Khoj invites applications from artists whose practice engages with mental health and distress, critically examining how pain—physical, psychological, or historical—shapes both the self and society. How is suffering unequally distributed across race, caste, class, gender, and geography? How do individuals and communities navigate, resist, or reclaim forms of vitality in the face of war, colonial legacies, and systemic inequalities? Rather…

We are pleased to announce the residents of Peers 2026! அணு aṇu Arieno Kera Mahima Varma Namya Chadha Sahil Kumar This year’s critic-in-residence is Elizabeth Lalruatdiki We’d like to extend a special thank you to the jury members Martand Khosla, Mithu Sen and Srinivas Kuruganti for reviewing the shortlist of applications provided by the Khoj team, and selecting 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 2026. This year, Khoj invites applications from artists whose practice engages with mental health and trauma, critically examining how pain—physical, psychological or historical—shapes both the self and society. How is suffering…

Building on Khoj’s long-standing engagement with the intersections of art and urbanism, the Khoj International Residency August – September 2025 seeks to explore responses to the complexities of  high-density built and natural environments. This iteration of the residency invites artists from Australia, France, Russia, and India whose practices critically engage with the nuances of urban  density—whether in terms of spatial…

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…

What is a feminist way of looking at the world? What opens up? What becomes visible? Who can you hear? What utterances become possible? For two hours every month, we are opening up a room to discuss assumptions and presumptions, power and pleasures. It’s a room of teaching and learning, a room for collective thinking, a room for finding new ways…

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…

Khoj is excited to announce the artists-in-residence of the Bodies-Machines-Publics Residency 2025! Cyanne van den Houten (The Netherlands) Felipe González Badilla (Chile) K Moss (India) Kiraṇ Kumār (India) Rafa Roeder (UK) Rahee Punyashloka (India) Bodies-Machines-Publics brings together a “glocal” (global and local) network of cultural and research partners in Switzerland, India and Chile that seeks to provide artists with a platform to…

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…

Goethe-Institut / Max Mueller Bhavan New Delhi and Khoj International Artists’ Association are delighted to announce fellows for the seventh edition of the Curatorial Intensive South Asia (CISA) programme. Anna Sireiliu Charenamei (IND) Emdadul Hoque Topu (BGD) Hengame Hosseini (IRN) Narmeen Sajid (IND) Pooja Poudel (NP) Thinal Sajeewa (LKA) We extend a special thanks to the jury members — Akansha Rastogi, Vishal…

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…