Sudarshan Shetty
No Title (from One life many)
Reclaimed wood, marble dust, polyester resin, chandeliers
Variable dimensionsevery broken moment, piece by piece
Installation view
Wood, ceramic
No Title (from Love)
Aluminum skeletons, brass, metal hammer, mechanical device
110 x 111 x 22 inchesNo Title (from Love)
Stainless steel, automative paint and fibreglass, mechanical device
84.5 x 202 x 106 inches and 50 x 172 x 60 inchesNo Title
Archival ink-jet print on paper, earthen pot, vitrine
Prints: 91 x 62 cm each (triptych), vitrine: 116 x 44 x 44 cmNo Title (from this too shall pass)
Carved wood, electro magnetic mechanism, steel sword, mild steel
141.5 x 111 x 42.5 inchesShoonya Ghar
Installation view Dr. Bhau Daji Lad Museum
Variable dimensionsShoonya Ghar
Installation view Dr. Bhau Daji Lad Museum
Variable dimensionsShoonya Ghar
Detail of installationFlying bus
Installation view Maker Maxity, BKC, MumbaiParty is else where
365 wine glasses, wooden table, neon sign board, hammer, motor mechanical device
Variable dimensionsNo Title (from One life many)
Reclaimed wood, cast bronze
Variable dimensionsNo Title (from One life many)
Found objects, reclaimed wood, glass
Variable dimensionsNo Title
No Title (from Paper moon series)
Paper on wood, fibre glass and rope
75 x 63 x 86 inchesAge of Love
Single channel video installation with teak wood table, chairs and glass chandelier
Video duration: 17 min, 18 sec
Sudarshan Shetty explores the fundamental ontology of objects through sculpture, drawing, and installation. His practice engages with the poetics of impermanence, transition, and the layered meanings embedded within material culture. Drawing on both individual and collective memory, Shetty proposes multiple narratives that reflect on the cultural, emotional, and philosophical significance of structures and objects—revealing how fragmented histories and material residues can inhabit a shared space of meaning.
Sudarshan Shetty’s recent exhibitions include Future Remains, Galerie Krinzinger, Vienna (2025); One Life Many, IF.BE Mumbai (2024); One Life, Myriad Places, Ishara Art Foundation (2023); Age of Love, GALLERYSKE, New Delhi (2022); 12 Rooms, Room #9, KEWENIG (2019); The Cave Inside, Galerie Krinzinger, Vienna (2017); Shoonya Ghar, Dr. Bhau Daji Lad Museum, Mumbai (2017); Shoonya Ghar, Alserkal Avenue, Dubai (2017); A Song A Story, Rolls-Royce Art Programme, Maker Maxity, Mumbai (2016); and Shoonya Ghar, National Gallery of Modern Art, New Delhi (2016).
His work has also featured in major group exhibitions such as Bengal Biennale (2024-2025); Memory Fields, curated by Gayatri Sinha, Gallery Espace, Delhi (2024); Imperial Silhouettes, curated by Premjish Achari, Rizq Art Initiative, Abu Dhabi (2024); VIEWING DEPOT EX#02, Vanhaerents Art Collection (2023); Things are Vanishing Before Us, Bikaner House (2023); Earth Chronicles, 1x1 Art Gallery, Dubai (2022); FOREIGN AFFAIRS, Galerie Krinzinger (2022); Pilgrims and Heretics, Gallery Har-El (2021); Postmasters ROMA supports Spallanzani Hospital: Benefit Sale, Postmasters Gallery (2020); Silent Conflict - Group Show of Contemporary Artists, Studio Art (2019); As far as the forest is., KEWENIG (2019); Archeologi, Villa Lontana, Rome (2018); Jerusalem Lives, The Palestinian Museum (2017); Yinchuan Biennale, Museum of Contemporary Art, Yinchuan (2016); and the 20th Biennale of Sydney, curated by Stephanie Rosenthal (2016).
In 2010, Shetty’s work House of Shades was commissioned by Louis Vuitton and unveiled at Galleria Vittorio Emmanuele in Milan. In 2012, Shetty unveiled The Flying Bus at Maker Maxity, Mumbai, a significant public work in the country. In 2022, Shetty curated Who is Awake Who is Asleep at the Serendipity Arts Festival, and in 2016, he curated Forming in the Pupil of an Eye at the third edition of the Kochi Muziris Biennale.
Sudarshan received his BFA from the J.J. Institute of Applied Art, Mumbai.
The artist lives and works in Mumbai.
