About the Artist

Diptej Vernekar (b.1991, Goa, India) is an artist and educator whose multidisciplinary practice explores the ambiguity of social phenomena, human error, and technological evolution. A graduate of the University of Hyderabad (MFA), he is co-founder of Goa Open Arts and Goa Artists Collective. His work—spanning charcoal, video, sculpture, and alternative technologies—navigates memory, cultural shifts, and public engagement. Alternative technology in public spaces and popular culture has increasingly become both a tool and a subject in his practice, offering new ways to experience cultural objects and question functionality. His fascination with technological mechanisms lies in their ability to reshape how people connect with personal and collective memory. Vernekar’s art has been showcased at India Art Fair, Art Mumbai, Serendipity Arts Festival, and the Kochi-Muziris Biennale (Collateral), among others. He is a recipient of the Fundação Oriente Visual Arts Award (2023), Serendipity Public Art Grant (2022), Forbes India 30 Under 30 (2019), and the Inlaks Fine Art Award (2017). Residencies include Khoj, What About Art?, and Piramal Art Residency. His work invites viewers to engage with shifting landscapes of memory, function, and identity.

He currently lives and works in Goa.

About the Artist

Diptej Vernekar (b.1991, Goa, India) is an artist and educator whose multidisciplinary practice explores the ambiguity of social phenomena, human error, and technological evolution. A graduate of the University of Hyderabad (MFA), he is co-founder of Goa Open Arts and Goa Artists Collective. His work—spanning charcoal, video, sculpture, and alternative technologies—navigates memory, cultural shifts, and public engagement. Alternative technology in public spaces and popular culture has increasingly become both a tool and a subject in his practice, offering new ways to experience cultural objects and question functionality. His fascination with technological mechanisms lies in their ability to reshape how people connect with personal and collective memory. Vernekar’s art has been showcased at India Art Fair, Art Mumbai, Serendipity Arts Festival, and the Kochi-Muziris Biennale (Collateral), among others. He is a recipient of the Fundação Oriente Visual Arts Award (2023), Serendipity Public Art Grant (2022), Forbes India 30 Under 30 (2019), and the Inlaks Fine Art Award (2017). Residencies include Khoj, What About Art?, and Piramal Art Residency. His work invites viewers to engage with shifting landscapes of memory, function, and identity.

He currently lives and works in Goa.