Entangled Ecosystems Grant
What does it mean to be entangled–with a forest, a fungus, or a changing climate? How do field notes, temperature logs, or a canopy scan reveal the pulse of an ecosystem–and the ways it is being disrupted?
Science Gallery Bengaluru and Shared Ecologies – a programme supported by Shyama Foundation – invite artists or collectives of Indian nationality for the Entangled Ecosystems grant. This is an opportunity to create a new exhibit that explores ecological connections through the intersection of art, science, and research.
The selected artist or collective will collaborate closely with ecologist Dr Meghna Krishnadas, engaging with material ranging from plant tissues and fungal cultures to spreadsheets, models, and images of the forest canopy. The final work will take the form of an exhibit, with mediums being interpreted through sound, video, installation, sculpture of a combination of these.
The commissioned exhibit will be developed between July 2025 and February 2026, and will be unveiled March 2026.
The grant has been awarded to Shreni Sanghvi and Abhishek Kapahi.
Please note: The open call for the Entangled Ecosystems Grant now stands closed.
About Shared Ecologies
Shared Ecologies is a program by the Shyama Foundation supporting initiatives at the intersection of art and ecology – through critical, creative, aesthetic approaches, and collaborations with various disciplines and knowledge systems. Through grants, programmes, and conversations, we aim to facilitate a regional and international ecology of individuals, practitioners and institutions, who share overlapping concerns, philosophies and methodologies.
About the Ecologist
Meghna Krishnadas is an ecologist investigating the mechanisms that maintain diversity in ecosystems. She previously worked as a physician working for people living in and around forests. Her transition to ecology began with the realisation that biodiversity was being lost at alarming rates. As an activist and scientist, Krishnadas is driven by intellectual curiosity about the complexity of life around us.
About the Artists
Shreni Sanghvi
Shreni is an interdisciplinary artist whose work explores memory, impermanence, and ecology. Through installations that weave light, sound, and narrative, she reimagines our relationship with the natural world and fragile futures.
Abhishek Kapahi
Abhishek Kapahi is a creative technologist and new media artist whose practice bridges digital and physical worlds. He creates interactive experiences that transform code into poetic encounters, inviting audiences to engage with technology in unexpected ways.