Sonia Mehra Chawla
artist and researcher

Sonia Mehra Chawla is a multidisciplinary artist and researcher based in New Delhi, India. Working at the intersection of art and science, her artistic practice explores notions of ecology, sustainability and conservation. Chawla is an awardee and Fellow of the Charles Wallace India Trust of British Council India. She is a Fellow of Akademie Schloss Solitude Germany for Social Sciences (2019-2022) and the recipient of the International Art+ Science award and residency program instituted by Khoj, India and Wellcome Trust UK, DBT India Alliance (2018-19).

Chawla’s work has been exhibited at ‘The Beauty of Early Life’, curated by Norbert Lenz, Peter Weibel, Eduard Harms, Hannah Jung and Philipp Ziegler at ZKM | Museum & Center for Art and Media Karlsruhe in collaboration with the Museum of Natural History, Karlshrue (2022), ‘New Natures: A Terrible Beauty is Born’, curated by Ravi Agarwal, curator of Literature Ranjit Hoskote, CSMVS Museum Mumbai, India (Prince of Wales Museum Mumbai) and Gallery MMB, Goethe-Institut Mumbai (2022), ‘Driving the Human’ at Radialsystem, Berlin presented by ZKM | Center for Art & Media Karlsruhe, acatech – National Academy of Science and Engineering, Forecast Berlin, and Karlsruhe University of Arts and Design, Germany (2021), solo project at Edinburgh Printmakers, in collaboration with Marine Scotland and ASCUS Art & Science (2021), Edinburgh Science Festival (2021), Edinburgh Art Festival (2021), Albertina Modern, Vienna (2020), Institut für Auslandsbeziehungen, ifa-Galerie Stuttgart (2017); Yinchuan Biennale, curated by Bose Krishnamachari, Yinchuan China (2016); Embassy of Switzerland, New Delhi (2019), ESSL Museum for Contemporary Art, Austria (2011); Khoj International Artists' Association, Delhi (2018); Goethe-Institut, Mumbai (2017); British Council, New Delhi (2015); Tate Modern, London (2007); ET4U Contemporary Visual Art Projects, Denmark (2017); Today Art Museum, Beijing (2008); Sydney Contemporary (2013) and Art Basel, Hong Kong (2013).
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