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Dhi Artspace was envisioned as an incubator for young talents and a seamless space for dialogue.

Dhi Artspace is a contemporary art gallery located in Hyderabad, promoting contemporary art of young & emerging talent.

05/08/2026

Who was Srinivas Bobbili?

An artist who believed that the extraordinary could be found in the ordinary. His works emerged from everyday encounters—people on the street, passing conversations, familiar places, and the quiet rhythms of daily life. Through drawing, painting, and observation, he transformed these fleeting moments into enduring images of memory and belonging.

This carousel offers an introduction to the artist, his journey, and the ideas that shaped his practice—a practice grounded in the belief that art is not separate from life, but an integral part of it.

As we prepare to open Srinivas Bobbili: A Biography of the Everyday, we invite you to revisit the life and work of an artist whose attentive gaze continues to inspire new ways of seeing the world.

Opening: 18 August 2026, Tuesday, 5PM Onwards
Venue: Dhi Artspace, Ameerpet, Hyderabad

02/08/2026

Srinivas Bobbili: A Biography of the Everyday

Opening: 18 August 2026, Tuesday
Venue: Dhi Artspace, Ameerpet, Hyderabad

There are artists who chronicle extraordinary moments, and there are those who reveal the extraordinary within the everyday. Srinivas Bobbili belonged to the latter.

A Biography of the Everyday revisits the life and artistic practice of Srinivas Bobbili through works that reflect his sustained engagement with ordinary lives, labour, memory, and the quiet rhythms of daily existence. The exhibition invites viewers to encounter an artist whose practice finds meaning in what often goes unnoticed.

Presented at Dhi Artspace—a place that was deeply intertwined with Srinivas Bobbili's life and where he spent many years contributing to its everyday functioning—the exhibition is also a homecoming. It brings his work back into a space that knew him not only as an artist, but as a colleague, a friend, and an integral part of its community.

Join us as we celebrate the life, work, and enduring legacy of Srinivas Bobbili.

01/08/2026

Coming Soon

Srinivas Bobbili: A Biography of the Everyday

Opening on 18th August 2026
Dhi Artspace, Ameerpet, Hyderabad

A celebration of the life and practice of Srinivas Bobbili, whose work found profound meaning in the ordinary and the everyday.

Presented at Dhi Artspace, a place that remained closely connected to his life and journey; we invite you to revisit his enduring artistic legacy.

23/07/2026

Sundays with the Show

As part of the ongoing exhibition Protocols of Living, we invite you to a special screening of Kya Hua Iss Shahar Ko? by Deepa Dhanraj.

Made in the aftermath of the communal violence that transformed Hyderabad in the 1980s, the film is a powerful record of the city's fractured social fabric. Through voices from the ground, it examines how everyday life, memory, and coexistence are shaped by political conflict—questions that continue to resonate today and echo the concerns explored in Protocols of Living.

Sunday | 4 PM onwards
At Dhi Contemporary, Madhapur

This is a one-time screening only, followed by an open discussion.

Do not miss. Do not come late.

Courtesy of Deepa Dhanraj.

17/07/2026

Protocols of Living

Artist l Subhendu Karmakar Shubhendu Karmakar

Subhendu Karmakar’s practice investigates the systems of maintenance, neglect, and responsibility that shape public space. Focusing on the built environment, he examines how infrastructure records the passage of time through processes of decay, revealing the often-unnoticed conditions that govern collective life.

Working with iron sheets, acrylic paint, and paper, Karmakar engages materials that mirror the vulnerabilities of the structures he depicts. Subject to oxidation, dust, and environmental exposure, his works embody the same processes of transformation experienced by public property. Through sparse compositions and isolated architectural forms, he highlights the tensions between public and private ownership, visibility and disregard, care and abandonment. His practice reflects on how urban environments absorb the consequences of social and institutional priorities, making visible the hidden protocols through which spaces are maintained, valued, or allowed to deteriorate.

Image 1: Installation View
Image 2: Installation View
Image 3: Installation View
Image 4: Installation View
Image 5: Pay & Use Toilet, Acrylic on Iron Sheet, 18 x 36 inches, 2025
Image 6: Temple, Acrylic on Iron Sheet, 14 x 16 inches, 2026
Image 7: Bench, Acrylic on Iron Sheet, 12 x 36 inches, 2026
Image 8: Untitled, Acrylic on Iron Sheet, 12 x 16 inches, 2025
Image 9: Untitled, Acrylic on Iron Sheet, 10 x 16 inches, 2025
Image 10: Untitled, Acrylic on Iron Sheet, 10 x 18 inches, 2026
Image 11: Drinking Water, Acrylic on Iron Sheet, 16 x 20 inches, 2026

The exhibition remains open till August 03, 2026.

At Dhi Contemporary,
Bodhi House, Road No. 11,
Kakatiya Hills, Madhapur,
Hyderabad.

Visiting Hours: 11:00 AM - 07:00 PM
Closed on Mondays

15/07/2026

Protocols of Living

Artist l Soumen Ray Soumen Roy

Soumen Ray’s practice explores the relationship between individual experience and the social, political, and linguistic structures that shape everyday life. Interested in how people navigate systems of power, communication, and collective belonging, he examines the ways broader social realities become embedded within ordinary interactions and shared experiences.

Working across drawing, printmaking, image transfer, zines, and mixed media, Ray constructs visual narratives that reflect the complexities of contemporary society. Language functions as a central material within his work, with fragments drawn from songs, poems, posters, public messaging, and everyday speech. By recontextualizing these familiar forms of communication, he reveals the often-unseen frameworks that influence perception, identity, and social relationships. His practice invites viewers to consider how language mediates experience, shaping the ways individuals understand themselves, relate to others, and inhabit contemporary public life.

Image 1: Landscape as Witness, Charcoal, and Acrylic on Paper, 21.2 x 28.3 inches, 2026
Image 2: Installation View
Image 3: Installation View
Image 4: Absent, Charcoal, Acrylic and scratching on Paper, 34 x 49 inches, 2025
Image 5: Installation View
Image 6: Boundary of Existence, Charcoal, Ink Oil Pastel, Photo Transfer and Acrylic on Paper, 70.8 x 49.2 inches, 2025
Image 7: Details, Boundary of Existence
Image 8: Installation View
Image 9: Untitled, Charcoal and Acrylic on Paper, 21.2 x 42.5 inches, 2026
Image 10: The Event, Charcoal and Acrylic on Paper, 13.7 x 27.5 inches, 2024

The exhibition remains open till August 03, 2026.

At Dhi Contemporary,
Bodhi House, Road No. 11,
Kakatiya Hills, Madhapur,
Hyderabad.

Visiting Hours: 11:00 AM - 07:00 PM
Closed on Mondays

12/07/2026

Protocols of Living

Artist l Prajwal Naitam Prajwal Naitam Strangers House Gallery

Prajwal Naitam’s practice explores Indigenous knowledge systems as living frameworks through which relationships between people, land, memory, and community are organized and sustained. Drawing from Gond oral traditions, ritual practices, and field research, she investigates how cultural knowledge continues to adapt within contemporary contexts while remaining rooted in collective histories.

Working across painting, sculpture, film, and installation, Naitam engages with stories, symbols, and ceremonies that shape community life. Her recent research on Bada Dev Gango Pooja examines the ways ritual functions as a structure for transmitting ecological knowledge, ancestral memory, and social values across generations. By foregrounding Indigenous understandings of kinship and interdependence, her work offers alternative perspectives on how societies relate to their environments. Within contemporary debates on development, identity, and cultural continuity, Naitam’s practice highlights forms of knowledge that challenge dominant systems of representation and belonging.

Image 1: Impermanence of Creation, Acrylic on Canvas, 48 x 42 inches, 2024
Image 2: Installation View
Image 3: Installation View
Image 4: Installation View
Image 5: Installation View
Image 6: Ritual, Soil and Acrylic on Canvas, 28.5 x 74 inches, 2025
Image 7: In Midst of the Canopy, Soil and Acrylic on Canvas, 21.5 x 63 inches, 2025
Image 8: Installation View

The exhibition remains open till August 03, 2026.

At Dhi Contemporary,
Bodhi House, Road No. 11,
Kakatiya Hills, Madhapur,
Hyderabad.

Visiting Hours: 11:00 AM - 07:00 PM
Closed on Mondays

10/07/2026

Protocols of Living

Artist l Gayathri T. Santhosh Gayathri Santhosh

Gayathri T. Santhosh’s practice examines how collective memory is shaped by the social and emotional consequences of the crisis. Drawing on histories of disease, displacement, and mortality, she investigates the recurring structures through which society experiences and responds to uncertainty. Her work considers how moments of disruption become embedded within public consciousness, revealing the fragile systems that govern movement, care, and survival.

Through research into the Bombay Plague of 1896, the Calcutta Plague of 1898, and the COVID-19 pandemic, she constructed layered narratives that connect historical and contemporary experiences. Working with archival materials alongside watercolour and embroidery, Gayathri employs stitching as a gesture of repair, remembrance, and accumulation. Her practice reflects on the traces left by collective trauma, exploring how memory operates as an invisible framework through which societies understand loss, resilience, and continuity across time.

Image 1: Installation View
Image 2: Anecdotes of Conversation Series
Image 3: Route Map of an Invisible Enemy, Azo dye and Hand Embroidery on Cotton,35 x 55 inches, 2024
Image 4: Installation View
Image 5: Flames and Ashes, Watercolour and Hand Stitching on Paper, 22 x 30 inches, 2024
Image 6: Against the Invisible II, Watercolour and Stitching on Handmade Paper, 22 x 30 inches, 2024
Image 7: A Page from Reimagined History, Watercolour and Hand Stitching on Paper, 22 x 30 inches, 2024
Image 8: Installation View of Route Map of an Invisible Enemy

The exhibition remains open till August 03, 2026.

At Dhi Contemporary,
Bodhi House, Road No. 11,
Kakatiya Hills, Madhapur,
Hyderabad.

Visiting Hours: 11:00 AM - 07:00 PM
Closed on Mondays

08/07/2026

Yesterday at Dhi Contemporary, we hosted "Protocols of Living: Hyderabad and the Making of Everyday Life," a panel discussion presented alongside our ongoing exhibition Protocols of Living.

Bringing together Prof. Harsh Mittal (BITS Pilani, Hyderabad Campus) and Dr. Vanshika Singh (Hyderabad Urban Lab), unfortunately Dr. Vinod K Mishra (TISS Hyderabad Campus) couldn't join us, the conversation explored the visible and invisible systems that shape everyday life in Hyderabad—from governance and infrastructure to neighbourhoods, public space, climate, and lived experience.

We are grateful to our speakers, moderator, and everyone who joined us for an engaging evening of dialogue and reflection. Your questions and participation made the discussion all the more meaningful.

At Dhi Contemporary, we believe exhibitions extend beyond the gallery walls through conversations that connect art with the realities of contemporary life.

Thank you everyone for being part of it.

05/07/2026

Protocols of Living

Protocols of Living examines the visible and invisible systems that shape contemporary life. From architecture and infrastructure to social habits, language, and collective memory, these protocols quietly organize how we move through, inhabit, and understand the world.

Bringing together diverse artistic practices, the exhibition explores the consequences of these frameworks rather than the systems themselves. Through investigations of interiors, urban environments, environmental change, public language, and personal narratives, the artists reveal spaces marked by absence, fragmented communication, displacement, and landscapes transformed by human intervention.

As contemporary cities continue to expand, the contradictions embedded within these systems become increasingly evident. Infrastructure promises connectivity yet often produces isolation; technologies facilitate communication while deepening uncertainty; developments designed for community can generate new forms of distance. Alienation, in this context, emerges not as an exception but as a condition of everyday life.

Protocols of Living approaches the everyday as a site where broader social, political, and ecological realities become tangible. Memory, perception, and belonging are shown to be continually shaped by forces that often remain unseen. By making these structures visible, the exhibition invites viewers to reflect on the protocols that govern daily existence and reconsider how we live, relate, and coexist within the contemporary world.

The exhibition stays on display till August 03, 2026.

Gallery Hours: 11 am to 07 pm, Closed on Mondays.

Gayathri Santhosh Prajwal Naitam Soumen Roy Shubhendu Karmakar

Bhargavi Gundala Amit Kumar

[Group Exhibition, Indian Contemporary Artist, Contemporary Art, Art and Society]

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#7-1-54/2/C, Sri Guru Krupa, Behind MCH Playground, Opp. Servo Towers, Dharam Karan Road, Ameerpet
Hyderabad
500016

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Tuesday	11am - 7pm
Wednesday	11am - 7pm
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