Vikash Kalra is a self-taught artist based in New Delhi whose work has been exhibited across India and is held in several private and corporate collections. He counts masters such as Pablo Picasso and F N Souza among his early influences. Kalra is known for his fluid, abstract paintings and sculptures, often addressing difficult themes and with a "subliminal quality... which taps into the remnants of a forgiven yet inescapable past. Still, it offers you hope. Hope, because by witnessing its emotive familiarity and by valuing each moment for itself, with each stroke and each expression, you are in fact freed by it."