Artists

Mrinalini Mukherjee, Benode Behari Mukherjee, Leela Mukherjee, KG Subramanyan, Nilima Sheikh, Jagdish Swamitnathan

Press release

Discover an interwoven network of artists that have shaped South Asian art history, through the artistic journey of Indian sculptor Mrinalini Mukherjee. This exhibition presents an important network of South Asian artists working alongside the Indian sculptor Mrinalini Mukherjee (1949-2015). Featuring drawings, paintings and sculptures by Mukherjee’s peers and teachers, including her parents Benode Behari Mukherjee and Leela Mukherjee who taught at the influential Kala Bhavana art school in Santiniketan; as well as pioneers of modernist art in India such as KG Subramanyan; and prominent artists such as Nilima Sheikh and Jagdish Swamitnathan, the exhibition will also include works from Mukherjee’s prolific 40-year career. Mukherjee’s intricate artworks fuse abstraction with the human form, drawing influence from nature, South Asian traditions of architecture and craft, and international modernist art and design. Exhibition organised by the Royal Academy of Arts, in partnership with The Hepworth Wakefield. In 2026 a major retrospective of Mrinalini Mukherjee will be presented at The Hepworth Wakefield.