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Artists

166 artists indexed across the region. Entries expand as galleries confirm their rosters.

A B C D E F G H I J K L M N P Q R S T V W Y Z

A

A. Ramachandran 1935–2024 · India Abanindranath Tagore 1871–1951 · India Abbas Almosawi b. 1955 · Bahrain Abdullah Al Saadi b. 1967 · UAE Abdulnasser Gharem b. 1973 · Saudi Arabia Adip Dutta b. 1970 · India Afra Al Dhaheri b. 1988 · UAE Ahmed Mater b. 1979 · Saudi Arabia Akbar Padamsee 1928–2020 · India Ali Hassan b. 1956 · Qatar Alia Al Farsi b. 1976 · Oman Alia Farid b. 1985 · Kuwait/Puerto Rico Amrita Sher-Gil 1913–1941 · India/Hungary Anish Kapoor b. 1954 · India/UK Anita Dube b. 1958 · India Anjolie Ela Menon b. 1940 · India Anju Dodiya b. 1964 · India Anoli Perera b. 1962 · Sri Lanka Anwar Sonya b. 1948 · Oman Arpita Singh b. 1937 · India Ashmina Ranjit b. 1966 · Nepal Asim Waqif b. 1978 · India Atul Dodiya b. 1959 · India Ayesha Sultana b. 1984 · Bangladesh Ayman Yossri Daydban b. 1966 · Saudi Arabia/Palestine

B

Balqees Fakhro b. 1950 · Bahrain Bharti Kher b. 1969 · India/UK Bhupen Khakhar 1934–2003 · India Bikash Bhattacharjee 1940–2006 · India Biraaj Dodiya b. 1993 · India Bose Krishnamachari b. 1963 · India Bouthayna Al Muftah b. 1987 · Qatar Budoor Al Riyami b. 1974 · Oman

C

Chandraguptha Thenuwara b. 1960 · Sri Lanka Chittrovanu Mazumdar b. 1956 · India

D

Dana Awartani b. 1987 · Saudi Arabia/Palestine Dayanita Singh b. 1961 · India Dhali Al Mamoon b. 1958 · Bangladesh

E

Erina Tamrakar b. 1971 · Nepal

F

Farah Al Qasimi b. 1991 · UAE/US Faraj Daham b. 1956 · Qatar Firi Rahman b. 1990 · Sri Lanka Francis Newton Souza 1924–2002 · India/UK/US

G

G.R. Iranna b. 1970 · India Ganesh Haloi b. 1936 · India Ganesh Pyne 1937–2013 · India George Keyt 1901–1993 · Sri Lanka Gieve Patel 1940–2023 · India Gigi Scaria b. 1973 · India Gulammohammed Sheikh b. 1937 · India

H

Hassan Meer b. 1972 · Oman Hassan Sharif 1951–2016 · UAE Hit Man Gurung b. 1986 · Nepal

I

Ivan Peries 1921–1988 · Sri Lanka/UK

J

Jagannath Panda b. 1970 · India Jagath Weerasinghe b. 1954 · Sri Lanka Jamini Roy 1887–1972 · India Jehangir Sabavala 1922–2011 · India Jitish Kallat b. 1974 · India Jogen Chowdhury b. 1939 · India Justin Daraniyagala 1903–1967 · Sri Lanka Jyoti Bhatt b. 1934 · India

K

K.G. Subramanyan 1924–2016 · India Kamruzzaman Shadhin b. 1979 · Bangladesh Khalifa Al Qattan 1934–2003 · Kuwait Kingsley Gunatillake b. 1955 · Sri Lanka Kiran Manandhar b. 1957 · Nepal Krishen Khanna b. 1925 · India

L

L.N. Tallur b. 1971 · India Lain Singh Bangdel 1919–2002 · Nepal Lateefa bint Maktoum b. 1983 · UAE Laxma Goud b. 1940 · India Lionel Wendt 1900–1944 · Sri Lanka Lubna Chowdhary b. 1964 · UK/Tanzania Lulwah Al Homoud b. 1967 · Saudi Arabia

M

Maha Malluh b. 1959 · Saudi Arabia Mahbubur Rahman b. 1969 · Bangladesh Manal AlDowayan b. 1973 · Saudi Arabia Manish Nai b. 1980 · India Manjit Bawa 1941–2008 · India Maqbool Fida Husain 1915–2011 · India/Qatar Mithu Sen b. 1971 · India Mohamed Ahmed Ibrahim b. 1962 · UAE Mohammad Kibria 1929–2011 · Bangladesh Mohammed Kazem b. 1969 · UAE Monira Al Qadiri b. 1983 · Kuwait Mrinalini Mukherjee 1949–2015 · India Muhannad Shono b. 1977 · Saudi Arabia Muhanned Cader b. 1966 · Sri Lanka

N

N.S. Harsha b. 1969 · India Naeem Mohaiemen b. 1969 · Bangladesh/US Nalini Malani b. 1946 · India Nandalal Bose 1882–1966 · India Nasreen Mohamedi 1937–1990 · India Nasser Al Salem b. 1984 · Saudi Arabia Nasser Al Yousif 1940–2006 · Bahrain Nikhil Chopra b. 1974 · India Nilima Sheikh b. 1945 · India

P

Pala Pothupitiye b. 1972 · Sri Lanka Paresh Maity b. 1965 · India Prabhakar Pachpute b. 1986 · India Prabhavathi Meppayil b. 1965 · India Praneet Soi b. 1971 · India/Netherlands

Q

Quamrul Hassan 1921–1988 · Bangladesh

R

Rabindranath Tagore 1861–1941 · India Radhika Khimji b. 1979 · Oman Rafiqun Nabi (Ranabi) b. 1943 · Bangladesh Raghu Rai b. 1942 · India Raja Ravi Varma 1848–1906 · India Ram Kumar 1924–2018 · India Rameshwar Broota b. 1941 · India Ramkinkar Baij 1906–1980 · India Rana Begum b. 1977 · Bangladesh/UK Ranjani Shettar b. 1977 · India Raqs Media Collective b. 1992 · India Rashed AlShashai b. 1977 · Saudi Arabia Rashid Al Khalifa b. 1952 · Bahrain Rathin Barman b. 1981 · India Ravinder Reddy b. 1956 · India Reena Saini Kallat b. 1973 · India Rithika Merchant b. 1986 · India Riyas Komu b. 1971 · India Rohini Devasher b. 1978 · India

S

S.M. Sultan 1923–1994 · Bangladesh Safiuddin Ahmed 1922–2012 · Bangladesh Saju Kunhan b. 1983 · India Sakti Burman b. 1935 · India/France Sameer Kulavoor b. 1983 · India Sami Mohammad b. 1943 · Kuwait Sarnath Banerjee b. 1972 · India Sayed Haider Raza 1922–2016 · India/France Seher Shah b. 1975 · Pakistan/US Senaka Senanayake b. 1951 · Sri Lanka Shadia Alem b. 1960 · Saudi Arabia Shahabuddin Ahmed b. 1950 · Bangladesh/France Shahidul Alam b. 1955 · Bangladesh Shaikha Al Mazrou b. 1988 · UAE Sheela Gowda b. 1957 · India Sheelasha Rajbhandari b. 1988 · Nepal Shilpa Gupta b. 1976 · India Shishir Bhattacharjee b. 1960 · Bangladesh Sohrab Hura b. 1981 · India Somnath Hore 1921–2006 · India Sophia Al-Maria b. 1983 · Qatar/US Subodh Gupta b. 1964 · India Sudarshan Shetty b. 1961 · India Sudhir Patwardhan b. 1949 · India Sujan Chitrakar b. 1974 · Nepal Sunil Gupta b. 1953 · India/UK/Canada

T

T. Shanaathanan b. 1969 · Sri Lanka T.V. Santhosh b. 1968 · India Tayeba Begum Lipi b. 1969 · Bangladesh Thota Vaikuntam b. 1942 · India Thukral & Tagra 1976–1979 · India Thuraya Al Baqsami b. 1952 · Kuwait Tsherin Sherpa b. 1968 · Nepal/US Tyeb Mehta 1925–2009 · India

V

Vasudeo S. Gaitonde 1924–2001 · India Vikram Divecha b. 1977 · UAE/India Vivan Sundaram 1943–2023 · India

W

Waheeda Malullah b. 1978 · Bahrain

Y

Yasmin Jahan Nupur b. 1979 · Bangladesh Yousef Ahmad b. 1955 · Qatar

Z

Zahrah Al Ghamdi b. 1977 · Saudi Arabia Zainul Abedin 1914–1976 · Bangladesh Zarina (Zarina Hashmi) 1937–2020 · India/US