Srinivas Aditya Mopidevi

Biography

Srinivas Aditya Mopidevi is a writer and curator based in New Delhi. He is currently the Curator, Visual Arts, at the Kiran Nadar Museum of Art, India. In his multifaceted career spanning fifteen years, he has been involved in research and curatorial projects with the Park Avenue Armory and Asia Society in New York. He has held positions with the Devi Art Foundation, Raqs Media Collective, Jawaharlal Nehru University, Terrain.art, Nature Morte, and Pollinator.io, New Delhi.

Mopidevi is a graduate of the M.S. University of Baroda, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, and the Center for Curatorial Studies, Bard, NY. He is also a visiting professor at the Department of Visual Arts, Ashoka University, India, and the co-curator of Climate Recipes, an itinerant research project that documents intergenerational wisdom on the land and environment. Alongside Thukral and Tagra, he co-initiated Sustaina India, an art, science, and climate action platform, where he now serves as an advisor.

Mopidevi's current research and curatorial work explore the relationship between contemporary art, materiality, technology, and ecology. As a curator at the Kiran Nadar Museum of Art, he is committed to creating accessible exhibitions and developing innovative public engagement frameworks that effectively connect with diverse demographics in India and beyond.

Srinivas Aditya Mopidevi, Curator, Visual Arts, at Kiran Nadar Museum of Art in New Delhi, India, has been awarded by Chitra Talwar.