An artist based in London, UK, originally from New Delhi, India, and a B.A Photography (Hons) graduate of London South Bank University and M.A. Public Art and Performative Practices from London Metropolitan University. Practice covers a diverse subject matter, integrating contemporary documentary with abstract architectural elements within urban and conceptual spaces. Artistic approach also includes sculpture and portraiture alongside photobook publications, allowing him to explore the spiritual connection between humans and the human-made environment, where there is both peace and destruction.

 
 

Upcoming Screenings / Exhibitions

The Empty Spaces: Glide — Film screening (scheduled)
2026
City Space Architecture (CSA), Museo Spazio Pubblico (Public Space Museum), Bologna, Italy
Upcoming screening hosted by City Space Architecture, an internationally recognised non-profit cultural organisation dedicated to public space research and practice, and an official partner of UN-Habitat.

Exhibitions

The Empty Spaces: Glide
14 November – 10 December 2025
Displayed throughout the Hat District, including Hat Works and Hat Factory Arts Centre, Luton
Presented in the Hat District as part of the ongoing cultural programme by The Culture Trust Luton.
Supported by Arts Council England (National Lottery Fund), Luton Rising, and AHF Transforming Heritage.

The Empty Spaces: Personal Absolute Space Point
10 October 2025
Displayed at The Art House, Wakefield
Part of Auto Amor Vol.2, an exhibition of 100 artists presented through the Art Swap event.
Organised by Auto Amor.
Supported by Auto Amor Project and Filthy Fox Auction Club.

Reminiscence
12–18 September 2025
Displayed at Annex Gallery, London Metropolitan University
An immersive installation connecting the rivers Yamuna (Delhi) and Thames (London) through portraiture, sound, and light. The work explored memory, belonging, and ecological witness, transforming the gallery into a confluence where rivers and people met.
Supported by London Metropolitan University and the Public Art & Performative Practices MA programme.

The Empty Spaces: Personal absolute space point
12–21 September 2025
Displayed at Hat Factory Arts Centre, Luton
Part of Hidden in Plain Sight, a community photo exhibition celebrating Luton’s architectural character through overlooked details — tiled doorsteps, carved plaques, decorative brickwork, fading signs and more.
Presented as part of Heritage Open Days 2025 by The Culture Trust Luton.
Supported by Arts Council England (Lottery Fund), Luton Rising, and AHF Transforming Heritage.

The Empty Spaces: Personal absolute space point
28 June 2025
Displayed at The Holy Art Gallery, Noho Showroom
67 Great Titchfield Street, W1W 7QA

The Empty Spaces: Lights of Vine Street
24 June 2025
Displayed on Vine Street, America Square, London EC3N 2LR
Part of Stories of Aldgate.
Created with the help of Aldgate Connect BID, London Metropolitan University, Heard Storytelling, Migration Museum, Urbanest UK, and the City of London Corporation’s Community Infrastructure Levy Neighbourhood Funds.

The Empty Spaces
16 June 2021
Displayed at Copeland Gallery
Unit 9I, Copeland Park, 133 Copeland Road, London SE15 3SN

This Is How “They” Felt
10 December 2019
Displayed at Copeland Gallery
Unit 9I, Copeland Park, 133 Copeland Road, London SE15 3SN

The Common Denominator
16 January 2019
Displayed at A David Bomberg Legacy
The Sarah Rose Collection, Borough Road Gallery
103 Borough Road, London SE1 0AA

Photobook Publications

The Floating Fallacy

AUTHOR: Swapnil Patil

EDITORIAL DESIGN: paula roush

PUBLISHER: msdm publications

PUBLICATION DATE: 2022

ISBN: 978-1-7390996-1-9

The Empty Spaces: Personal Absolute Space Point

AUTHOR: Swapnil Patil

EDITORIAL DESIGN: paula roush

PUBLISHER: msdm publications

PUBLICATION DATE: 2024

ISBN: 978-1-7396192-3-7

Photobooks were part of

Msdm Studio, London.

Photographer's Gallery TPG Bookshop, London.

Part of South London Gallery Bookshop, London.

Part of WATER IN THE LIBRARY at Msdm Studio, London.

Part of London South Bank University, Library, London.

Floating Fallacy with msdm publications at Mini-Mercado de Autor, Palacio Pancas Palha in Lisbon, Portugal.

Floating fallacy at Palacio Pancas Palha, Mini-market of Editions/ Mini-mercado de Autor, at Palacio Pancas Palha in Lisbon, Portugal.

Floating Fallacy is now available in Helsinki, Finland, at the Photographic Gallery Hippolyte.

Floating Fallacy is now available in Lisbon, Portugal, at the Biblioteca De Arte Gulbenkian.

Part of London Metropolitan University, Library, London

Part of Parallax Photographic Coop, London

Southbank Collective CIC

(1 Nov’19 – April’ 22)

Creative Producer and Photographer

Part of “mobile strategies of display & mediation”

Digital Strategist, Author, Publisher