Aparna Nori is a visual artist and photographer based between Singapore and India. Her art practice draws from lived experiences with a particular interest in themes of personal memory and identity. Her response is articulated through a range of mediums including photography, alternative photographic processes, video art and the book form.
With a Master’s degree in documentary filmmaking, her experience straddles artistic practice and commissioned work with publications and independent agencies in Asia, USA and Europe. As a pedagogic extension of her practice, she continues to design and facilitate workshops to teach photography, bookmaking and alternative photographic processes.
Exhibitions
2024 Festival Diecixdieci, Gonzaga, Italy.
2024 Athens Photo Festival, Benaki Museum, Athens.
2024 Belfast Photo Festival, Belfast.
2022 ‘Memory is my Sixth Sense’, Objectifs Center for Film and Photography, Singapore.
2021 Unsealed Chamber: The Transient Image’, Galerie Romain Rolland, New Delhi.
2020 ‘Being in a State of Salax’, Studio Kānike, Bangalore.
2020 ‘Self Portrait for Deitta’, Deitta Gallery, Yangon, Myanmar.
2019 ‘Mettle’ Gallery Katte, Bangalore.
2015 ‘Portraits of the City’, Vismaya Art Gallery, Bangalore.
Art Book Fairs
2025 Polycopies (Paris), Sharjah Art Book Fair.
2024 Printed Matter Art Book Fair (New York), Athens Art Book Fair, Singapore Art Book Fair.
2022 Sharjah Art Book Fair (Sharjah), Rencontres d’Arles (France), Miss Read Festival (Berlin), Fanzineist Vienna, Singapore Art Book Fair (Singapore), Bombay Underground Festival (Mumbai), Singapore International Photo Festival (Singapore), 'Play' Zine Festival (Bangalore), IFBE (Mumbai).
Grants & Awards
2024 Winner, Belfast Photo Festival.
2024 Shortlist for 'How To Climb A Tree' at Diecixdieci Photography Festival, Italy.
2023 Runners Up, Alkazi Foundation Photobook Grant 2023, for the artist prototype of ‘How To Climb a Tree’.
2021 Pandemic as Portal Grant, 1 Shanti Road Gallery (collective grant with my artist colleagues at Kānike, Bangalore).
2020 Sahapedia Frames Photography Grant.
Workshops & Residencies
2025 Building Narratives Photography Masterclass, Objectifs Center for Film and Photography, Singapore.
2025 Photobook Salon ‘Reimagining Photobooks as Time Capsules’, Singapore.
2024 Artist-in- Residence at DblSpace, Singapore.
2022 Women in Film and Photography Residency, Objectifs Center for Film and Photography, Singapore.
Publications/ Talks
2025 The Photobook Symposium, Photo South Asia, India International Center, Delhi.
2024 Artist talk, Objectifs Bookstore, Singapore.
2024 [Collected on Paper] artist panel with Hong Shu-ying, Objectifs Center for Film & Photography.
2024 Ep8: The Photobook Podcast.
2023 Between the Sheets, an interview with Jojo Library on the artist book '24 Slides'.
2023 Sub:version, Academic Journal of RV College of Architecture.
2022 To Forget To Remember, Hākārā Journal.
2021 Sahapedia Journal.
Select Clients
MIT Technology Review/ NZZ Newspaper/ Bloomberg Asia/ Harvard Alumni Bulletin/ John Doe/ Lonely Planet magazine/ Forbes India/ Condenast Traveler/ Phantom Ideas/ GQ India/ Veeville Consulting/ TravelPlus Magazine/ Magna Publishing/ Open magazine among others.