Mamta Malhotra

Mamta earned a degree in Architecture from the Chandigarh College of Architecture, graduating with a silver medal. She painted with Rameshwar Broota, Shobha Broota at the Triveni Kala Sangam and has an honours certificate from the Royal Drawing Society in London. She has done a residency at The Pottery Workshop in Jingdezhen, China.

Mamta has had two solo shows at the Open Palm Court, India Habitat Centre and one at the Jehangir Art Gallery in Mumbai. Her critically acclaimed work has also been exhibited at the Visual Arts Gallery, the Triveni Kala Sangam annual exhibition, Art Laureate Gallery at Lado Sarai, Gallery Espace Sorbonne 4 (Paris),at the New York Art Expo 2025 and online collections such as Mojarto, Singulart and Saatchi art. Mamta’s art has been featured in a New York Times bestseller coffee table book, the Harper Collins catalogue and Architecture Week magazine. Recently the prestigious magazine India Today’s 50th anniversary issue mentioned her in their artist focus. Connoisseurs and collectors of her art span India, Dubai, France, Canada and the United States.

Simplicity, harmony, integration with nature, and relevance to our cultural identity and heritage are the trademarks of her work. Her concern for protecting the environment and retaining our rich cultural identity finds expression in her artistic voice, communicating a compelling story effectively.

Mamta enjoys exploring the interplay of line, colour, form and texture through urban landscapes, figurative and abstract studies, using oil paint, acrylic, embroidery and mixed media. She sometimes juxtaposes Sanskrit shlokas that are rooted in the city that she paints, with the architectural idiom to create a new visual vocabulary. Her true inspiration is drawn from Varanasi, a conglomeration of texture and colour. She masterfully intertwines colour and design to illuminate the spirit and culture of Benaras. The contrast of Varanasi’s urban fabric, rich culture, and timeless way of life rooted in nature, has inspired her to paint cityscapes highlighting the ephemeral beauty and fragility of Varanasi while evoking the intense vitality of an ancient and vibrant lifestyle.