Harshit Agrawal

Harshit is an Indian artist working with emerging technologies, primarily artificial intelligence. His practice explores the poetics of technology—examining how contemporary reality is shaped by these systems through both critical inquiry and creative possibility. He is a graduate of the MIT Media Lab (USA) and IIT Guwahati.

His works are part of major international institutional and private collections. He was Google Arts & Culture’s first artist-in-residence in India and has undertaken residencies at Diriyah Art Futures (Saudi Arabia), the Museum of Tomorrow (Brazil), Art Center Nabi (Korea), and X-Lab (Japan). He has authored several publications and patents at the intersection of technology and creative expression.

Working in AI and creative practice for over a decade, Harshit held India’s first solo exhibition of AI art at Emami Art Gallery, Kolkata (2021). He was the only Indian artist among seven international pioneers at the first global AI art exhibition in a contemporary gallery at Nature Morte (2018). His work has been nominated three times for the Lumen Prize, placing him among the top 3% of global tech art practices. In 2023, he received the Sanatan Sangeet Puraskar for Digital Art, and his work is part of the permanent collection at the HNF Museum, Germany—the world’s largest computer science museum.

He has exhibited internationally at leading museums, galleries, and festivals including Ars Electronica (Austria), Tate Modern (UK), Asia Culture Center (Korea), KNMA and NMACC (India), Artissima (Italy), and India Art Fair. He curated India’s first AI NFT exhibition, Intertwined Intelligences, on the Terrain.art platform.

Harshit regularly speaks on AI and art at forums such as TEDx, INK Talks, DesignUp, and the G20 Cultural Tracker, and has conducted workshops at institutions including NID, Srishti Institute, and IDC IIT Bombay. His work has been widely covered by international media including BBC, The New York Times, Artnet, and STIR World.