Khoj is now accepting applications for the second iteration of BODIES-MACHINES-PUBLICS. BODIES-MACHINES-PUBLICS seeks to foreground practices and inquiries that can map the shifting terrain of digital life through critique and the articulation of alternate possibilities. As the digital mediates our perception, memories, and bodies, the boundaries between the organic and the machinic are becoming increasingly porous. BODIES-MACHINES-PUBLICS is an inquiry…

Goethe-Institut / Max Mueller Bhavan New Delhi and Khoj International Artists’ Association invite early and mid-career curators from South Asia to apply for the seventh edition of the Curatorial Intensive South Asia (CISA) programme. This opportunity is open for curators from South Asia—India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Maldives, Bhutan, Afghanistan, and Iran. Five curators will be selected by an external jury to be a part…

Now in its 21st year, Peers has been one of Khoj’s pioneering programmes that provides emerging artists from India with an opportunity for exchange and dialogue. It aims to provide young artists a forum for experimentation and interaction with the larger creative community as well as attempts to create a network of diverse artists across mediums and disciplines. The Peers…

Khoj and the Perth Institute of Contemporary Arts (PICA) are now accepting applications from mid-career Western Australia based artists for a six-week studio exchange program at Khoj between August-September 2025. Building on Khoj’s long-standing engagement with the intersections of art and urbanism, the 2025 residency program will explore responses to the complexities of high-density built and natural environments. We invite…

This iteration of the Khoj International Residency, in collaboration with the Misk Art Institute, invites two artists from Saudi Arabia and one artist from India to delve into the intersection of expanded craft, design, and the popular. The residency aims to foster the artistic growth and practices of creatives, encouraging a meaningful exchange amongst them; as well as with the…

The Khoj International Residency will welcome artists in an international residency to explore and expand discourse in the field of craft, design, and technology through innovative artistic inquiry. Craft or crafting refers to the ways in which an object comes to form. Materiality, skill, repetition, tradition, and historicity are core considerations in the process of crafting an object. Sharing histories…

In this edition of the International Residency at KHOJ, the participating artists explored image-making, autobiography, material practice, gender and the gaze. _ Mithu Sen refers to her image-making as a process that has evolved through being opposed to the inorganic. The choice of medium and the process of making the image has often bordered on being autobiographical when placed in…

In the fourth edition of the KHOJ International Residency, Khirkee Village served as the site and source for the participating artists to develop ideas and generate discourse. What this space enabled was the re-reading and rediscovery of India and the diversity of Delhi, by way of an exploration of the mini cosmos that is Khirkee. Over the course of six…

2002 marked the year the KHOJ Studios building came into being in the anomalous urban/rural environment that is the Khirkee village. The physical structure anchored an erstwhile, tentative, fluid entity into brick and mortar. KHOJ sits on the edge of Khirkee Gaon – an ‘urban village’ very close to Malviya Nagar, situated in the south of Delhi. The Khirkee Village…

The second KHOJ International Residency explored the sculptural and plastic arts, playing host to eight artists from France, Nepal, Denmark, Mexico and India. During the six weeks, most of the artists developed an interest in each other’s work and techniques. The different languages and scripts of India inspired the works created by Barbara Wiebel and Patrice Rouby, that were transferred…

Northeast India, an ever changing socio-political space, looking at it as a series of interconnected micro-events.Transforming the content into digital bytes, and making it accessible so that the initiatiation of interactivity in public domain. Time is measured out in ways analogous to the coming and going of the everyday, exposing the passing of time to a (continuous) present. Politics of…

Towards an Alternative Museum was a stimulating printmaking workshop for children from the Khirkee community, offering a hands-on introduction to serigraphy, storytelling, and visual experimentation. Led by artist and former Khoj Peers resident Sujay Mukherjee, the workshop unfolded over six days, blending drawing, design, and archival exploration into a playful and structured process of creative discovery. The children were introduced…

2007 marked the 10th anniversary of KHOJ. During the 10th year celebrations, KHOJ proposed to curate an exhibition drawing upon works created by peers 2003-2007 (participants of Peers, the KHOJ residency program for students). Envisioned as a pilot curatorial project, the 2-week long exhibition was hosted at the Vadehra Art Gallery. KHOJ invited Latika Gupta, a young Delhi based curator to curate and put the exhibition together. This exhibition was…

In 2003, Khoj started the Peers residency to nurture a vibrant ecosystem for young artists and emerging practices. We aimed to expand the arts community, provide a platform for burgeoning talent, and cultivate a space for experimentation and engagement with the broader artistic community. Over the years, the Peers residency has been a springboard for a diverse array of artists,…

Khoj and PICA are delighted to announce Ayesha Singh as the artist-in-residence in Perth as part of the Cross Hatching International Studio Exchange program. ⁠ ⁠With a focus on architecture, Ayesha will consider the histories of communities that have been hidden, displaced and removed, responding to this research through the development of site-specific installations, conversations and community gatherings. ⁠

Khoj is delighted to announce the artists-in-residence for BODIES-MACHINES-PUBLICS, an 8 week long residency at Khoj, as a part of a two-year collaborative initiative between NAVE (Chile), Khoj International Artists’ Association (India), and Immersive Arts Space/ZHdK and Kornhausforum (Switzerland), supported by the Pro Helvetia Synergies Program: Daniela Brugger Gaurav Singh Nijjer and Manjari Kaul Puneet Jain and Yesica Duarte BODIES-MACHINES-PUBLICS…