New Delhi-based contemporary artist Mukesh Sharma will present his solo exhibition Decoding Digital DNA at the Main Gallery, Bikaner House, from December 18 to 23, 2025. The show, curated by Archana Khare-Ghose, comprises large-scale sculptural multimedia installations and mixed media paintings that reflect Sharma’s long engagement with technology, ecological consciousness, and human adaptation in the digital age. The exhibition will open with a preview on December 18 at 5:30 pm, and will remain open daily from 11 am to 7 pm.
Through Decoding Digital DNA, Sharma explores how digital technology—once merely a tool—has become deeply embedded in human life, reshaping how we work, connect, and even perceive ourselves. Using discarded digital components—such as keyboards, cables, and other electronic waste—he creates sculptural forms that mirror both fascination and unease with our technological dependence. His works delve into the paradox of digital progress: while enabling new forms of connection and creativity, it also generates unprecedented material and psychological detritus.
Curator Archana Khare-Ghose describes the show as “an aesthetic exploration and cheeky commentary on contemporary life, wound around the digital world and its paraphernalia.” She adds, “Sharma’s practice examines how human beings are slowly adapting to this new addition to our DNA—the digital component. His works turn obsolete material into living metaphors for how technology is transforming our very biology.”
Among the highlights of the exhibition is an installation featuring a serpentine digital creature reclining on a bed of e-waste, symbolizing technology’s inescapable presence—at once indispensable and unsettling. Nearby, four canine figures crafted from digital remnants stand guard, invoking a near-future world in which even familiar natural companions are reshaped by technology’s ubiquity.
Born in Rajasthan in 1974, Mukesh Sharma holds a BFA from the Rajasthan School of Art, Jaipur, and an MFA from M.S. University, Baroda. Known for his experiments with e-waste and mixed media, Sharma has exhibited widely in India and abroad. His works often address the intersection of environment, technology, and cultural displacement. Notably, his iconic installation Nagraj was shown at the Venice Architecture Biennale (2014), and PK – Man and Superman featured at the India Art Fair (2015). Recently, a work by Sharma was selected by Salman Rushdie to appear on the cover of the new French edition of his novel Shalimar the Clown.
Mukesh Sharma: Decoding Digital DNA opens at Bikaner House, Pandara Road, India Gate, New Delhi, on December 18, and continues until December 23, 2025.
Cover image: Mukesh Sharma. Sheesh Mahal, oil, acrylic hand-cut canvas collage on canvas, 72 H X 96L triptych, 2025
Athmaja Biju is the Editor at Abir Pothi. She is a Translator and Writer working on Visual Culture.
