Artist Profile

Aarav Mehta

Investigating two decades of raw linen canvas, mineral pigment, and physical mark-making across international contemporary collections.

Monastic Practice

Two decades of discipline

Trained between London and Mumbai, Aarav Mehta began his practice focusing on spatial tension and mineral pigment weight. His monumental canvases balance raw linen margins with dense charcoal gesture.

Through meticulous material exploration, each series examines physical provenance and architectural permanence, resulting in works acquired by prominent private foundations and European public institutions.

Studio Manifesto

The painting exists not to fill space, but to measure the quiet architectural weight of physical mark-making.

Aarav Mehta, Studio Notes

Catalogues and Collections

Archive and provenance

20+

Years of practice

14

Solo museum shows

38

Public collections