(b. 1949) Navjot was born in 1949 in Meerut and moved to Mumbai in 1969. She studied at the Sir J. J. School of Art in Mumbai, and completed her diploma in 1972. She has held a number of solo shows including ‘Touch IV’ at Talwar Gallery, New Delhi, in 2010; ‘Bombay Shots’ at the Guild Gallery, Mumbai in 2008; ‘Jagar at Sakshi Gallery, Mumbai, in 2006; ‘Water Weaving’ at Talwar Gallery, New York, in 2006; ‘Junctions’ at the Guild Gallery, Mumbai, in 2006; and ‘Mumbai Meri Jaan’ at Sakshi Art Gallery, Mumbai, in 2005. The recent group shows her work has been featured in include ‘Transient Poise’ at Bodhi Art, Mumbai, in 2009; ‘Bapu’ at Saffronart, Mumbai, in 2009; ‘Shifting Terrains, Altered Realities’ at the Shrine Gallery, New Delhi, in 2008; ‘India Art Now: Between Continuity and Transformation’, Milan, in 2007-08; ‘Tiger by the Tail!’ at Brandeis University, Massachusetts, in 2007; and ‘Public Places, Private Spaces’ at the Newark Museum, New Jersey, in 2007. Navjot has also initiated several collaborative projects with artists from the villages of Chattisgarh, which culminated in exhibitions including ‘Interventions/Interrogations: Modes of Parallel Practice, Ways of World Making’ at Sakshi Gallery, Mumbai, in 2003. The Artist lives and works in Mumbai.