Drawing on the past and the present, Sunil Padwal’s work reflects on the unsettling identity of contemporary urban life. The senses are mobilized as much as memory, and the artist intervenes by combining antique frames with abstract forms and architectural imagery. There is a preoccupation with showcasing, and his work draws on a life-long intrigue with smaller details of interior spaces. By kindling a sensorium of flea-markets in the gallery context, Padwal blurs the lines between what is actual, what is made and what is found.

Sunil Padwal’s recent exhibitions include Dtale Archist, Bangalore (2024); Bihar Museum Biennale (2023); A point & line to plane, Reachout Gallery, Mumbai (2023); Come Away, GALLERYSKE, Delhi (2021); The Black Flamingo and other stories, Art Intouch, Online Exhibition (2021); Every Soiled Page, Ishara Art Foundation, Dubai (2020); Lining an Archive, GALLERYSKE, New Delhi (2019); As far as the forest is, Kewenig, Palma (2019); Intertwined Plasticity, GALLERYSKE, New Delhi (2015); Confluxes, The Arts House - The Old Parliament, Singapore (2014); Soliloquies: notes from the drawing book, Veranda 8 at Space 1857, Chicago (2012); Soliloquies: notes from the drawing book, Gallery BMB, Mumbai (2011); Myopia, Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai (2008); Numb, Vadehra Art Gallery, New Delhi (2007).

His work featured in "In the pupil of an eye, Kochi Muziris Biennale, curated by Sudarshan Shetty (2016-17).

Padwal received his BFA from the J.J. Institute of Applied Art, Mumbai.

The artist lives and works in Mumbai.