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Ranjani Shettar

Ranjani Shettar

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22

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MoMA bulk 2026-05-04https://www.moma.org/artists/37577
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About

Why this artist matters now

Ranjani Shettar is an Indian sculptor and installation artist whose practice engages with natural materials, spatial transformation, and the relationship between form and environment. Working primarily with fiber, clay, stone, and found materials, she creates immersive installations that often respond to architectural and landscape contexts. Her work has been exhibited internationally at institutions including documenta and the Venice Biennale. Shettar's formal language operates between abstraction and organic reference, emphasizing tactile surfaces and the viewer's embodied experience of space.

Source: Moma Bulk 2026 05 04 · Trust score: 92% · Updated 27d ago

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Museum of Modern ArtNew York

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Artworks (22)

Alae alae from the portfolio The Met 150

Alae alae from the portfolio The Met 150

2021 · Woodcut and screenprint, cut and folded

15 × 15" (38.1 × 38.1 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

2021 · Twelve signed prints, housed together in a red linen clamshell box

Portfolio (red linen case): 17 1/8 × 16 15/16 × 2 1/16" (43.5 × 43 × 5.3 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Seven ponds and a few raindrops

2017 · Muslin, stainless steel, tamarind and natural dyes

Overall: 19 ft. 1 in. × 18 ft. 7 in. × 8 ft.

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Liana's lullaby

2015 · Laser-cut relief block print on henna-dyed muslin (rolled into scroll)

7 1/8 in. × 16 ft. 6 in. (18.1 × 502.9 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Krittika from Varsha

2012 · Solar etching and laser cut

page (each): 11 1/4 x 14 15/16" (28.5 x 38 cm); overall (closed): 11 1/4 x 11 1/4 x 1" (28.6 x 28.5 x 2.5 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Rohini from Varsha

2012 · Solar etching and laser cut

page (each): 11 1/4 x 14 15/16" (28.5 x 38 cm); overall (closed): 11 1/4 x 11 1/4 x 1" (28.6 x 28.5 x 2.5 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Mrigashira from Varsha

2012 · Woodcut and laser cut

page (each): 11 1/4 x 14 15/16" (28.5 x 38 cm); overall (closed): 11 1/4 x 11 1/4 x 1" (28.6 x 28.5 x 2.5 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Ardra from Varsha

2012 · Laser cut

page (each): 11 1/4 x 14 15/16" (28.5 x 38 cm); overall (closed): 11 1/4 x 11 1/4 x 1" (28.6 x 28.5 x 2.5 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Punarvasu from Varsha

2012 · Laser cut

page (each): 11 1/4 x 14 15/16" (28.5 x 38 cm); overall (closed): 11 1/4 x 11 1/4 x 1" (28.6 x 28.5 x 2.5 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Pushya from Varsha

2012 · Woodcut and laser cut

page (each): 11 1/4 x 14 15/16" (28.5 x 38 cm); overall (closed): 11 1/4 x 11 1/4 x 1" (28.6 x 28.5 x 2.5 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Chitta from Varsha

2012 · Pigment print and laser cut

page (each): 11 1/4 x 14 15/16" (28.5 x 38 cm); overall (closed): 11 1/4 x 11 1/4 x 1" (28.6 x 28.5 x 2.5 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Swathi from Varsha

2012 · Woodcut and laser cut

page (each): 11 1/4 x 14 15/16" (28.5 x 38 cm); overall (closed): 11 1/4 x 11 1/4 x 1" (28.6 x 28.5 x 2.5 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Vishaka from Varsha

2012 · Solar etching and laser cut

page (each): 11 1/4 x 14 15/16" (28.5 x 38 cm); overall (closed): 11 1/4 x 11 1/4 x 1" (28.6 x 28.5 x 2.5 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Ashlesha from Varsha

2012 · Spit-bite etching and laser cut

page (each): 11 1/4 x 14 15/16" (28.5 x 38 cm); overall (closed): 11 1/4 x 11 1/4 x 1" (28.6 x 28.5 x 2.5 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Uttara Phalguni from Varsha

2012 · Woodcut and laser cut

page (each): 11 1/4 x 14 15/16" (28.5 x 38 cm); overall (closed): 11 1/4 x 11 1/4 x 1" (28.6 x 28.5 x 2.5 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Purva Phalguni from Varsha

2012 · Woodcut and laser cut

page (each): 11 1/4 x 14 15/16" (28.5 x 38 cm); overall (closed): 11 1/4 x 11 1/4 x 1" (28.6 x 28.5 x 2.5 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Bharani from Varsha

2012 · Solar etching, screenprint, and laser cut

page (each): 11 1/4 x 14 15/16" (28.5 x 38 cm); overall (closed): 11 1/4 x 11 1/4 x 1" (28.6 x 28.5 x 2.5 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Makha from Varsha

2012 · Woodcut and laser cut

page (each): 11 1/4 x 14 15/16" (28.5 x 38 cm); overall (closed): 11 1/4 x 11 1/4 x 1" (28.6 x 28.5 x 2.5 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Hasta from Varsha

2012 · Woodcut and laser cut

page (each): 11 1/4 x 14 15/16" (28.5 x 38 cm); overall (closed): 11 1/4 x 11 1/4 x 1" (28.6 x 28.5 x 2.5 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Ashwini from Varsha

2012 · Solar etching and laser cut

page (each): 11 1/4 x 14 15/16" (28.5 x 38 cm); overall (closed): 11 1/4 x 11 1/4 x 1" (28.6 x 28.5 x 2.5 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Varsha

2012 · Artist's book with sixteen prints of etching, screenprint, woodcut, digital print, and laser cut

page (each): 11 1/4 x 14 15/16" (28.5 x 38 cm); overall (closed): 11 1/4 x 11 1/4 x 1" (28.6 x 28.5 x 2.5 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Just a bit more

Just a bit more

2005 · Hand-molded beeswax, pigments, and thread dyed in tea

Overall 36’ x 24’ x 12’ (1097.3 x 731.5 x 365.8 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

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22 published of 41 catalogued · 6 with image

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20 publishedof 39 catalogued6 img
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