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APRE Art House is a contemporary art gallery based in Colaba, Mumbai, dedicated to advancing rigorous artistic practices and meaningful conversations. Founded by Prerna S.M. Jain, an alumna of Christie’s Education, New York, the gallery was formalised in 2022 as a two-level exhibition space committed to both emerging and established voices whose work engages with pressing socio-political and gender-oriented concerns.

With a programme grounded in research, clarity, and cultural responsiveness, APRE positions itself as a site of critical inquiry within the South Asian contemporary art landscape. The gallery is recognised for its museum-calibre exhibitions, an ethos of transparency, and a sustained commitment to fostering long-term relationships with artists, collectors, and institutions.

APRE’s reach extends beyond Mumbai, with curated projects in New York and New Delhi, and participation in significant art fairs including the India Art Fair. Its public programming (comprising panel discussions, performances, and film screenings) reflects a belief in interdisciplinary engagement as an essential mode of cultural production.

Through its considered exhibitions and discursive initiatives, APRE Art House seeks not only to present contemporary art but to contribute substantively to its evolving conversation- locally, regionally, and globally.

Prerna S.M. Jain (Founder)

Prerna S.M. Jain is the Director of APRE Art House, Mumbai. She holds a Master’s degree in Modern and Contemporary Art and its Markets from Christie’s Education, New York, and a Bachelor’s in Fine Art from Rachana Sansad, Mumbai. Jain’s formative years included academic training in France and the United States, studying under Ted Seth Jacobs in Vihiers and institutions such as the Florence Academy of Art, the Art Students League of New York, the National Academy, and The New School.
Prior to founding APRE Art House, Jain gained experience and has been affiliated with various art institutions and galleries internationally including Christie’s Auction House, New York. Her curatorial and critical practice has been shaped by a deep engagement with both historical aesthetics and contemporary discourse, complemented by a diploma in Indian Aesthetics from Jnanapravaha, Mumbai.
Alongside her curatorial work, Jain has contributed as an art critic to publications such as New York Artnews, The Daily Star, and Kashmir Reader. She is committed to arts education and frequently lectures at institutions including Sir JJ School of Art, MIT (Pune), Somaiya School of Design, and FLAME University. She currently serves as visiting faculty in Art Business at Sir JJ School of Art.

Gallery Advisors:

Veronique Chagnon Burke

Independent Scholar, Co-Founder of WADDA [Women Art Dealers Digital Archives] 
Throughout her career, Véronique Chagnon-Burke has taught a wide range of subjects in art market studies and art history at Queens College, Parsons School of Design, and Hunter College, among other institutions. Her museum and research positions have included work at the Museum of Modern Art and the College Art Association, and she has also worked at the Hôtel Drouot in Paris. From 2002 to 2021, she was the Director of Christie’s Education in New York, where she taught the history of the art market and art history, more specifically classes on French art and on women artists. She received her Ph.D. from The Graduate Center of the City University of New York, her M.A. from the Institute of Fine Arts of New York University, and her Licence from the Université Paris-Sorbonne. She is also a graduate of the Ecole du Louvre in museum studies.
She has been focusing on organizing academic conferences which bring together art history and art market studies, such as Celebrating Female Agency in the Art in June 2018, and Women Art Dealers 1940-1990 in May 2019. Her current collaborative project is the Women Art Dealers Digital Archive (WADDA), a digital platform that maps the role women art dealers played in the institutionalization of modern and contemporary art. 
Since leaving Christie’s Education, Véronique has gone back to academic research and writing, as well as curating contemporary art exhibitions [In the Flesh, https://www.emergeconverge.com/exhibitions/in-the-flesh, 2023]. In January 2024, she curated She.Her.Hers, an exhibition of ten women artists for the Cultural Council for Palm Beach Countyhttps://www.palmbeachculture.com/council-events/council-gallery-exhibitions/she/. She continues teaching and collaborating with Adventures in Art as the lead scholar. In September 2022, she was elected co-chair of The International Art Market Studies Association [TIAMSA]. She is a section editor for the Art Market Dictionary [BAM, Bloomsbury Art Market], an online tool published by Bloomsbury Press in London in 2023.

Yamini Telkar

An Indian art specialist who is the curator of Bangalore International Airport’s art Program, previously she has curated exhibitions and written on art and artists. Yamini has a unique work trajectory having worked in the art industry in auction houses and private galleries as well as institutions and academia for over 30 years. She is an expert in Modern and Contemporary Art and Folk Art Practice in India. Yamini is well-versed in art history and is passionate about making it accessible to a wider audience and is the co-founder of ArtKyk, to achieve this objective. She has a strong understanding of collections management and advises on building collections.
Yamini has a Master of Philosophy (M.Phil.) focused in Art and Aesthetics from Jawaharlal Nehru University, Delhi, M A in Ancient Culture, St. Xaviers College, Mumbai, and BFA, Sir. J. J. School of Art, Mumbai.

Lina Vincent (Curatorial Advisor)

Lina Vincent is an independent art historian and curator with two decades of experience in arts management. She is committed to socially engaged practices that are reflected in the multi-disciplinary projects she has developed and participated in. The focus areas of her research include arts education, printmaking history and practice, the documentation of living traditions, and environmental consciousness in the arts.
She completed an Archival Museum Fellowship from the India Foundation for the Arts (2018-19) and runs the Goa Familia archival photography project with Serendipity Arts Foundation. She initiated and headed the Piramal Residency Artist Incubator Programme 2019-20 and is an Associate Curator with ARTPORT_making waves, an international curatorial collective operating at the intersection of art, climate change, and sustainability. Lina has curated numerous exhibitions with galleries across India and contributes to publications on art history and contemporary cultural practices. Lina has a bachelor's degree in printmaking and a master's in Art History from Bangalore University (2001).

Curators

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Exhibitions

A Pound Of Feathers: A Pragati Dalvi Jain Solo, APRE Art House, Colaba, 2025
The Music Makers, APRE Art House, Colaba, 2025
My Peeking, Red Bra Strap, APRE Art House, Colaba, 2025
The Toothless Times: A Sarban Chowdhury Solo, APRE Art House, Colaba, 2025
Ephemerides, APRE Art House, Colaba, 2025
Urban Palimpsest, APRE Art House, Colaba, 2024
Lament Traces, Curated by Manan Shah, Colaba, 2024
Alternate Gaze, curated by Georgina Maddox, APRE Art House, Colaba, 2024
Selves In Parallax, curated by Heeral Trivedi, APRE Art House, Colaba, 2024
Gestalt, A Victor Hazra Solo, Curatorial Advisor Lina Vincent, APRE Art House, Colaba, 2024
Inked Worlds, A two artist show of Kanika Shah & Chhering Negi, Kathiwada City House, 2024
The Poetics of Everyday, Floor, Armaan Bungalows, Juhu, 2024
Cogito Ergo Sum, Quorum, Mumbai, 2024
Amano Iwato, APRE Art House, APRE Art House, Colaba, 2024
Measuring Life With Coffee Spoons, curated by Prerna SM Jain, APRE Art House, Colaba, 2024
Metaphors For Land, curated by Sristi Saini, APRE Art House, Colaba, 2024
Possibility Of An Otherwise, A Mrudula Kunatharaju Solo, APRE Art House, Colaba, 2023
Encrypted, curated by Lina Vincent, APRE Art House, Colaba, 2023
Interim- II, APRE Art House, Colaba, 2023
[Tender Button And A] Bellyache, curated by Sristi Sainani, APRE Art House, Colaba, 2023
Inner Terrains, A Nidhi Khuranna Solo, APRE Art House, Colaba, 2023
Futur Proche, curated by Sayali Mundye, APRE Art House x TUS, Colaba, 2023
Singing The Body Electric, curated by Kristine Michael, APRE Art House, Colaba, 2022
Echoes, Curated by Shruti Ramalingaiah, APRE Art House, Colaba, 2022
Interim- I, APRE Art House, Colaba, 2022
Shadow Lands, A Ranjeet Singh Solo, curated by Azra Bhagat, APRE Art House, Colaba, 2022
Time Lapse, India Art Fair, New Delhi, 2021
Transit- Where Do We Go From Here, curated by Lina Vincent, Bikaner house, New Delhi, 2021