Delhi-based contemporary artist Anamika is presenting her solo exhibition Rooted Together: An Exploration of Life and Form, a body of work that draws from the shifting moods of nature to examine human behaviour, social change and inner truth. The exhibition is on view from 5th to 19th May 2026 at the Main Gallery, India International Centre (IIC), Delhi. The exhibition brings together paintings shaped by lines, texture, charcoal, colour and woodcut-based experimentation, reflecting the artist’s long engagement with abstraction and material process.
Anamika describes her practice as a search for “her own truth,” a journey that unfolds through recurring attempts to translate emotion, ecology and lived experience into visual form. Her works are rooted in the relationship between life and society, with nature functioning not as backdrop but as an active force that mirrors and shapes human conduct.
The exhibition foregrounds four interlinked themes: Trust & Support, Balance, Symbiosis and Togetherness. Together, these ideas frame her canvases as meditations on the foundational structures of life, the fragile equilibrium between creation and destruction, ecological harmony and the intellectual and spiritual bonds that bind people together.
A distinctive feature of Anamika’s practice is her commitment to process and materiality. She works across acrylics, oils, self-made woodcuts and eco-friendly materials, using texture and layered mark-making to evoke both personal emotion and the regulating influence of nature and society. This emphasis on sustainability adds another layer to the exhibition’s philosophical core, linking artistic form with ethical practice.
Anamika holds a Master of Fine Arts in Painting from Mahatma Gandhi Chitrakoot Gramodaya University and has exhibited widely in India and abroad, including solo presentations in London and New Delhi and group shows in Toronto, Chicago, Mumbai, Bhopal, Hanoi and other cities. Her work has also appeared in publications such as Art Soul Life, Artup MI, Art Hole Magazine and A for Art, and she was awarded a Junior Fellowship by the Ministry of Culture in 2022.
The exhibition positions Anamika’s work within a larger conversation about abstraction as both form and inquiry. In Rooted Together, the line becomes a register of thought, texture becomes memory, and nature becomes a language through which the artist explores identity, coexistence and change.
Artworks courtesy of the artist.
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