Vidya Shivadas

Visual Arts

Vidya Shivadas is a curator based in New Delhi. She is the Director of the Foundation for Indian Contemporary Art, a non-profit arts organisation that works in the field of art education and aims to broaden the audience for contemporary Indian art, enhance opportunities for artists, and establish a continuous dialogue between the arts and the public through education and active participation in public art projects.


Vidya has curated a number of exhibitions at the Vadehra Art Gallery since 2005 as well as guest-curated exhibitions at Devi Art Foundation, Kiran Nadar Museum of Art and Edinburgh Art Festival. She curated exhibitions at Serendipity Arts Festival in 2017 and 2019 as well. Vidya has been Visiting Faculty at School of Culture and Creative Expressions, Ambedkar University Delhi since 2013.