Salik Ansari is a multidisciplinary artist whose practice focuses on the concept of power, politics of representation, and displacement associated with land, water, and the internet. He examines the effects of socio-technological and political systems, disappearance, labor, and perception of reality. While conceptualizing projects, his process often leads to the development of cutout paintings, installations, sculptural objects, and videos.
Ansari currently lives and works in Mumbai. He completed his BFA in Visual Arts at Sir J J School of Arts, Mumbai, in 2014 and his MDes in Visual Communication at IDC School of Design at IIT Bombay, in 2017.
Ansari has been part of group shows at Strangers House Gallery, curated by TAK Contemporary, Mumbai (2024); Conflictorium, curated by V. Divakar, Ahmedabad (2023), Sakshi Gallery, Mumbai (2023) and India Art Fair, New Delhi (2023). He had his solo shows titled No Lines in the Sea, Fabrica Space via Garibaldi, Venice, Italy (2018) and Painting the Real, Kunst Zeug Haus, Rapperswil-Jona, Switzerland (2014). He has been a recipient of international art and design residencies at Delfina Foundation (London 2019), Fabrica Communication Research Center (Italy 2018-2019), G39 (Cardiff 2018), and Futur Foundation (Switzerland 2014). He has been nominated for the Hublot Design Award, Switzerland 2017.
