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.

 
 

Exhibitions

The Common Denominator

Displayed at A David Bomberg Legacy

The Sarah Rose Collection, Borough Road Gallery,

January 16th, 2019
103, Borough Rd,

London SE1 0AA

This is How “They” felt

Displayed at Copeland Gallery,

December 10th, 2019
Unit 9I, Copeland Park,

133, Copeland Rd,

London SE15 3SN

The Empty Spaces

Displayed at Copeland Gallery,

June 16th, 2021
Unit 9I, Copeland Park,

133, Copeland Rd,

London SE15 3SN

The Empty Spaces: Lights of Vine Street

Displayed on Vine Street,

America Square, London EC3N 2LR.

24th June 2025

Part of Stories of Aldgate

Created with the help of Aldgate Connect BID, LMU, Heard Storytelling,

Migration Museum, Urbanestuk, and

the City of London Corporation’s Community Infrastructure Levy Neighbourhood Funds.

The Empty Spaces: Personal absolute space point

Displayed at the Holy Art Gallery

Noho showroom,

67 Great Titchfield Street, W1W 7QA

 28th June 2025

The Empty Spaces: Personal absolute space point

12th–21st 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.

Reminiscence

12th–18th May 2025

Displayed at Atrium 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.

Presented during Mental Health Awareness Week 2025.

Supported by London Metropolitan University and The Public Art & Performative Practices MA programme.

The Empty Spaces: Personal Absolute Space Point

10th 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

 

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