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Bharat Sikka was born and raised in India, where he began his photographic practice before studying at the Parsons School of Design, NY. Sikka’s long term photographic projects have centered on the cultural residues and societal transformations within India, rendered with the visual language and material forms of contemporary art photography. His work subtly speaks to India’s history and regionality (of Kashmir, in Where the Flowers Still Grow), the tide of globalization (Matter), and masculinity (Indian Men). For Unseen 2019, Sikka creates an installation version of The Sapper - his detailed and layered portrayal of his father. Sikka brings together multiple vantage points; from the remote landscapes that his father inhabits and maintains to subtle still life observations of his habits and routines. Over the course of 3 years, Sikka and his father’s photographic relationship has also become multi-layered, shown in the range of Sikka’s intimate portraits of his father in his daily life through to the collaborative performances and enactments that the engineer-father undertakes for his photographer-son.भरत सिक्का का जन्म और पालन-पोषण भारत में हुआ, जहाँ उन्होंने पार्सन्स स्कूल ऑफ़ डिज़ाइन, एनवाई में अध्ययन करने से पहले अपना फोटोग्राफिक अभ्यास शुरू किया। सिक्का की दीर्घकालिक तस्वीरें भारत के भीतर सांस्कृतिक अवशेषों और सामाजिक परिवर्तनों पर केंद्रित हैं, जो समकालीन कला फोटोग्राफी की दृश्य भाषा और सामग्री रूपों के साथ प्रदान की गई हैं। उनका काम भारत के इतिहास और क्षेत्रीयता (कश्मीर में, जहां फूल अभी भी बढ़ता है), वैश्वीकरण का ज्वार (मैटर), और मर्दानगी (भारतीय पुरुष) बोलता है। अनसीन 2019 के लिए, सिक्का द सैपर का एक इंस्टालेशन संस्करण बनाता है - अपने पिता का विस्तृत और स्तरित चित्रण। सिक्का एक साथ कई सहूलियत अंक लाता है; दूरदराज के परिदृश्यों से कि उनके पिता निवास करते हैं और अपनी आदतों और दिनचर्या के सूक्ष्म अभी भी जीवन का पालन करते हैं। 3 वर्षों के दौरान, सिक्का और उनके पिता के फोटोग्राफिक संबंध भी बहुस्तरीय हो गए हैं, जो उनके दैनिक जीवन में अपने पिता के सिक्किम के अंतरंग चित्रों की श्रेणी में दिखाया गया है, जो कि इंजीनियर के पिता द्वारा किए गए सहयोगी प्रदर्शनों और अधिनियमों के माध्यम से हैं। फोटोग्राफर-बेटा।
2025Souvenir Shop Exhibited at Nature Morte, Colaba, Mumbai 2024Goa open Art festival- “Road to Salvador do Mundo”2024Miyota Festival Japan- The Sapper 2024Souvenir Shop Book Launch at Super Labo, Tokyo 2024"I am Here" Exhibited at The Imperial Hotel, New Delhi2023Waiting for Midnight, Nature Morte, New Delhi2023The Sapper, Post Books, Tokyo2023Waiting for Midnight, Dover Street Market Ginza2022Coming Through in Waves, Unseen, Amsterdam2022Coming Through in Waves, Paris Photo2022Waiting for midnight, Commune, Nature Morte2022Coming Through in Waves, Paris Photo, Nature Morte2020The Sapper, Nature Morte, Dhaan Mill 2019The Sapper, Unseen Amsterdam2019The Marlborough Theatre, Shed 9/ Nature Morte2018Where the Flowers Still Grow, Sunaparanta2017Where the Flowers Still Grow, Nature Morte2017Intimation, Focus Photo Festival 2016Where the Flowers Still Grow, Kochi Muziris Biennale 2016Reimagine, Photoworks and Brighton Photo Biennale 2013Matter, Unseen Photo 2013Matter Show Live, Focus Festival , Mumbai2012Matter, Nature Morte, New Delhi2011Matter, Nature Morte, Berlin2010The Road to Salvador do Mundo, Project 88, Mumbai2010The Road to Salvador do Mundo, Sunaparanta Art Centre, Goa2009Skinny Legs & All, Weiden & Kennedy, New Delhi2009The Road to Salvador do Mundo, Nature Morte, New Delhi2008Space In Between, Matthieu Foss Gallery, Mumbai2008Otto Zoo, Milan, Italy2008Space In Between, Chatterjee & Lal2008Indian Men, Otto Zoo, Milan2008National Museum, New Delhi, India2008Nature Morte, Project Space2007Nature Morte and Bose Pacia, Calcutta2007Sapce in between at Le festival des recontres d’Aeles France2005Families, Galerie Valérie Cueto, Paris2003Indian Men, Artist Space, New York
2023Dear Summer- PioPico LA California (Group Exhibit curated by Shaniqwa Jarwis and Raj Debah)2017Intimation, Focus Photo Festival2017'Matter' a part of A Million Mutinies Later – India at 70, as part of Diffusion: Cardiff International Festival of Photography2010Where Three Dreams Cross: 150 Years Of Photography From India, Pakistan And Bangladesh, Whitechapel Gallery, London2010Where Three Dreams Cross: 150 Years Of Photography From India, Pakistan And Bangladesh, Fotomuseum Winterthur, Switzerland2009The Purple Wall, Curated By Gayatri Sinha, India Art Summit, New Delhi2009Il Giallo Di Napoli, Castel Dell’ovo, Napoli2009Bharat Sikka / Krzysztof Bednarski - Il Giallo Di Napoli Nell'europa Dei Cinque Continenti, Al Blu Di Prussia, Napoli2009India Moderna, Ivam Institut Valencià D’art Modern, Valencia2009India 3: New Delhi "Republic Of Illusions", Krinzinger Projekte, Vienna2008Tarn Et Garonne - Landscapes And Portraits, Place Des Invalides, Paris2008Entry In The Neuflise Vie Collection For Photography, Paris 2008 1x1 Gallery, Dubai2007Rencontres D'arles (July — September 2007), Space In-between2006Armory Show, New York2006Paris Photo, Anne De Villepoix2006Lille 3000, Indian Men
2020Waiting for Midnight, Goa Open Art Festival, Goa, India 2013Looking For Nyamu, Lalit Kala Akadami, Perth, Australia2012Looking For Nyamu, Lalit Kala Akadami, New Delhi2012The Road To Salvador Do Mundo, Photophnom Penh, Cambodia2012Fotofeo "The Road To Salvador Do Mundo", Australia2012Matter “Divergence — Photographs from Elsewhere”, Midland Atelier, Australia2012The Matter Within, YBCA Buena Center for the Arts, San Francisco2011The Generation In Transition, Zacheta National Gallery Of Art, Warsaw, Poland2011Concurrent India, Helsinki Art Museum, Helsinki & Kulturhuset, StockholmBOOKS2025Elephant in the Room (FW:Books)2025Ripples in the Pond (FW:Books)2025Rajasthan-Bharat Sikka (LVMH)2024And Then (FW:Books)2024Souvenir Shop (Super Labo Tokyo)2024The Neither (Volume 1) (Loose Joints)2022Waiting for midnight2022The Sapper2017Where The Flowes Still Grow (Loose Joints)
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Bharat Sikka is a fine art photographer documenting contemporary visions of India