Meenakshi Nihalani is a multi-disciplinary visual artist, an active researcher that convert factual concepts into creations. She received her Bachelor’s Degree in Sculpture from JJ School of Fine Arts, Mumbai and earned the 2017 Lord Mayo Memorial Award for sculpture during the Annual exhibition in Sir J.J School of Art.

Meenakshi’s practice holistically revolves around representing the Agrarian culture and the social and psychological impact of British colonialism on Indian farmers emphasizing the absurdism of politics and power on mankind. As an avid artist, her temul reflects in the linearity of forms depicting glimpses of situations in the post-colonial society and the impact on environment and culture, supported by factual evidence.

She works with a plethora of medium, sculpting textile based monumental installations, drawings and embroideries with patchwork assemblages of pattern-based forms. 

Meenakshi has received multiple scholarship residencies and invites within India and Abroad. 

The artist lives in Mumbai and works between her Mumbai and Baroda studios.