Conferral of insignia of Officier De L’Ordre Des Arts Et Des Lettres
Shefali Somani & Anahita Taneja
20th-21st December 2023
We are honoured to announce that our founders Anahita Taneja and Shefali Somani have been conferred with the insignia of Officier dans l’Ordre des Arts et des Lettres (Officer of the Order of Arts and Letters) at a special ceremony at the Residence of France, held on 20th December 2023.
This distinction comes in recognition of their outstanding achievements in the field of arts, and their deep commitment to the promotion of South Asian artists and practices internationally. This award also honours their enduring contribution to the cultural relationship and cooperation between France and India.
Divya Singh has been awarded by Art India as one of this year’s ‘30 under 30'.
We are thrilled to share that Divya Singh has been awarded by Art India as one of this year’s ‘30 under 30’.
Hema Shironi has been awarded the 2026 Asia Arts Future Award (South Asia)
Shrine Empire is thrilled to share that Hema Shironi has been awarded the 2026 Asia Arts Future Award (South Asia). We’re proud to see her practice recognised on this platform, and grateful to Asia Society for this honour. Shironi’s work brings together memory, displacement, and the quiet language of needlework. Through cloth, thread, repetition, and fragments of home, she builds spaces that hold both fragility and resilience. Her practice transforms absence into testimony and turns personal history into shared reflection, resonating strongly across the region.
Sarker Protick at Diriyah Contemporary Art Biennale 2026, Riyadh.
On view as part of ‘In Interludes and Transitions’.
The Biennale runs until 2 May 2026 at JAX District, Diriyah.
Co-Artistic Directors: Nora Razian and Sabih Ahmed
Sarker Protick presents works drawn from his long-term engagement with Bangladesh, and the Bengal region. Working across photography, video, and sound, Protick’s practice reflects on the physicality of time and its shifting sensorial qualities. The works presented at the Biennale examine remnants of colonial industrial infrastructures through images of coal mines and abandoned railway lines. Once central to mobility and industrial expansion, these sites now exist in states of erosion and transformation, holding layered histories of extraction, displacement, and ecological change.
Sajan Mani becomes a recipient of The Villa Romana Prize 2025
We are proud to announce that Sajan Mani has been awarded The Villa Romana Prize 2025. The Prize has been awarded by the German non-profit Villa Romana Association since 1905 and comes with a ten-month residency at the Florentine artists’ house, prize money, and a final publication. The four selected artists for 2025 are Sajan Vazhakaparambil Kolavan Kalyanikutty Mani, Elia Nurvista, Chaveli Sifre, and Raul Walch.
Sarker Protick has been awarded the After Nature. Ulrike Crespo Photography Prize 2024
Sarker Protick is among the first recipients of the After Nature. Ulrike Crespo Photography Prize 2024. Awarded by C/O Berlin, this international prize enables the winners to realize their projects on the topic of “Photography after Nature.” The prize carries a cash prize of €40,000 for each winner and includes an exhibition at C/O Berlin, a joint publication, and curatorial support during the planning stages.
Baaraan Ijlal and Sangita Maity shortlisted as finalists for The Arte Laguna Prize 2024
We are extremely thrilled to announce that our artists Baaraan Ijlal and Sangita Maity have been selected as finalists for the Arte Laguna prize 2024. Since 2006, Venice, Italy has hosted the international Arte Laguna Prize, an art and design competition with the goal of advancing and improving contemporary art. Baaraan and Sangita will be exhibiting their selected artworks in Venice from 16th November to 8th December.
