AnujalikaVisual artist
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Work

Three bodies of work, 2016 to 2026.

India chapter · 2016–2019

Roots

11 worksView series

  • Flight, Oil on canvas, 2016, by Anujalika. A bird with spread wings painted in white and black over a teal and red ground, with two small empty frames.
    Flight2016
  • Figuring it out, Oil on canvas, 2018, by Anujalika. A red anatomical heart rests on top of a blue ladder leaning against an empty frame; an orange cat sits on a lilac block below, against a pale green ground.
    Figuring it out2018
  • Irony, Oil on canvas, 2018, by Anujalika. A single leg in blue jeans and a leather sandal floats horizontally across a pale ground; green seedlings grow from the trouser leg and small insects hover nearby.
    Irony2018
  • Formality, Oil on canvas, 2018, by Anujalika. Two nested red rectangular frames on an ochre ground; in the right frame a hand reaches inward, in the left a white dashed circle.
    Formality2018
  • Psychological Hold, Oil on canvas, 2018, by Anujalika. Four grey-blue hands emerge from the edges of an ochre and terracotta ground drawn with architectural lines, reaching toward a central column.
    Psychological Hold2018
  • Roots I, Mixed media, 2019, by Anujalika. A teal and yellow-green poured ground; on the right, a semicircle of fine black architectural line drawing from which a root-like black line escapes.
    Roots I2019
  • Roots II, Mixed media, 2019, by Anujalika. A blue, white and copper poured ground; along the left edge, black architectural line drawings of stacked frames with a root-like line winding through them.
    Roots II2019
  • The Passage, Pencil on paper, 2019, by Anujalika. A framed pencil drawing: black root lines spread downward from a small hatched pyramid at the top centre, over a faint contour-line ground.
    The Passage2019
  • Immersive I–II, Enamel on canvas, 2019, by Anujalika. A horizontal enamel pour in turquoise, teal and white with dark red veins, the pigment flowing diagonally like a current.
    Immersive I–II2019
  • Duality, Enamel on canvas, 2019, by Anujalika. A tall narrow canvas: red enamel on the left meets grey-white and copper on the right along a ragged vertical seam.
    Duality2019
  • Cyclic Movements I–II, Mixed media, 2019, by Anujalika. A square canvas in which red, black, white and ochre pigment swirl outward from the centre like a vortex.
    Cyclic Movements I–II2019

France chapter · 2023–2025

Planting Motherhood

9 worksView series

  • Yatra, by Anujalika. A flame-like form stitched in orange, yellow, red and grey wool on grey card, with lines of small dark stitches radiating outward; a pink label reads Yatra.
    Yatra यात्राUnknown
  • Bindu, by Anujalika. An orange textile with a red and yellow braided border hangs above a small grey card marked with a single red dot and a red circle.
    Bindu बिंदूUnknown
  • Namaste Tour Eiffel, by Anujalika. Two canvases side by side, poured in blue, turquoise and gold, with a black line drawing of the Eiffel Tower crossing the seam; skeins of red, orange and mustard wool lie in front.
    Namaste Tour Eiffel नमस्तेUnknown
  • Teeka, by Anujalika. A dark card with a bright pink dot at its top, a pair of eyes drawn in silver and gold beneath, and radiating dotted lines.
    Teeka टीकाUnknown
  • Femininity (five states), Mixed media on paper, 2023–2024, by Anujalika. Five small works: a pencil profile beneath a cloud labelled La Pluie with red stitched rain; and four knitted or crocheted forms in red, white, blue and green wool mounted on grey card.
    Femininity (five states)2023–2024
  • Des grains, Seedlings, 2024, by Anujalika. On a grid wall: a square piece with an embroidered blue form inside a printed textile border, and a round panel of blue and gold poured pigment with a dotted spiral.
    Des grains, Seedlings2024
  • Mélanger, by Anujalika. Five grey cards pegged in a row on a grid, each stitched with winding lines, blue and purple dots and the words c'est ça la vie and mélanger.
    MélangerUnknown
  • Touche-moi, tactile, by Anujalika. Grey-blue cards with raised dotted lines in purple, gold and black tracing winding paths, pegged to a grid so that they can be touched.
    Touche-moi, tactileUnknown
  • Fragments of India and France, Mixed media, 2025, by Anujalika. Three grey panels in a pale wooden frame; a single winding line stitched in orange, mustard, white and grey wool runs across all three.
    Fragments of India and France2025

Works on paper and reliefs · 2026

Recent work

16 worksView series

  • Untitled (spirals), Work on paper, 2026, by Anujalika. A field of white spirals drawn on terracotta paper.
    Untitled (spirals)2026
  • Untitled (profile), Work on paper, 2026, by Anujalika. A face in profile drawn in white line on terracotta paper, its hair a mass of white spirals.
    Untitled (profile)2026
  • Untitled (waves and drops), Work on paper, 2026, by Anujalika. White wave lines and yellow-green drop forms on terracotta paper.
    Untitled (waves and drops)2026
  • Untitled (contours and drops), Work on paper, 2026, by Anujalika. Contour lines and falling drop shapes drawn in grey on coral paper.
    Untitled (contours and drops)2026
  • Untitled (feet), Work on paper, 2026, by Anujalika. Two feet painted in gold on a blue ground.
    Untitled (feet)2026
  • Untitled (purple relief), Mixed media relief, 2026, by Anujalika. Rounded organic forms in relief, outlined with white dots, on a purple textured ground.
    Untitled (purple relief)2026
  • Untitled (gold spiral), Mixed media relief, 2026, by Anujalika. A large gold spiral in relief on a magenta and yellow ground.
    Untitled (gold spiral)2026
  • Hibiscus, Mixed media relief, 2026, by Anujalika. A round panel with a thick purple, pink and gold relief resembling a flower.
    Hibiscus2026
  • Untitled (figure with roots), Work on paper, 2026, by Anujalika. A framed drawing of a green figure whose head is a tree and whose legs become blue and white roots.
    Untitled (figure with roots)2026
  • Untitled (seedling), Work on paper, 2026, by Anujalika. A sketchbook page: a green seedling form with pink root lines, blue edge.
    Untitled (seedling)2026
  • Untitled (zeera), Thread and ink on paper, by Anujalika. White stitched cumin seeds scattered on grey paper, labelled zeera.
    Untitled (zeera) ज़ीराUnknown
  • Untitled (spice box), Thread and ink on paper, by Anujalika. A spice box drawn with circles of seeds and stitched borders in ochre, red and blue.
    Untitled (spice box) मसाल दानीUnknown
  • Untitled (I am in the soil), Thread and ink on paper, by Anujalika. A green chilli form above stitched orange and yellow seeds on cream paper.
    Untitled (I am in the soil) मिट्टी में हूँUnknown
  • Untitled (chilli), Thread and ink on paper, by Anujalika. A beaded purple chilli form on a drawn outline, on grey paper.
    Untitled (chilli)Unknown
  • Untitled (seeds and textile), Thread, textile and ink on paper, by Anujalika. Orange stitched seeds fall past a drawn window and a piece of printed textile.
    Untitled (seeds and textile)Unknown
  • Untitled (Maa), Ink on paper, by Anujalika. A vessel drawn in ink with drops falling from it, the word Maa written above.
    Untitled (Maa) माँUnknown

Visual threads

Another way through the work: by concern rather than by date.

01The body as archiveFiguring it out, Oil on canvas, 2018, by Anujalika. A red anatomical heart rests on top of a blue ladder leaning against an empty frame; an orange cat sits on a lilac block below, against a pale green ground.Femininity (five states), Mixed media on paper, 2023–2024, by Anujalika. Five small works: a pencil profile beneath a cloud labelled La Pluie with red stitched rain; and four knitted or crocheted forms in red, white, blue and green wool mounted on grey card.Untitled (feet), Work on paper, 2026, by Anujalika. Two feet painted in gold on a blue ground.Fragments of bodies and suspended gestures reveal the traces of collective experience within the individual form.02Structures that holdFiguring it out, Oil on canvas, 2018, by Anujalika. A red anatomical heart rests on top of a blue ladder leaning against an empty frame; an orange cat sits on a lilac block below, against a pale green ground.Namaste Tour Eiffel, by Anujalika. Two canvases side by side, poured in blue, turquoise and gold, with a black line drawing of the Eiffel Tower crossing the seam; skeins of red, orange and mustard wool lie in front.Untitled (figure with roots), Work on paper, 2026, by Anujalika. A framed drawing of a green figure whose head is a tree and whose legs become blue and white roots.Objects and architectural motifs act as symbolic mediators and condense implicit narratives.03Roots, seeds, soilRoots I, Mixed media, 2019, by Anujalika. A teal and yellow-green poured ground; on the right, a semicircle of fine black architectural line drawing from which a root-like black line escapes.Yatra, by Anujalika. A flame-like form stitched in orange, yellow, red and grey wool on grey card, with lines of small dark stitches radiating outward; a pink label reads Yatra.Untitled (figure with roots), Work on paper, 2026, by Anujalika. A framed drawing of a green figure whose head is a tree and whose legs become blue and white roots.Roots become, here, a metaphor for memory in circulation.04Matter in transformationImmersive I–II, Enamel on canvas, 2019, by Anujalika. A horizontal enamel pour in turquoise, teal and white with dark red veins, the pigment flowing diagonally like a current.Femininity (five states), Mixed media on paper, 2023–2024, by Anujalika. Five small works: a pencil profile beneath a cloud labelled La Pluie with red stitched rain; and four knitted or crocheted forms in red, white, blue and green wool mounted on grey card.Hibiscus, Mixed media relief, 2026, by Anujalika. A round panel with a thick purple, pink and gold relief resembling a flower.Materiality becomes central. The textures translate states of transformation.

Visual threads