Ravi Agarwal

CURATOR

Ravi Agarwal is an interdisciplinary artist, photographer, environmental campaigner, writer, and curator whose practice addresses the complex relationship between nature and its future through photography, video, text, and installation. He has exhibited at various biennales including Lahore (2024), Havana (2019), Yinchuan (2018), Kochi (2016), Sharjah (2013), and Documenta XI (2002). He has also curated large public art projects like Yamuna-Elbe (2009) and Embrace Our Rivers (2018). He curated New Natures, A terrible beauty is born (Goethe Institute, Mumbai, January 2022), and Imagined Documents at the Les Rencontres d’Arles (July 2022). He was the photography curator for Serendipity in 2017 and 2018 and Co-Convenor for the Bergen Assembly 2025 (Norway).
 
Agarwal is also the founder of the environmental NGO Toxics Link (www.toxicslink.org) and The Shyama Foundation (www.sharedecologies.org) which supports initiatives at the intersection of art and ecology in India. Agarwal is a recipient of the UN Award for Chemical Safety and the Ashoka Fellowship.