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{{Short description|Indian contemporary painter}}
{{Undisclosed paid|date=April 2024}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2025}}
{{Use Indian English|date=April 2025}}
{{Infobox artist
| name = Varunika Saraf
| birth_date = 1981
| website = [http://www.varunikasaraf.com varunikasaraf.com]
| alma_mater = Jawaharlal Nehru Architecture and Fine Arts University
| known_for = [[Painting]] [[Embroidery]] [[Miniature Art]]
| style =
| birth_place = [[Nagpur]], [[Maharashtra]], India
| image = Varunika Saraf.jpg
| notable_works = We, the People: Tracing the country’s history through embroidery
| caption = Varunika Saraf in her studio
}}

'''Varunika Saraf''' (born 19 December 1981, in [[Nagpur]], [[Maharashtra]]) and now based in [[Hyderabad]]<ref>{{Cite news |last=Thatipalli |first=Mallik |date=22 March 2024 |title=Young artists make a mark |url=https://www.deccanchronicle.com/tabloid/hyderabad-chronicle/young-artists-make-a-mark-886004 |work=[[Deccan Chronicle]]}}</ref> is an Indian contemporary painter who seeks to bare the reality of violence often drawing attention historical and political realities and injustices in India.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Fernando |first=Benita |date=10 December 2021 |title="Political art by artist Varunika Saraf attempts to spell out the current times through images" |work=[[Indian Express]] |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/lifestyle/art-and-culture/political-art-varunika-saraf-attempts-to-spell-out-the-current-times-through-images-7665248/ }}</ref>

== Art practice ==
Saraf's main material is [[Wasli]], an ancient Indian paper for detailed painting and hand-ground pigments made in her studio.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Ayaz |first=Shaikh |date=27 January 2024 |title=Into the artist's studio: For Varunika Saraf, the studio is a place of record |url=https://lifestyle.livemint.com/relationships/it-s-complicated/india-art-varunika-saraf-studio-111706255790833.html |work=[[Mint Lounge]]}}</ref> The artist employs color as a form of abstraction to attract viewers to the complex details within often massive scale paintings. She also uses miniature art, embroidery,<ref>{{Cite web |title=26 South Asian artists explore shared histories and resilience in landmark London exhibition |url=https://www.architectandinteriorsindia.com/news/26-south-asian-artists-explore-shared-histories-and-resilience-in-landmark-london-exhibition |website=Architect and Interiors India |date=2025-04-03 |access-date=2025-05-13}}</ref>

==Exhibitions==
Saraf is represented by [[Chemould Prescott Road]], [[Mumbai]] where she had a solo exhibition in 2021.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Varunika Saraf |url=https://www.gallerychemould.com/artists/46-varunika-saraf/ |access-date=2024-06-11 |website=Chemould Prescott Road |language=en}}</ref> Her work has been presented at [[Art Basel]] (Basel and Hong Kong), [[Art Dubai]] and [[India Art Fair]]. She has been a part of several solo<ref>{{Cite news |last=Dundoo |first=Sangeetha Devi |date=8 March 2017 |title="The miniaturist" |work=[[The Hindu]] |url=https://www.thehindu.com/entertainment/art/varunika-saraf-dispels-misplaced-notions-about-miniature-paintings/article17427135.ece }}</ref> and group exhibitions<ref>{{Cite news |last=Singh |first=Deepali |date=21 April 2021 |title="Indian artists to shine at the Sharjah Biennial 2023" |work=[[Mint Lounge]] |url=https://lifestyle.livemint.com/how-to-lounge/art-culture/indian-artists-to-shine-at-the-sharjah-biennial-2023-111650524372742.html }}</ref> in India and abroad.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Devi Dundoo |first=Sangeetha |date=17 June 2020 |title=Hyderabad artist Varunika Saraf to showcase her work at Heidelberger Kunstverein |url=https://www.thehindu.com/entertainment/art/varunika-saraf-along-with-artists-nadira-husain-and-amina-ahmed-is-part-of-the-confluence-sangam-showcase-at-heidelberger-kunstverein-germany/article31850637.ece |work=[[The Hindu]]}}</ref>

==Public collections ==
Varunika Saraf's works are a part of the collections<ref>{{Cite news |last=Gupta |first=Trisha |date=16 May 2022 |title="India Art Fair: Letting the art in" |work=[[India Today]] |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/leisure/story/20220516-india-art-fair-letting-the-art-in-1946229-2022-05-06 }}</ref> at [[Kiran Nadar Museum of Art|KNMA]], New Delhi; [[Chemould Prescott Road]], Mumbai; Kasturbhai Lalbhai Museum and Sarmaya Foundation.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Homepage {{!}} Kasturbhai Lalbhai Museum |url=https://kasturbhailalbhaimuseum.com/ |access-date=2025-05-13 |website=kasturbhailalbhaimuseum.com}}</ref>

==Awards and Honors ==
Saraf received an Mention from the Sharjah Biennial Prize<ref>{{Cite news |date=17 February 2023 |title="Sharjah Biennial 15 Announces Prize Winners" |work=[[Art Asia Pacific]] |url=https://artasiapacific.com/news/weekly-news-roundup-february-17-2023 }}</ref> jury for her series ‘We, The People’ which was a part of the Sharjah Biennale 15 Thinking Historically in the Present. She was also awarded the [[Asia Society|Asia Society Gamechanger Award (Asia Arts Future Award), 2023]],<ref>{{Cite news |last=Paul |first=Chokita |date=17 March 2023 |title=Varunika Saraf: 'For the women before me, and after' |url=https://www.indulgexpress.com/culture/art/2023/mar/17/varunika-saraffor-the-women-before-me-and-after-47717.html |work=[[Indian Express]]}}</ref> Kashi Award for Visual Arts (KAVA2), 2006 and Shri. SL Parasher Gold Medal, University of Hyderabad, 2006.{{citation needed|date=April 2025}}

==References==
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[[Category:Artists from Andhra Pradesh]]
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[[Category:Artists from Nagpur]]
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[[Category:21st-century Indian painters]]
[[Category:21st-century Indian women painters]]

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MD. TARIQUL ISLAM: adding a pg.