Decoding Digital DNA: Exhibition of artwork converging technology, memory and human behaviour

New Delhi: Mukesh Sharma, a prominent New Delhi–based contemporary visual artist with nearly three decades of practice, will be showcasing his new body of work titled, ‘Decoding Digital DNA’, exploring the convergence of technology, memory and human behaviour.

The solo exhibition is curated by Archana Khare-Ghose, and opens on December 18, 2025, at the Main Art Gallery, Bikaner House, New Delhi. The timing is 11 am to 7 pm.

It traces his two- decade journey of material innovation and environmental inquiry. 

Sharma, born in Doroli which is a village nestled amid the Aravalis in Rajasthan’s Alwar district, holds a BFA from the Rajasthan School of Art, Jaipur, and an MFA from the Faculty of Fine Arts, MS University, Baroda. His work has been presented across several solo exhibitions and prestigious group showcases, both in India and internationally.

In a recent milestone, one of Sharma’s works was selected by Booker Prize–winning author Salman Rushdie for the French edition cover of Shalimar ‘The Clown’ (2025) — a significant acknowledgment of the resonance and cultural presence of his visual vocabulary.

Sharma’s practice reflects deeply on urban transformation, digital influence, and the tension between small-town rootedness and metropolitan realities. His material language — developed over two decades — is strongly associated with the reconfiguration of technological objects such as computer keyboards and digital components. Through processes of crushing, layering, collaging and reforming, he transforms them into textured surfaces and sculptural forms that question ecological strain, digital dependency, and shifting socio-political environments.

His multidisciplinary body of work spans large-scale site-responsive installations, mixed-media paintings, hybrid prints and immersive spatial constructions.

Well-known works include Nagraj (Venice Architecture Biennale, 2014) and PK – Man and Superman (India Art Fair, 2015), both of which stand as markers of his evolving engagement with technology, identity and the future of human–machine interaction.

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