No Man’s Art Gallery presents There’s no going back, the first solo exhibition of Delhi-born artist Shivangi Kalra with the gallery, hosted at its second location, KIOSK (Willem de Zwijgerlaan 327). On view from 6 September to 26 October, the show forms part of KIOSK’s new program, dedicated to showcasing emerging talent and collaborative projects.
Kalra’s intricate painting revisits scenes of social gatherings from her childhood in Delhi, set within the opulent interiors she remembers. These works capture both the festivity and the social constructions embedded in these moments, revealing beauty, nostalgia and quiet tensions. Inviting prolonged contemplation, her compositions seem to hold time still, welcoming audiences into these extended memories now taking physical form in the gallery space.
Shivangi Kalra (b. 1998, IN) is a visual artist currently based in Amsterdam. She did her Bachelors in painting from College of Art, Delhi (2021) and then moved to the Netherlands to pursue her Masters (painting) at Frank Mohr Institute, 2022-24, thanks to receiving Elizabeth Greenshields Grant and Holland scholarship in 2022, 2023. After graduating cumlaude, she won the Dutch Royal Painting Prize 2024, exhibiting her work in the Dam Palace of Amsterdam. She later won a prize at Galleria Doris Ghetta, resulting in a solo exhibition in Italy, followed by a solo show at Method India in February 2025. She was the first artist in residence at Zawyaty HQ, Marrakech in 2025. She is presently working towards projects in Paris, Berlin and the Netherlands later this year.