reenakallat

Drawing on the Invisible, 2025

Installation view, Dr. Bhau Daji Lad Museum, Mumbai Drawing on the Invisible 2025 Salt drawings Drawing on the Invisible features sound waves of bird calls from extinct species across the world.  Using salt as her medium, Reena Saini Kallat captures the sonic form of the cryptic tree hunter, poo-uli, dusky seaside sparrow, and others lostRead More »Drawing on the Invisible, 2025

Saline Notations, 2023–2024

Installation view, Dr. Bhau Daji Lad Museum, Mumbai Saline Notations 2023 - 2024 Saline Notations is rooted in a British-era directory from 1962, The Daily Gazette, documenting Hindu residents of Karachi, who most likely left Sindh during the Partition. The work refers to the mass migrations and resulting identity crises that followed this historical event.Read More »Saline Notations, 2023–2024

Aqua Atlas, 2023–2024

Installation view, Nature Morte Dhan Mill, New Delhi Aqua Atlas 2023–2024 Acrylic on Linen 18 x 18 x 1 in l  46 x 46 x 2 cm (each) 1 Print 18 x 18 in.l  46 x 46 cm Highlighting global inequities in the distribution and use of scarce resources like water, Aqua Atlas comprises smallRead More »Aqua Atlas, 2023–2024

Fluid Geographies, 2023

Installation view, Lunuganga Southern Garden, Sri Lanka Fluid Geographies 2023 Granite stones and steel mesh 70 m x 20 m I 230 ft. x 65 ft This large-scale outdoor installation, which winds through the gardens of Lunuganga carrying a sense of movement across space, draws attention to man-made incisions on land. It evokes reflections uponRead More »Fluid Geographies, 2023

Pattern Recognition, 2023

Pattern Recognition 2023 Photo credits: Yves Salmon and Patrick Bethell, Commissioned by Artichoke: The Gallery, Season 3, 2023

Water Footprint, 2023

Water Footprint 2023 acrylic on linen 42 x 60 in. l 106 x  152 cm. Reena Kallat’s painting, Water Footprint explores critical geographies by emphasizing humanity’s potential to transform the environment. At first glance, Kallat’s artwork features a map of an uncanny world where the proportions of countries depicted betray standard expectations. While cartography hasRead More »Water Footprint, 2023

Pattern Recognition, 2023

Installation view, Chemould Prescott Road, Mumbai Pattern Recognition 2023 72 part work, Electric wires and metal 120 x 66 in. l  305 x 168 cm (diptych) A passport is a portal to the world, but mobility is not equal for all. ‘Pattern Recognition’ draws attention to the ever-shifting, yet perpetually unequal politics of worldwide accessRead More »Pattern Recognition, 2023