Uzma Mohsin uses photography to unravel narratives of people, places and their histories. By looking at cross-cultural encounters and perceptions, her work tries to build a conversation around the idea of belonging. Her image-making process involves experimenting with abstraction and metaphoric expression.  

She has exhibited both in and outside of India — her recent exhibitions include ‘Ellipsis: Between Word & Image’, a group show at the Jawahar Kala Kendra, Jaipur (2019); ‘Ephemeral: New futures for passing images’, a group show at the Serendipity Arts Festival, Goa (2018); ‘Girl Gaze: Journeys through the Punjab and the Black Country’, a cultural exchange programme commissoned by the Art Council England and the British Council (2017); ‘A Million Mutinies Later’, a group show produced by Nazar Foundation at Ffotogallery, Cardiff, Wales (2017); ‘Surface of Things’, a group show at Alliance Française, New Delhi, India (2016); ‘Zones of Privacy’, a group show at the Chatterjee & Lal Gallery, Mumbai (2016); ‘Tales & Fables from India & Japan: Animation, Film, Photography’, a group show organised by the National Institute of Design and the Japan Foundation in Delhi, Ahmedabad and Yokahama (2015); and ‘Abandon’, a group show organised by the Gujral Foundation, New Delhi (2015).

In 2011 she exhibited, ‘Trees Can’t Walk’, a solo show, at the Forum Schlossplatz, as part of an artist residency at the Working Group Gästeatelier Krone, Aarau, Switzerland and was invited back as a contributing artist in 2014 for a group show ‘Asmara: Fluchtpunkt Eritrea’ at the Forum Schlossplatz. In 2010, she assisted Martine Franck (Magnum) on a book project, ‘Women Changing India’, sponsored by BNP Paribas and Zubaan Publication. Her works have been published in various publications including Tehelka, PIX quarterly, Tasveer, Galli magazine and Sports Illustrated. 

She has experimented with alternative photographic processes as an artist-in-residence at Goa Centre for Alternative Photography (2012) producing a series ‘Now is Gone’, using the process of cyanotype.

She is one of the 100 women artists featured in ‘How We See: Photobooks by Women’, A 10x10 Photobooks publication (2018). She is also the recipient of the prestigious Alkazi Foundation Grant for Documentary Photography (2017).

A graduate from the National Institute of Design, Ahmedabad, she is based in New Delhi.