Udit Kulshrestha
Udit Kulshrestha Biography:
Udit Kulshrestha (b. Rajkot, 1977) comes from an Armed Forces family with strong artistic roots. Trained in Business Management, he worked in marketing, innovation and strategy before discovering photography in 2006. A self-taught photographer and visual artist, he pushes the medium’s boundaries creating contemporary art objects and photography installations. He is currently documenting unseen geographies of Northeast India & Odisha, focusing on indigenous tribes on themes of land, people and culture in conflict zones.
An assignment photographer specialising in leadership portraiture and photojournalism, his work has appeared in Time, BBC, Financial Times, Wall Street Journal, Bloomberg, Vanity Fair, Forbes and others. Recipient of major awards and grants, his prints and objects are held in collections in India and internationally. “Photography helps me find myself,” he says. “It is not how you see the world, but your relationship with it, that makes the photograph.” Author of the photo book Darwaze, he is based in Agra and New Delhi and co-founded Chitr Sanstha, a non-profit foundation for photography.
Exhibitions:
- India Art Fair – 2026, 2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, Wonderwall, Delhi
- The Soul of Rajasthan, Wonderwall, Bikaner House, New Delhi, April 2026
- Porous Boundaries, Wonderwall, Goa, October 2025
- Ecstasy of Colour, Wonderwall, New Delhi, April 2024 [Solo]
- Mela Moments, Min. of Culture, Lalit Kala Academies, New Delhi, March 2024
- Mela Moments, Min. of Culture, National Gallery of Modern Art, New Delhi, Feb 2024
- India Art, Architecture & Design Biennale, 2023, Delhi (Curated by Aditya Arya)
- Mela Moments, Rashtrapati Bhavan, New Delhi 2023
- India Photo Festival, Hyderabad, 2018 (Photobook – Darwaze)
- The Portrait Project, Serendipity Arts, Goa 2017 (Curated by Dinesh Khanna)
- 50:50, A 50 Year Centenary of Birla Arts, Kolkata, 2017 (Curated by Johny ML)
- Parallel Cities, ProHelvetia, Max Mueller, New Delhi (Curated by Devika Daulet Singh)
- Living Art Expanse, Galerie De Arte, New Delhi 2009 (Curated by Sushma Bahl)
- DestinAsian:Viewfinder–Photography from India in UK, Viewfinder Gallery, London, 2008
- 2007 onwards part of over several group exhibits with Gallery Sanskriti (Calcutta), Apparao (Chennai), Gallery Ragini (Delhi) & Wonderwall (Delhi)
Honorable Mentions & Awards:
- Global Photowalk Host (Agra, India), Fotoapp, 2025
- Jury, SIENA AWARDS International Photo Contest, Italy (SIPA), 2024
- Mela Moments Photography Contest, 2020 1st Prize (Mela Vibes)
- Rising Tide Award, Hong Kong DDB Wordwide (Advertising – 2009)
- Nominee, One Show Awards (Advertising – 2009)
- Honorary Mention Photo Essay category, Media Foundation of India Awards, 2013
- Times Now: Seagrams’ Good Crusaders Talk Fellow for Photojournalism in NE, 2017
- Sahapedia Frames Grantee, 2018 (Kannauj Itr)
Curations:
- Raghu Rai in Chennai, Apparao Galleries, Chennai 2012
- Keeping up Appearances – Human forms, O’ Palacio, New Delhi 2010
- Juvenilia Juxtaposed – Gallery Ragini, New Delhi 2009
- Life & Times of Bauji: Sh. OP Jindal, Jindal Steel, 2008
