SSAF Team

Director, Projects

Latika Gupta completed an MPhil in Visual Studies from JNU and has received fellowships from the India Foundation for the Arts, Nehru Trust, and the Charles Wallace Trust India. She was a research fellow at SOAS, London in 2017. She has worked as a curator at the NGMA, KHOJ International Artists’ Association, curated exhibitions of South Asian and international contemporary art, and the permanent exhibition for a museum in Kargil, Ladakh. She taught at the Dr. BDL Museum’s postgraduate diploma course and was co-mentor for the Curatorial Intensive South Asia programme in 2019, 2021 & 2023. She is visiting faculty of art history at Ashoka University since 2021. From 2016-2020, she was Associate Editor at Marg publications. She is a part of the editorial collective of ‘100 Histories of 100 Worlds in 1 Object’ and an associate editor of South Asian Studies.
Email: director.projects@ssaf.in

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Associate Director, Grants

Gayatri Uppal is an arts professional based in New Delhi. She was at Sher-Gil Sundaram Arts Foundation since its inception in 2016 as Programme Coordinator and in her role of Associate Director, Grants from March 2021- February 2024. She is the advertising associate for Artforum in India, the Middle East and Turkey. She has been a curator of programmes at Khoj International Artists’ Association and an independent programme manager. Gayatri completed a Masters in Contemporary Art Theory from Goldsmiths, University of London. She participated in the Gwangju Biennale International Curator Course in 2014.

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Visual Design, Media & Archives

Sourav Sil is a visual artist and photographer. He has completed his M.Des in Photography Design from the National Institute of Design, Ahmedabad. In 2018, he received a scholarship from Goethe-Institut/ Max Mueller Bhavan, Mumbai to study at Hochschule für Grafik und Buchkunst, Leipzig. His works have been a part of the exhibition “Modernism in India – Through the NID Archives” (2019-20) at Museo Cabanas, Guadalajara, Mexico.

Email: archives@ssaf.in

Accounts Executive

Santosh Sahni has been in charge of accounts at SSAF since 2018. He completed his CA (Inter) in 2019 and is pursuing his final CA studies. Prior to SSAF, he has five years of work experience in the corporate sector.
Email: accounts@ssaf.in