Collection: Manmeet Devgun

Manmeet Devgun

1974

Overview

Manmeet Devgun is a Delhi-based performance and interdisciplinary artist, as well as an art educator. She completed her BFA in Painting from Govt. College of Art, Chandigarh, and MFA from Jamia Millia Islamia University, New Delhi. Her solo exhibition I Don’t Need Your Help was shortlisted for the Skoda Prize Top Twenty in 2012. She won the Pro Helvetia Research Residency in Switzerland in 2015 and has been an artist-in-residence at HH Art Spaces (Goa) and Klingental Basel.

Manmeet’s work, often addressing feminist themes, is deeply personal and connected to her life experiences. She has exhibited in Delhi, Vienna, Berlin, and more. In 2019, she received a grant for her project The Mother’s Studio as part of the Five Million Incidents initiative. She recently performed at the India Art Fair 2024 and Gallery Espace. Manmeet is also a poet, school teacher, and a single mother navigating life's challenges, while embracing creativity through daydreams and dance.

Currently based in New Delhi, India.