Echoes of Silence, a solo exhibition by Nidhi Sharma is on display at the Convention Centre Foyer, India Habitat Centre in New Delhi from 11th to 15th July 2026. The exhibition presents a series of abstract landscapes inspired by the Himalayas and Nidhi’s spiritual journey after decades of engagement with the mountains. The paintings are deeply influenced by the teachings of her Guru, Paramahansa Yogananda, author of Autobiography of a Yogi. Transcending the physical geography of the Himalayas, Echoes of Silence focuses on interiority to explore perception, memory, and spiritual reflection through landscapes. Featuring around 20 works, the exhibition invites viewers to go on a meditative journey through colour and texture.
Slow and intuitive, Nidhi’s meditative practice manifests in her creative practice and engagement with nature, as she looks beyond physicality and engages with memory and lived experience. She spent over three decades as a Pranic healer and Reiki Grandmaster, teaching Reiki, meditation, and various healing techniques before taking up painting full-time.
She does not endeavour to depict the physicality of the mountains, instead she uses the Himalayas as a starting point and focuses on the emotional residue of encountering them. “I don’t paint the mountains as they appear,” she says. “I paint the feeling they leave behind.” For Nidhi, the Himalayas is a place marked by silence, reflection, and rejuvenation.
An abstract renditioning of the Himalayas, Nidhi’s art is rooted in individual perception and feeling. She layers soft whites, luminous blues, earthy ochres, muted greens, and warm golds to gradually build an atmosphere that reflects the stillness of the mountains as well as the transient skies. The textured brushstrokes represent the jagged terrain against the subtler hues of the sky.
Viewers often praise her works for their ability to invoke a sense of calmness, reaffirming Nidhi’s idea that art can offer a rare pause in the fast-paced world. “If someone stands before my work for a few moments and feels a little quieter, more present, or simply takes a deep breath, then the painting has done its job,” she says.
“The foyer is a historic exhibition space, though intimate in scale. Nidhi Sharma has painted the Indian Himalayas throughout her artistic journey, and in this suite of works at the India Habitat Centre we witness how these majestic mountains have remained an enduring part of her inner landscape, long after she left their environs and made Mumbai her home. Echoes of Silence invites contemplation. It encourages us to reflect on the passage from silence to eternity, from the Maya of appearances to the Absolute. These idyllic landscapes evoke the ancient dictum ‘Tat Tvam Asi’—’Thou Art That.’ Her life and practice as a Pranic healer and Reiki Grandmaster enrich the quiet meditative spaces that permeate her paintings,” adds curatorial advisor Uma Nair.
Nidhi’s work stands at the threshold between experience and memory, layered with personal observations and reflections as she engages with the sublimity of the Himalayas and reshapes it through layers of paints and lived experience.
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