Sujata Bharti
(b. 2000 Delhi, India)
Sujata Bharti is an interdisciplinary artist based in Bath, England. Her practice illuminates the intricate intersections of identity, belonging, and invisible labour. Through her exploration of heritage and migration, she creates fragile, body-like structures that exist in a profound state of flux—challenging the boundaries between the permanent and the ephemeral.
Influenced by the domestic rituals of her upbringing in Northern India, Sujata’s work serves as a sensory bridge between cultures. She masterfully reclaims overlooked materials—paper, natural pigments, oils, and bio-waste—transforming them into evocative spaces of resistance and care. Through labor-intensive processes of staining, shredding, and layering, her art reveals a hidden strength in vulnerability, inviting viewers into a space of quiet reflection and shared visibility.
Sujata’s work has been exhibited across the UK and India, including solo showcases at Emerge (Sion Hill) and group exhibitions at Somerset Rural Life Museum, The Holburne Museum, and Sussex Contemporary. In recognition of her practice, she was awarded the Gane Trust Grant and the Emerging Maker Bursary from the Somerset Craft Guild in 2025. She is also a recipient of the prestigious Royal Commonwealth Bath and District Award.
She strives to build community through her creative workshops, such as Henna Drawing, where she uses traditional mark-making to bring people together. By sharing these ancestral rituals, she creates a safe and empowering space where stories can flow freely and collective histories are reclaimed through the act of making.
Sujata holds an MA in Fine Art (Distinction) from Bath Spa University, where she is currently an Artist in Residence (EMERGE). She previously studied at Guru Nanak Dev University in Punjab, India.
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Education
2023 - 2024 MA Fine Art, Bath Spa University, Bath, UK - Distinction
2018 - 2022 BA Fine Art, Guru Nanak Dev University, Punjab, India - Distinction
Selected Residencies
2025 - 2026 EMERGE Resident, Bath Spa University, Bath, UK
2024 - 2025 EMERGE Resident, Bath Spa University, Bath, UK
2025 - 2025 MERGE Resident, Black Swan Arts, Frome, UK
Solo Exhibition
2025 Existence: Who is present here? Emerge, Bath Spa University, Sion Hill, UK
Group Exhibitions
2026 Legacy in Making, Somerset Craft Guild, Somerset Rural Life Museum, Glastonbury, UK
2025 Emerge Residency Showcase, Bath Spa University, Sion Hill, Bath, UK
2025 CultureBiz Connect Artist Showcase, We The Curious, Bristol, UK
2025 Open Studios Emerging Maker Bursary Exhibition, Somerset Arts Week, Zigzag Building, Glastonbury, UK
2025 ArtEvol 2025: Voices from the Undefined, Saatchi Gallery, London, UK- Shortlisted
2025 Soft Rebellion, Holburne Museum, Bath, Uk
2025 Undoings, Sussex Contemporary, Exeter, UK
2025 Earthbound, Fringe Arts Bath, Bath, UK
2025 Inequality Photography Exhibition, Roseberry Road Studio, Bath, UK
2025 Creative Curiosity, Up Late at Holburne Museum, Bath, UK
2025 Regeneration, 44AD Artspace, Bath, UK
2025 Merge Residency Exhibition, Black Swans Art, Frome, UK
2024 MA Degree Show, Bath Spa University, Bath, UK
2022 Group Exhibition, Hans Raj Mahila Maha Vidyalaya, Jalandhar, India
Selected Grants, Awards & Scholarships
2025 Professional Development Programme, Newplatform Arts, UK
2025 Curator Bank Programme, Visual Arts South West, UK
2025 Emerging Maker Bursary, Somerset Craft Guild and Somerset Art Works, UK
2025 CultureBiz Connect Incubator Programme, Black Southwest Network, UK
2025 Gane Trust Grant, UK
2023 Royal Commonwealth Bath and District Award, UK
2018 - 2022 Prime Minister Special Scholarship Scheme for J&K students by AICTE,
India (BA Fine Art)
Workshops
2025 Henna Drawing at Emerge, Bath Spa University, Sion Hill, Bath, UK
2025 Lines of Henna funded by Somerset Arts Week in Bovey Tracey Craft Festival, Newton Abbot, UK