AnujalikaVisual artist

Work

Three bodies of work, 2016 to 2026.

India chapter · 2016–2019

Roots

14 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
  • Moments, 2018, by Anujalika.
    Moments2018
  • I have epilepsy, by Anujalika.
    I have epilepsyUnknown
  • Windows in ladders, Oil on canvas, 2017, by Anujalika.
    Windows in ladders2017

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, Mixed media, 2021, 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 नमस्ते2021
  • Teeka, Thread and ink on paper, 2025, by Anujalika.
    Teeka टीका2025
  • Feminity (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 paper.
    Feminity (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.
    Fragments of India and France2025

Works on paper and reliefs · 2026

Recent work

18 worksView series

  • Faces in spiral ? spirals in faces, Work on paper, 2026, by Anujalika. A field of white spirals drawn on terracotta paper.
    Faces in spiral ? spirals in faces2026
  • Faces & spirals, White ink on paper, 2026, by Anujalika. In love! Are they the faces or the faces with spirals?
    Faces & spirals2026
  • La Montigny II, Work on paper, 2026, by Anujalika. Nature at its best at Montigny but with people who were as natural as nature makes you feel.
    La Montigny II2026
  • La Montigny I, Work on paper, 2026, by Anujalika. Nature at its best at Montigny but with people who were as natural as nature makes you feel.
    La Montigny I2026
  • Les mouvements de la ville I, Work on paper, 2026, by Anujalika. Les pieds en rapidité à Paris
    Les mouvements de la ville I2026
  • Les mouvements de la ville, Mixed media relief, 2026, by Anujalika. Les pieds en rapidité à Paris
    Les mouvements de la ville2026
  • Hibiscus blossoms I, Acrylic on paper, 2026, by Anujalika.
    Hibiscus blossoms I2026
  • Hibiscus, Mixed media relief, 2026, by Anujalika. A round panel with a thick purple, pink and gold relief resembling a flower.
    Hibiscus2026
  • I am soil II, Work on paper, 2026, by Anujalika.
    I am soil II मिट्टी मैं हूँ।2026
  • I am soil I, Work on paper, 2026, by Anujalika. Series of three works, I am soil.
    I am soil I मिट्टी मैं हूँ।2026
  • Zeera, Thread and ink on paper, 2026, by Anujalika. White stitched cumin seeds scattered on grey paper, Zeera!
    Zeera ज़ीरा2026
  • Spice box, Thread and ink on paper, 2026, by Anujalika. A spice box drawn with circles of seeds and stitched borders in ochre, red and blue.
    Spice box मसाल दानी2026
  • I am soil, Thread and ink on paper, 2026, by Anujalika.
    I am soil मिट्टी मैं हूँ।2026
  • Mulberry, Ink on paper, 2026, by Anujalika. Taste & visual so strong while I collected the berries in my hanky fully stained with the deep purple juice but still so worth it to return home satisfied with the bustling zings of the शहतूत!
    Mulberry शहतूत2026
  • Transition, Wool, textile and ink on paper, 2026, by Anujalika. Orange stitched seeds fall past a drawn window and a piece of printed textile.
    Transition2026
  • Maa, Ink on paper, 2026, by Anujalika. A vessel drawn in ink with drops of milk falling into an unending depth.
    Maa माँ2026
  • If I was A pàte à modeler!, ongoing, 2026, by Anujalika.
    If I was A pàte à modeler! My braid to your roots2026
  • La Montigny, Pen & Ink, 2026, by Anujalika.
    La Montigny2026

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.Feminity (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 paper.Les mouvements de la ville I, Work on paper, 2026, by Anujalika. Les pieds en rapidité à ParisFragments 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, Mixed media, 2021, 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.I am soil II, Work on paper, 2026, by Anujalika.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.I am soil II, Work on paper, 2026, by Anujalika.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.Feminity (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 paper.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