Bharti Kher was born in London in 1969 She studied at Middlesex Polytechnic, London and went on to receive her Bachelor’s degree in Fine Art Painting with honours from New Castle Polytechnic, in 1988 Bharti Kher has created a niche for herself with her bindi work sculptures Some of her most recent solo shows include ‘Virus’ at the Baltic Centre for Contemporary Art, Gateshead; ‘An Absence of Assignable Cause’ at Nature Morte Gallery, New Delhi and at Jack Shainman Gallery, New York She was the recipient of the Sanskriti award in 2003 and has been a part of Khoj since 1997 The artist lives and works in New Delhi