Sudarshan Shetty (born 1961) lives and works in Mumbai, India. Initially trained as a painter, Shetty later turned to sculpture and installations which now account for all of his practice. A conceptual artist, he is renowned for his enigmatic, sculptural installations, his hybrid constructions questioning the fusion of Indian and Western traditions, which are developed around a rigorous grammar of materials, mechanical exposure and unlikely juxtapositions of aspects from culturally distinct spheres.
He has exhibited widely in India and around the world, including at the Biennale of Sydney (2016), Ullens Center for Contemporary Art, Beijing (2012) Centre Pompidou, Paris (2011) and Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York (2010), amongst others.
Shetty was the curator of the Kochi-Muziris Biennale 2016 in addition to participating as an artist in the inaugural edition of the Biennale in 2012. He is represented by Galerie Templon (Paris/Brussels) and Galerie Krinzinger (Vienna).