Shri Kumar Adhikari

I personally feel that I am a story teller, who tells stories with the help of canvas and colours, I think colours are more expressive than words. I like freedom of expression and there is no medium for me, other than that, which gives me the impact of that freedom. It’s a kind of visual communication, which connect viewer and they relate themselves with that two dimensional surface

Shri Kumar Adhikari

Contemporary Artist

About Artist

In the world of Shri Kumar Adhikari, where Mughal miniatures meet the modern gaze. His paintings blend regal pasts with present-day life, inviting reflection on time, tradition, and technology. In his world, time bends. A Mughal emperor scrolls through a smartphone; a queen lounges beside a laptop. The past doesn’t fade - it adapts, transforms, and continues to speak. Born with a reverence for history and a vision tuned to the present, Adhikari has carved a space uniquely his own — one where the grace of Indian miniature painting meets the pulse of modern life. Rooted in the visual traditions of Mughal and Rajasthani miniatures, Adhikari has trained his eye on detail, gesture, and symbolism. His grounding in traditional techniques gives his work a refined elegance — yet it is his imaginative departures that define him. From early days, he found freedom not in breaking the rules, but in bending them gently — layering contemporary cues over classical forms. Adhikari describes his art as “visual communication” — a language that transcends time and words. He believes that colours speak more honestly than sentences, that a two-dimensional surface can hold a thousand lifetimes if seen with the right eyes. His signature lies in contrast — not jarring, but poetic. He draws from the intricacy of Mughal miniatures: domed palaces, rich fabrics, serene expressions. But within this classical framework, he inserts the symbols of our century — smartphones, laptops, coffee mugs, conversations lit by Wi-Fi rather than candlelight. Shri Kumar Adhikari’s paintings are more than visual stories — they’re cultural dialogues. They ask us to reimagine our relationship with heritage, to see the bridges between yesterday and today, and to find humour, grace, and insight in their intersections.

Highlights And Achievements

Artist Education

B.F.A. in Painting from Jamia Millia Islamia New Delhi 2011

MFA in Painting from IGNOU New Delhi 2013

Artist Awards & Recognition

All India certificate award for the kalanand Art Contest 2018

Prafulla Dahanukar Art Foundation Silver Medal Award 2017

Award in Drawing 86th Annual All India Art Exhibition AIFACS 2013

First Prize for Illustration of Prem Chand Stories 2008

First prize in Cartoon competition In JMI University Delhi 2008

Artist Collections

Baber Mahal Vilas – The Heritage Hotel, Kathmandu, Nepal

Department of Fine Art, IGNOU, Maidan Garhi, New Delhi

Group Shows

Narratives of The Here & Now Art Exhibition at State Art Gallery Hyderabad 2023

Group Art Exhibition by The Curators Art Gallery at India Art Festival Mumbai edition 2023

Group Art Exhibition in Mumbai Art Festival by Gallerie Splash New Delhi 2022

Group Art Exhibition in DLF Emporio by Gallerie Splash New Delhi 2020

Group Art Exhibition in Mumbai Art Festival by Gallerie Splash New Delhi 2019

Group Art Exhibition in Delhi Art Festival by Gallerie Splash New Delhi 2019

Group Art Exhibition in Nehru Park by Gallerie Splash New Delhi 2019

Trisang a Group Art Exhibition in Ravindra Bhavan Gallery, Lalit Kala Academy, New Delhi 2017

Kalanand Art Exhibition at Nehru Art Centre,Worli , Mumbai 2017

Lipstick an Art Exhibition celebrating international Women’s Day 2017

Plenitude a Art Exhibition in Indira Gandhi International Airport by NVYA art gallery New Delhi 2015

Vignettes of India an art Exhibition in Sridharni Art Galley, Triveni Kala Sangam, New Delhi 2015

Thousand Words A Group Art Exhibition in Arpna Kaur Art Gallery New Delhi 2015

Group Art Exhibition in Visual Art Gallery India Habitat Center, Lodhi Road, New Delhi 2013

Range of Vision an Art Exhibition in Karnatak Chitrakala Parishad Art Complex , Bangalore 2013

Face India International Art Festival an Art Exhibition in AIFACS Gallery, New Delhi 2013

Milap a Group Art Exhibition in Rabindra Bhavan Gallery, Lalit Kala Academy, New Delhi – 01, 2012

Stavan a Group Show in Ravindra Bhavan Gallery, Lalit Kala Academy, New Delhi- 01, 2011

Connection a Group Show at AIFACS Art Gallery Rafi Marg New Delhi 2010

Stuti Group Show in Fine Art Faculty Gallery

M. S. University Baroda 2010

India Art Festival, Bengaluru – by iart Gallery, 2024

Stories in a Frame – by Smsara Art, Bombay Art Society, Bandra (W), Mumbai, 2024

Affordable Art Fair, Singapore – by The Curators Art, 2024

Grand Launch – Gallery 16Ten, Washington DC, 2024

Parallel Dreams – Gallery Space, Hyderabad, 2024

Beyond The Canvas – Mumbai Art Fair, Nehru Center, Worli, 2024

Contemporary Signature Annual Group Show Edition-3 – The Curators Art, Koregaon Park, Pune, 2023

Narratives of The Here & Now – State Art Gallery, Hyderabad, 2023

India Art Festival, Mumbai – by The Curators Art Gallery, 2023

Contemporary Signatures – Monalisa Kalagram, The Curators Art Gallery, Pune, 2022

Mumbai Art Festival – by Gallerie Splash, New Delhi, 2022

DLF Emporio – by Gallerie Splash, New Delhi, 2020

Mumbai Art Festival – by Gallerie Splash, New Delhi, 2019

Delhi Art Festival – by Gallerie Splash, New Delhi, 2019

Nehru Park Exhibition – by Gallerie Splash, New Delhi, 2019

Trisang – Ravindra Bhavan Gallery, Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi, 2017

Kalanand Art Exhibition – Nehru Art Centre, Worli, Mumbai, 2017

Lipstick – Art Exhibition celebrating International Women’s Day, 2017

Plenitude – Indira Gandhi International Airport, by NVYA Art Gallery, New Delhi, 2015

Vignettes of India – Sridharni Art Gallery, Triveni Kala Sangam, New Delhi, 2015

Thousand Words – Arpna Kaur Art Gallery, New Delhi, 2015

18th October – Visual Art Gallery, India Habitat Center, Lodhi Road, New Delhi, 2013

Range of Vision – Karnataka Chitrakala Parishad Art Complex, Bangalore, 2013

Face India International Art Festival – AIFACS Gallery, New Delhi, 2013

Milap – Ravindra Bhavan Gallery, Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi, 2012

Stavan – Ravindra Bhavan Gallery, Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi, 2011

Stuti – India Habitat Center, Lodhi Road, New Delhi, 2010

Connection – AIFACS Art Gallery, Rafi Marg, New Delhi, 2010

Stuti – Faculty Gallery, M.S. University, Baroda, 2010

Art Camps

Bhaderwha Art Camp At Bhaderwha Jammu 2022

Bhagat Singh portrait art camp at Delhi Sachivalaya by Sahitya Kala Parishad 2021

Art Camp at Central Park, Connaught Place by Sahitya Kala Parishad, New Delhi 2020

National Art Camp at Srinagar Kashmir 24th May to 2nd June 2014

4th All India Digital Art Exhibition in AIFACS N.D. 2014

Mural Workshop at FMG Group of Institution 9th to 13th Sep 2013

Sold Artworks

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Chronicles of Modernity

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Wired Nobility

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Regal Fusion

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