Teja Gavankar received a Master’s in Visual Arts in Painting from the School of Fine

Arts in Baroda, India. She also holds a certificate in Indian Aesthetics from Kalina

University in Mumbai. Gavankar lives and works in Mumbai. BVA from L.S.Raheja

School of Art, Bandra, Mumbai, India.

Mainly interested in drawings and her urge is to make drawings in space too. She

prefer to work with spaces and things around her. Teja’s interest in subverting

mundane spaces, adding a new perception to them. Her intention is to look at

spaces as mental states.

She received ‘Inlaks Shivdasani Foundation’ supporting International (India-

Quebec) Residency at ‘The Darling Foundry’, Montreal, Canada. Sep-Nov2014; Khoj

peers share’ program and 'Activating Space' at ‘Khoj international artist association’,

Delhi, India.

Teja awarded for ‘Nasreen Mohamedi’ award in MVA Display, M.S.U. Baroda,

India.2014.

She had her first international solo show at ‘Optica center for contemporary art’ in

Montreal. Teja has been part of several group show, she was a part of ‘Young

Subcontinents’ in ‘Serendipity Art Festival’ in Goa at Dec 2016. She was a resident

artist at ‘What About Art’ Mumbai, ‘Space Studio’ Baroda, and many other. In year

2015 at Verticale artist center, short residency and ‘in situ’ project, Laval, Canada.

OCT; Recently her collaborated project was part of Venice Architecture Biennale

2018.