Tarini Sethi works across mediums, with rich drawing and painting practices that she then translates into large metal works. Across her practices, she creates her own language of futurism, imagining the body as a site of infinite possibility.
Challenging the normative standards of form and gender,Sethi's figures reflect utopian worlds where bodily structures are malleable and fluid. She is interested in the blurring of boundaries, between erotic and abject, human and non human, creating a world that’s ultimately defined by love and acceptance. Her work responds to the culture of sexual repression and gender inequality she encounters in India, creating universes that dare to imagine otherwise.
Sethi's aesthetic practice draws upon the deep world of Indian art history, referencing various schools of painting in her signature compositions. Her metal works translate the two dimensional works into immersive experiences, where light and shadow are as much a medium as metal itself.
Tarini Sethi got her BA in Political Science from Lady Shri Ram College (2010) and her BFA in Drawing at Pratt institute (2014). She has participated in solo and group shows in India, LA, Miami and Japan including Kult Gallery, Singapore (2018), Sakshi Gallery, Mumbai (2019, 2020), Chemould Colab (2023) , Art Basel, Hong Kong (2021), Geek art, Japan (2024), Rajiv Menon Contemporary (2024, 2025), Art Mumbai, Untitled Art Fair, Miami (2024) and India Art Fair (2025)
Sethi is based between New Delhi and Mumbai, India.
To contact me with questions, to buy my work, or to commission an artwork, email me at -
tarinisethi@gmail.com
