. Through her works, one can consider several scientific as well as perceptual registers of space- time at once, that get translated into site-specific drawings and interventions.

In her site specific work, the site and its structural elements become active participants. The viewer leads the participatory role to decipher the experiential nature of the work. Her other works takes on a similar enquiry about the perception of the inhabited world in the form of drawing, sculptures, installations, photographs and recently through kinetics.

Parul studied MA in Fine Art from Nottingham Trent University (2011) and Bachelor in Commerce from Delhi University (2000). She was the winner of Sovereign Asian Art Award 2023 and has been shortlisted for Shergill Sundaram Installation Art Award 2019.

She has had solo shows at Nature Morte (2021), Gallery Lakeeren (2014) and Exhibit 320 (2015). Selected projects include “When is Space?” at JKK (2018), “Let’s Proceed in Parts” at Instituto Cervantes (2016), “Sarai Reader 09” at Devi Art Foundation (2012).

Her works are in collections of numerous national and international private and museum collections including Kiran Nadar Museum of Art, Devi Art Foundation, Eight Foundation, Sovereign Asian Art Foundation. Her work has been featured in a variety of national and international publications including Artforum, Asia Art Pacific, Marg, FUKT, Art India, Arts Illustrated and Field Review: South Asia. More recently, her work has been on the cover of LP Record by “Christina Vantzou, John Also Bennett and Michael Harrison” by Seance Centre, Ontario.

Parul Gupta

Notes on Movement #168, 2024