New show celebrates Gallery Dotwalk’s new address

Gallery Dotwalk has opened its new space in Defence Colony, New Delhi, with ‘Drifting Through Quiet Veins’, an inaugural exhibition bringing together eight contemporary artists. The opening recently attracted artists, curators, collectors, critics, and cultural practitioners, marking a significant expansion of the gallery’s presence in the capital and signalling the direction of its programming in the city.

Among those present were artists Jayshree Burman, Mithu Sen, Samit Das, Veer Munshi, Gigi Scaria, and Arun Kumar HG, along with curator Premjish Achari and other members of the art fraternity.

Conceived as an immersive, multi-sensory exhibition, ‘Drifting Through Quiet Veins’ transforms the gallery into a series of interconnected environments where sound, material, image, and memory intersect. Featuring works by Abdulla PA, Amjum Rizve, Chandrashekar Koteshwar, Mehak Garg, Priyaranjan Purkait, Sudhayadas S, Ravinder Reddy, and Sujith SN, the exhibition encourages viewers to slow their pace and engage with quieter registers of everyday life — labour, domesticity, landscape, and time.

Structured as a durational walk through distinct yet connected zones, the exhibition reconfigures the gallery architecture as an experiential continuum. Abdulla PA presents a darkened room in which objects and reflective surfaces generate a space of introspection and spectral presence. Mehak Garg’s paintings of domestic interiors are accompanied by a sound installation recording conversations among women in household spaces, drawing attention to the textures of home, memory, and lived experience.

Amjum Rizve offers insight into his process through a display of paintings, drawings, and photographs shown alongside a working table scattered with pigments and materials, foregrounding a practice informed by Persian embroidery traditions and material experimentation. Priyaranjan Purkait, who comes from a fishing hamlet in the Sundarbans, presents an installation of nets, photographs, and sculptural elements that traces the fragile ecology and labour systems of the delta.

The exhibition, on view through February, also includes works by Sujith SN, Chandrashekar Koteshwar’s conceptual terracotta sculptures, Sudhayadas’s landscape-based paintings and drawings, and Ravinder Reddy, each contributing distinct perspectives to the exhibition’s broader meditation on place, materiality, and duration.

Speaking at the opening, Sreejith CN, director of Gallery Dotwalk, described the Delhi space as a significant milestone. “Opening this new space has been a deeply meaningful moment for us,” he said. “The support we have received reaffirms our belief in building long-term relationships and creating spaces for thoughtful engagement. ‘Drifting Through Quiet Veins’ reflects our commitment to immersive experiences where art can be felt as much as it is seen.”

The opening of the show coincides with Dotwalk’s participation in India Art Fair 2026, placing the gallery within the city’s cultural calendar during one of its most active periods.