Sheila Makhijani

Sheila Makhijani was born in New Delhi , India. She completed her MFA from College of Fine Arts, Delhi. In the series titled BLIP! , Makhijani explores the dynamic , kinetic nature of her drawings on canvas. Colour fills every void in this frenzied interwoven journey of the line. Images from here.

Anoop Patnaik

"Anoop is a graphic designer and illustrator who graduated from the National Institution of Design. He lives and works out of his studio Design Stack in Mumbai. He likes to travel, manages to write when he's travelling and tries to play the guitar once every 6 months."

Chintan Upadhyay

If you're part of the Indian Art circuit it's hard to miss these tricked out babies. They've been talked of , written about and featured in every relevant gallery or arts publication in the country. In a way , the bare bottomed clones seem to suit their name, Smart Alecs. These fibre glass sculptures painted on with scenes and motifs from the Kamasutra , are the latest and greatest of the eccentric Chintan Upadhyay's artistic offerings . Upadhyay was born in Rajastan and has a MFA from MSU , Baroda. The artist lives and works in Mumbai. More here.

Gaba

A lovely new visitor pointed out Gaba to me , the fashion brainchild of Aneeth Arora and Chinar Farooqui . The AW collection comprising of blacks,whites and grays is a throw back to bohochic. The clever layering makes for a very versatile collection that would do well in the Indian summer. The Churidar makes an appearance as does the ubiquitous keffiyeh inspired scarf. Despite my penchant for colour , this collection completely has my heart. More here.

Kalyani Ganapathy

Some lovely Ethnic illustrations over at Jellicle Cat . Also up for grabs are some nice hand painted and embellished bags. Go over and check them out.

Varunika Saraf

Like a lot of her contemporaries , Varunika Saraf looks to the Mughal miniature painting tradition to explore and interpret her emotional landscape and life experiences . Saraf is currently pursuing an M.Phil in Arts and Aesthetics at JNU, New Delhi. Images from here.

C.Bhagyanath

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Tales unfold in a dreamscape conceived by the deft C.Bhagyanath. With relative ease he paints fantastic worlds co-created with his "little friend" , pictured above. Born and raised in an idyllic little town in Kerala , Bhagyanath expresses his frustration at city life and it's various trappings. More here.

Death by Chocolate

DEATH BY CHOCOLATE is what Mumbai based animators Asavari Kumar and Chewang Bhutia like to be known as. They are heavily influenced by the urban vinyl phenomenon and are manically obsessed with contemporary character design. While the DBC duo are still working out the kinks in the retail and production of their dolls, the possibilities for Indian urban vinyls are exciting (& intriguing.) I wouldn't mind if the dolls started to resemble the morbid cuteness of their illustrations.More here.

Pallavi Arora

Pallavi Arora is a filmmaker who graduated from the National Institute of Design. She has made a number of short documentary films and loves working with children. Pallavi is also addicted to coffee and the sea . She loves to draw, since as long as she can remember. Arora is based out of New Delhi.

Can we say delightfully quirky? More here.