Welcome to Art Scene India!

I'm Nalini Malaviya, a Bangalore based art consultant, curator and writer. I founded Art Scene India in 2006 as a blog to share information on art and to reach out to audiences across the world. Over time, the blog has emerged as a leading voice on Indian contemporary art, featuring upcoming shows, reviews of ongoing exhibitions, interviews with artists, and practical information on collecting art.

Additionally, it has evolved into a resource site with several guides and tips for artists to help them organize exhibitions, write an artist statement, create an online presence and other relevant material, useful in navigating the art world. The idea is to support both art connoisseurs and artists simultaneously through a single platform and bridge the gap between them as much as possible.

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Nalini S Malaviya is a Bangalore based art consultant, curator and writer. In addition to curating contemporary art exhibitions, she offers curatorial and advisory services to individuals and corporate, facilitating art acquisition. She has been writing for the media since 2003 and has been an art columnist for leading newspapers. She has contributed to Financial Times, Times of India, Bangalore Mirror, Deccan Herald, several art magazines and artist books, among other publications.

Nalini is the Founder/Publisher of Art Scene India, www.artsceneindia.com, which was established in 2006 as a blog, and which has evolved into a significant resource site and a digital archive, with extensive documentation of the Indian art scene over the last 18 years.

Some of her curatorial projects include the recently concluded solo artist projects –

‘Shapes of Unseen Voices’ by Pragati Dalvi Jain, an exhibition of her recent multidisciplinary body of works, comprising conceptual and performative photographs, sculptural and video installations, a live performance, and paintings at Karnataka Chitrakala Parishath, Bangalore.
‘Interwoven’, an exhibition of tapestries and drawings by senior artist SG Vasudev for Kolkata Center of Creativity, Kolkata
‘(Un)Contained’ an exhibition of paintings by Smita Verma at Lalitkala Akademi, New Delhi and ‘Fragments of an Infinite Sky’, by Smita Verma at Art Houz, Bangalore.

Other key projects include ‘Reimagining Nature: Poetics of Viewing’, an exhibition of Fine Art Photographs and Short Films by Anil Annaiah, ‘Enchanted Breath’, ‘Convergence,’ an online exhibition as part of an art and media collective, ‘Bend’, ‘Parallax of Visual Memories’, ‘Reimagining: (Un)Reality and Space’, 'Irreverent Gene' and ‘Polynomials of Relevance’ with leading contemporary artists from across the country.

She has written and presented papers for the Karnataka Lalithkala Academy Journal – ‘Art, Artists and Society – Catalysing Social Change’ and ‘Linear Progressions: Tracing the Line in Karnataka’. Her essay on noted artist Yusuf Arakkal was translated in Kannada and published in the artist book, and several of her prefatory essays have been published as part of artist catalogues. She has contributed to art magazines such as Art and Deal, Art Etc., Art Journal, Art Fair, and has profiled noted artist Jyoti Bhatt for Lalit Kala Contemporary 57.

Nalini has published short fiction as part of anthologies - The Shrinking Woman, Curse of the Bird, Bhelpuri, etc. She was invited to contribute to an international ebook on motivation and creativity, where she shares her personal experiences on staying motivated and finding creative success.

She is former Member, Advisory Committee, National Gallery of Modern Art, Bangalore, and continues to be a part of various nonprofit initiatives.