Varnita Sethi
B.
1987
Gurugram
"
Desire as emotion
"
Varnita Sethi is a Delhi-based mixed-media artist whose practice moves fluidly across painting, sculpture, photography, sewing, installation, and digital collage. Rooted in a childhood fascination with raw forms and shaped by the colour and chaos of urban life, her work brings together instinct, memory, and material play. Drawing inspiration from everyday experiences, personal histories, and found objects sourced from flea markets and antique spaces, she treats collecting as both a meditative process and a form of inheritance.
Her works are intimate and celebratory, often transforming moments of vulnerability—body image, gender, shame, desire, and social scrutiny—into humour, tenderness, and quiet resistance. Through this deeply personal lens, she explores the intersections of body, identity, femininity, and belonging, allowing the banal and the bizarre of daily life to coexist with emotional intensity. She has exhibited in India and internationally, had her first solo exhibition in 2018, participated in residencies including Bosco in collaboration with Artreach India and the Kiran Nadar Museum of Art, and has published zines featured by Gucci’s Chime Zine and at the Taiwan Art Salon.
artworks
Curiosity Cabinet Drawing 4
2024
Acrylic Markers, Staedtler Pencils, and Ink on Handmade Paper
7.87 × 7.87 in
WoodBlock
2025
Wooden block
Curiosity Cabinet
2022
Shell, Ceramic Figure, Wooden Pedestal, Wood Elephants, Metal Pins, Paper, Acrylic Paint, and Jewellery Piece with Turquoise Stone
15 × 6 in
Eve with a Banana 2
2021
Acrylic on Acid-Free Paper
23.5 × 16.5 in
Back from Jaipur 2
2024
Pen on Acid-Free Paper
8.27 × 11.69 in
Curiosity Cabinet Drawing 15
2024
Acrylic Markers, Staedtler Pencils, and Ink on Handmade Paper
7.87 × 7.87 in
Flowery Eyes
2023
Acrylic, Kowri Shells, and Suede Cord on Canvas
80.51 × 71.12 in
Linga Series 3
2025
Woodcut on Handmade Paper
11.7 × 16.5 in
Monstrous Reveries 3
2023
Digital Drawing on Phone Application
Various size available
Untitled 12 (Set of 26)
2023
Acrylic on Acid-Free Paper
5.83 x 8.27 in
Linga Mala
2022
Acrylic on Acid-Free Paper
22 × 30 in
Untitled 8 (Set of 26)
2023
Acrylic on Acid-Free Paper
5.83 x 8.27 in
Curiosity Cabinet Drawing 19
2024
Acrylic Markers, Staedtler Pencils, and Ink on Handmade Paper
7.87 × 7.87 in
This Is Not a Goddess - That's Me
2023
Acrylic, Kowri Shells, Embroidery Patch, Mirrors, Skull Bead, Beads, Coral, and Bamboo Weaving on Board
96 × 42 in
Untitled 10 (Set of 26)
2023
Acrylic on Acid-Free Paper
5.83 x 8.27 in
Curiosity Cabinet Drawing 17
2024
Acrylic Markers, Staedtler Pencils, and Ink on Handmade Paper
7.87 × 7.87 in
Everydayness 10
2025
Drawing on Black Acid-Free Paper with a White Gel Pen
8.27 x 5.83 in
Me and My Lover
2025
Acrylic, Paper Collage, Pink Leaf, Skull Beads, and Eyes on Teak Wood
21 × 8.5 × 0.5 in
The Goddess of Love
2022
Acrylic on Canvas
36 × 48 in
The Kiss
2021
Acrylic on Canvas
24 × 24 in
Fragments of Intimacy 4
2024
Acrylic and Paper Collage on Canvas
6 × 6 in
Monstrous Reveries 1
2023
Digital Drawing on Phone Application
Various size available
Untitled 9 (Set of 26)
2023
Acrylic on Acid-Free Paper
5.83 x 8.27 in
Back from Jaipur 10
2024
Pen on Acid-Free Paper
8.27 × 11.69 in
The Cosmic Erotica
2025
Acrylic on Canvas
18 × 18 in
Untitled
2024
Acrylic on Canvas
8 × 10 in
Curiosity Cabinet (Drawing on Placenta Shells)
2022
Acrylic on Placenta Shell
Various sizes
Curiosity Cabinet Drawing 1
2024
Acrylic Markers, Staedtler Pencils, and Ink on Handmade Paper
7.87 × 7.87 in
Phallus Totem (Curiosity Cabinet)
2022
Wood, Brass, Metal, Skull Beads, and Acrylic
15 × 8 × 6 in
Untitled
2024
Acrylic on Canvas
8 × 10 in
Untitled 19 (Set of 26)
2023
Acrylic on Acid-Free Paper
5.83 x 8.27 in
Back from Jaipur 8
2024
Pen on Acid-Free Paper
8.27 × 11.69 in
Linga Series 2
2025
Woodcut on Handmade Paper
11.7 × 16.5 in
The Fearless Gaze
2025
Acrylic on Canvas
24 × 36 in
Back from Jaipur 1
2024
Pen on Acid-Free Paper
8.27 × 11.69 in
Curiosity Cabinet Drawing 7
2024
Acrylic Markers, Staedtler Pencils, and Ink on Handmade Paper
7.87 × 7.87 in
Curiosity Cabinet Drawing 2
2024
Acrylic Markers, Staedtler Pencils, and Ink on Handmade Paper
7.87 × 7.87 in
Curiosity Cabinet Drawing 20
2024
Acrylic Markers, Staedtler Pencils, and Ink on Handmade Paper
7.87 × 7.87 in
Everydayness 7
2025
Drawing on Black Acid-Free Paper with a White Gel Pen
8.27 x 5.83 in
Untitled 2 (Set of 26)
2023
Acrylic on Acid-Free Paper
5.83 x 8.27 in
Back from Jaipur 4
2024
Pen on Acid-Free Paper
8.27 × 11.69 in
Back from Jaipur 5
2024
Pen on Acid-Free Paper
0.27 × 11.69 in
Blue Series 6 (Set of 14)
2021
Acrylic and Food Colour on Acid-Free Paper
5.83 x 8.27 in
Curiosity Cabinet Drawing 16
2024
Acrylic Markers, Staedtler Pencils, and Ink on Handmade Paper
7.87 × 7.87 in
Curiosity Cabinet Drawing 24
2024
Acrylic Markers, Staedtler Pencils, and Ink on Handmade Paper
7.87 × 7.87 in
Fragments of Intimacy 3
2024
Acrylic and Paper Collage on Canvas
6 × 6 in
Monstrous Reveries 4
2023
Digital Drawing on Phone Application
Various size available
Untitled 17 (Set of 26)
2023
Acrylic on Acid-Free Paper
5.83 x 8.27 in
Curiosity Cabinet 6
2021
Acrylic and Gold Leaf on Doily
11.5 × 16.5 in
Curiosity Cabinet Drawing 11
2024
Acrylic Markers, Staedtler Pencils, and Ink on Handmade Paper
7.87 × 7.87 in
Still Life 1
2025
Acrylic and Paper Collage on Canvas
48 × 36 in
WoodBlock
2025
Wooden block
Back from Jaipur 3
2024
Pen on Acid-Free Paper
8.27 × 11.69 in
Curiosity Cabinet Drawing 18
2024
Acrylic Markers, Staedtler Pencils, and Ink on Handmade Paper
7.87 × 7.87 in
The Garden Where Desire Breathes
2025
Acrylic, Sticker, Suede String, and Beads on Wooden Frame
9 × 4.5 × 1 in
Untitled 5 (Set of 26)
2023
Acrylic on Acid-Free Paper
5.83 x 8.27 in
Me and My Lovers
2025
Acrylic, Embroidery Patch, and Paper on Canvas
120 × 90 in
Still Life 2
2025
Acrylic and Paper Collage on Canvas
48 × 36 in
Everydayness 5
2025
Drawing on Black Acid-Free Paper with a White Gel Pen
8.27 x 5.83 in
Everydayness 6
2025
Drawing on Black Acid-Free Paper with a White Gel Pen
8.27 x 5.83 in
Fragments of Intimacy 1
2024
Acrylic and Paper Collage on Canvas
6 × 6 in
Untitled 14 (Set of 26)
2023
Acrylic on Acid-Free Paper
5.83 x 8.27 in
Blue Series 4 (Set of 14)
2021
Acrylic and Food Colour on Acid-Free Paper
5.83 x 8.27 in
The Goddess of Love
2024
Acrylic and Pink Leaf on Canvas
23.9 × 30 in
Untitled 16 (Set of 26)
2023
Acrylic on Acid-Free Paper
5.83 x 8.27 in
Curiosity Cabinet Drawing 22
2024
Acrylic Markers, Staedtler Pencils, and Ink on Handmade Paper
7.87 × 7.87 in
Untitled 25 (Set of 26)
2023
Acrylic on Acid-Free Paper
5.83 x 8.27 in
Curiosity Cabinet Drawing 9
2024
Acrylic Markers, Staedtler Pencils, and Ink on Handmade Paper
7.87 × 7.87 in
Monstrous Reveries 2
2023
Digital Drawing on Phone Application
Various size available
Blue Series 5 (Set of 14)
2021
Acrylic and Food Colour on Acid-Free Paper
5.83 x 8.27 in
Curiosity Cabinet Drawing 3
2024
Acrylic Markers, Staedtler Pencils, and Ink on Handmade Paper
7.87 × 7.87 in
Everydayness 9
2025
Drawing on Black Acid-Free Paper with a White Gel Pen
8.27 x 5.83 in
Untitled 21 (Set of 26)
2023
Acrylic on Acid-Free Paper
5.83 x 8.27 in
Blue Series 3 (Set of 14)
2021
Acrylic and Food Colour on Acid-Free Paper
5.83 x 8.27 in
Conversations in the Absurd
2022
Acrylic on Canvas
72 × 32 in
Curiosity Cabinet 7
2021
Acrylic and Gold Leaf on Doily
11.5 × 16.5 in
Nazar Battu
2022
Acrylic, Fabric, Stone, Brass Bells, Beads, and Jute Strings on Wood
30 × 24 × 6 in
Everydayness 3
2025
Drawing on Black Acid-Free Paper with a White Gel Pen
8.27 x 5.83 in
WoodBlock
2025
Wooden block
Curiosity Cabinet 2
2021
Acrylic and Gold Leaf on Doily
11.5 × 16.5 in
The Postcard from Mars
2022
Acrylic, Embroidery Patch, Paper Collage, and Gold Leaf on Canvas
80.5 × 71.0 in
Untitled 1 (Set of 26)
2023
Acrylic on Acid-Free Paper
5.83 × 8.27 in
Curiosity Cabinet Drawing 8
2024
Acrylic Markers, Staedtler Pencils, and Ink on Handmade Paper
7.87 × 7.87 in
Eve with a Banana 1
2021
Acrylic on Acid-Free Paper
23.5 × 16.5 in
Untitled 13 (Set of 26)
2023
Acrylic on Acid-Free Paper
5.83 x 8.27 in
Blue Series 1 (Set of 14)
2021
Acrylic and Food Colour on Acid-Free Paper
5.83 × 8.27 in
Everydayness 1
2025
Drawing on Black Acid-Free Paper with a White Gel Pen
8.27 × 5.83 in
Curiosity Cabinet Drawing 14
2024
Acrylic Markers, Staedtler Pencils, and Ink on Handmade Paper
7.87 × 7.87 in
Untitled 23 (Set of 26)
2023
Acrylic on Acid-Free Paper
5.83 x 8.27 in
Untitled
2022
Acrylic, Fabric, Paper Collage, and Sculpy Clay on Wood
41 × 22 × 8 in
Untitled 26 (Set of 26)
2023
Acrylic on Acid-Free Paper
5.83 x 8.27 in
Curiosity Cabinet Drawing 23
2024
Acrylic Markers, Staedtler Pencils, and Ink on Handmade Paper
7.87 × 7.87 in
Theatre of Memory
2025
Assemblage on Wooden Printer’s Tray
11.02 × 12 × 2.91 in
Back from Jaipur 7
2024
Pen on Acid-Free Paper
8.27 × 11.69 in
Eve with a Banana 3
2021
Acrylic on Acid-Free Paper
23.5 × 16.5 in
Witness to the Kiss
2026
Acrylic, glass duck, pipe cleaner, faux fur drape, beads and chrome stickers on wood
13 x 18 x 0.5 in
Everydayness 8
2025
Drawing on Black Acid-Free Paper with a White Gel Pen
8.27 x 5.83 in
Fragments of Intimacy 5
2024
Acrylic and Paper Collage on Canvas
6 × 6 in
Untitled
2024
Acrylic on Canvas
8 × 10 in
Everydayness 4
2025
Drawing on Black Acid-Free Paper with a White Gel Pen
8.27 x 5.83 in
Many Colours of Us
2022
Acrylic on Canvas
48 × 32 in
Untitled 4 (Set of 26)
2023
Acrylic on Acid-Free Paper
5.83 x 8.27 in
I Want to Taste You Again Like a Secret or a Sin
2022
Acrylic on Canvas
18 × 24 in
Untitled 18 (Set of 26)
2023
Acrylic on Acid-Free Paper
5.83 x 8.27 in
Curiosity Cabinet Drawing 10
2024
Acrylic Markers, Staedtler Pencils, and Ink on Handmade Paper
7.87 × 7.87 in
WoodBlock
2025
Wooden block
Still Life 3
2025
Acrylic and Paper Collage on Canvas
48 × 36 in
Curiosity Cabinet Drawing 6
2024
Acrylic Markers, Staedtler Pencils, and Ink on Handmade Paper
7.87 × 7.87 in
Untitled 6 (Set of 26)
2023
Acrylic on Acid-Free Paper
5.83 x 8.27 in
Curiosity Cabinet 5
2021
Acrylic and Gold Leaf on Doily
11.5 × 16.5 in
Back from Jaipur 6
2024
Pen on Acid-Free Paper
8.27 × 11.69 in
Curiosity Cabinet 4
2021
Acrylic and Gold Leaf on Doily
11.5 × 16.5 in
Untitled 3 (Set of 26)
2023
Acrylic on Acid-Free Paper
5.83 x 8.27 in
Curiosity Cabinet Drawing 12
2024
Acrylic Markers, Staedtler Pencils, and Ink on Handmade Paper
7.87 × 7.87 in
Curiosity Cabinet Drawing 13
2024
Acrylic Markers, Staedtler Pencils, and Ink on Handmade Paper
7.87 × 7.87 in
Fragments of Intimacy 2
2024
Acrylic and Paper Collage on Canvas
6 × 6 in
Untitled 11 (Set of 26)
2023
Acrylic on Acid-Free Paper
5.83 x 8.27 in
Where We Meet the Night
2025
Embroidery Patch, Stones, Jewellery Piece, Skull Beads, and Acrylic on Linen Canvas
66.14 × 48.03 in
Fragments of Intimacy 6
2024
Acrylic and Paper Collage on Canvas
6 × 6 in
The kiss
2026
Acrylic, leatherette patch, embroidered sequence patch on Acid free sheet
Untitled 20 (Set of 26)
2023
Acrylic on Acid-Free Paper
5.83 x 8.27 in
Untitled 22 (Set of 26)
2023
Acrylic on Acid-Free Paper
5.83 x 8.27 in
The Veil of Love
2025
Acrylic on Canvas
24 × 24 in
Curiosity Cabinet 1
2021
Acrylic and Gold Leaf on Doily
11.5 × 16.5 in
Untitled
2024
Acrylic on Canvas
8 × 10 in
Curiosity Cabinet Drawing 21
2024
Acrylic Markers, Staedtler Pencils, and Ink on Handmade Paper
7.87 × 7.87 in
Untitled 24 (Set of 26)
2023
Acrylic on Acid-Free Paper
5.83 x 8.27 in
Back from Jaipur 9
2024
Pen on Acid-Free Paper
8.27 × 11.69 in
Blue Series 2 (Set of 14)
2021
Acrylic and Food Colour on Acid-Free Paper
5.83 x 8.27 in
Linga Series 1
2025
Woodcut on Handmade Paper
11.7 × 16.5 in
Linga Series 4
2025
Woodcut on Handmade Paper
11.7 × 16.5 in
Love Is in the Air
2022
Acrylic, Pink Leaf, Stuffed Animals, and Confetti on Canvas
78 × 54 in
Curiosity Cabinet 3
2021
Acrylic and Gold Leaf on Doily
11.5 × 16.5 in
Curiosity Cabinet Drawing 5
2024
Acrylic Markers, Staedtler Pencils, and Ink on Handmade Paper
7.87 × 7.87 in
Everydayness 2
2025
Drawing on Black Acid-Free Paper with a White Gel Pen
8.27 x 5.83 in
Linga Series 5
2025
Woodcut on Handmade Paper
11.7 × 16.5 in
Monstrous Reveries 5
2023
Digital Drawing on Phone Application
Various size available
Untitled
2025
Oil on Paper
5.83 × 8.27 in
Untitled 15 (Set of 26)
2023
Acrylic on Acid-Free Paper
5.83 x 8.27 in
Untitled 7 (Set of 26)
2023
Acrylic on Acid-Free Paper
5.83 x 8.27 in
WoodBlock
2025
Wooden block