Ravi Agarwal is an artist, environmental activist, writer and curator. He has pursued an art practice integrally with his other pursuits. He is the founder of the well known Indian NGO Toxics Link and has been internationally awarded for his work. His earlier work, in the documentary oeuvre, encompasses ‘nature’, ‘work,’ ‘labour,’ and the ‘street,’ while more recent work has been traversing questions of the self and ecological sustainability based on explorations of ‘personal ecologies.’ He now works with photography, video and installation.
Agarwal has shown in several international shows including Documenta XI (2002), Kassel , Germany, Horn Please (Berne 2007) Indian Highway (2009 ongoing) as well as several national shows and solo shows. Agarwal recently co-curated a twin city public art show, Yamuna-Elbe.Public.Art.Outreach. He writes extensively on ecological issues, and is also founder of the leading Indian environmental NGO Toxics Link. He is an Engineer by training.
Tyeb Mehta, A.A. Raiba, and the Weight of a Good Display by Shankar Tripathi
Indian Art at the Met, MoMA and Carnegie International by Namrata Ghosh
Into the Grotto by Shivangi Jalan
Bodies that Break, Lines that Bleed by Mrinalini Vasudevan
Exploring the Natural and Industrial in Mumbai’s Eastern Seaboard by Sunhil Sippy in Conversation with Sachin Sharma
An Other Place by Latika Gupta
Ecological Ruminations: Ravi Agarwal by Amrita Gupta Singh
Ecologising the ‘Human’ by Ravi Agarwal
Flux: Dystopia, Utopia, Heterotopia by Ravi Agarwal