Akshay Raj Singh Rathore (b. 1978 in Madhya Pradesh) has received a B.F.A. from Maharaja Sayajirao University, Baroda and a P.G. in Animation from the National Institute of Design, Ahmedabad, India. He has been artist in residence at Sanskriti Foundation, New Delhi, India and IAAB studios, Basel, Switzerland. He will attend the Sally and Don Lucas Residency at Montalvo Arts Centre, Saratoga, California in 2013. He has been the recipient of KHOJ grant: Negotiating Routes: Ecologies of the Byways in 2012. Recently he has partnered with The Rhizome Alliance, a Chicago based organization to support eco sustainability. Recent participation include: Rooting: Regional Networks, Global Concerns, Sullivan Galleries, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, USA, Beyond Pressure, International Performance Arts Festival, Yangon, Myanmar. Sarai 09, Devi Art Foundation, Gurgaon, India. Generation in transition, New Art from India, Zacheta National Gallery of Art, Warsaw, Poland. Tolstoy Farm : Archive of Utopia, Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi, India.