Founders

POOJA BAHRI

Founder Trustee

Pooja Bahri is an artist and cultural producer based in New Delhi. Working across performance, video, installation, participatory practice and research, her work engages with questions of ecology, gender, care, social boundaries, and the relationship between private and public space. Her practice is materially fluid, with process and medium shaped by the demands of each enquiry. She holds an MFA from Arts University Bournemouth, UK, and received the Gold Medal in Video Art at the Florence Biennale in 2011.

In 2011, Bahri co-founded Art For Art Foundation in response to the gap between formal arts education and the sustained support required to develop an independent artistic practice. Her work with A4A has centred on building mentorship-led structures for emerging artists through residencies, fellowships, workshops and collaborative programmes, with an emphasis on critical dialogue, experimentation and long-term engagement. She is co-founder of ChampaTree Art Gallery, extending this commitment to creating sustained platforms for emerging artistic practices.

ARCHANA SAPRA

Archana B. Sapra is an architect, curator, and arts advisor with more than two decades of experience shaping India's contemporary art and cultural landscape.

She is Co-Founder and Curatorial Director of ChampaTree Art Gallery, New Delhi and Hyderabad, and Co-Founder of Art For Art Foundation (A4A), a not-for-profit supporting emerging artists since 2011. Archana has curated for institutions including the National Gallery of Modern Art, Lalit Kala Akademi (India's national academy of art), the Museum of Sacred Arts, Belgium, and the United Nations. She co-curated Forms of Devotion (2015–16), which travelled from New Delhi to Bangkok, the China Art Museum in Shanghai, and Conde Duque in Madrid, and curated Incredible India: Stories from the Land of Jamun (2022), which opened in Durbuy, Belgium. Her practice extends into mentoring, advising, and building collections in dialogue with collectors, architects, and institutions. She is committed to supporting emerging voices and strengthening cultural philanthropy and continues to curate for ChampaTree.