Biography

Varsha is a visual artist and researcher. Born in India and residing in England for over two decade, she is currently based in Liverpool. Her interdisciplinary practice draws on posthumanist theories to explore alternative understandings of identity and interconnectedness, extending across temporal, species and cultural boundaries.

Her academic and artistic contributions have been recognized through several distinguished awards, including the Josephine Butler Award, the HMP2Hope Summer Scholarship, and the Professor E. Rex Makin Award for Community Work (2022). In 2023, she received the Liverpool Hope Carter Preston Foundation Award, the Zari Gallery Award (London), the Cass Art Award, and a TATE Liverpool Commission. Additionally, she has been awarded the HOPE Graduate Bursary and Postgraduate Scholarship (2023).

Her work has been exhibited in prominent galleries and institutions, including the Bridewell Studio, Liverpool (2024), Atkinson Art Gallery show, Southport, (2024), Wayfarer’s Exhibition, Southport (2023), Art for social change exhibition, Cornerstone Gallery, Liverpool (2023), Breaking Through Borders, Liverpool Hope University (2022), Dot Art Gallery, Group Show Liverpool (2022), Chapel Art gallery, Ormskirk, (2021).