Chaitanya Sambrani

Chaitanya Sambrani is an Indian-Australian art historian and curator specializing in contemporary art in Asia, and a researcher at the Australian National University (ANU). 

After studying at the Art Criticism at the Faculty of Fine Arts, M.S. University, Baroda, India, and completing a Ph.D. in Art History and Curatorship at ANU, he has published works on contemporary Asian and curated major exhibitions [some including Ancient Khmer art] such as 

• “To Let the World In: Narrative and Beyond in Contemporary Indian Art” (Chennai, 2012)
• “Place.Time.Play: Contemporary Art from the West Heavens to the Middle Kingdom” (Shanghai, 2010) 
• “Edge of Desire: Recent Art In India” (Perth, New York, Mexico City, Monterrey, Berkeley, New Delhi, Mumbai 2004-07)
• “Avatar: Forms of Vishnu” (Art Gallery of New South Wales (AGNSW), Sydney, 20 June- 30 Oct, 2026).

Select Publications

• [Yvette Kumar ed., contributor with Yashodhara Dalmia, Ella Datta, Martha Jakimowicz-Karle, Santo Datta] Indian Contemporary Art Post Independence, Vedehra Art Gallery, 1997, 312 p.
• [with Rhana Devenport] Nalini Malini: Stories Retold, Bose Pacia, 2004. ASIN: B0028H22GS.
• Edge of Desire: Recent Art In India Catalog, Philip Wilson Publishers, 2005, 180 p., ISBN13: 978 – 0856675812.
• [editor] At Home in the World: The Art and Life of Gulammohammed Sheikh, Tulika Books, 2019, ISBN13: 978 – 8193926901.
• “A Procession of Diversity: The Avatars of Vishnu in Art”, Orientations 57 – 4, June 2026: 45 – 51.
• [ed. with Melanie Eastburn] Avatar: Forms of Vishnu, Sydney, AGNSW, 2026.