Mila Rae Sarabhai's collages and installations win BJP Mention at Kyotographie 2026
Mila Rae Sarabhai, an artist from Ahmedabad, India, won the BJP Mention at Kyotographie 2026 for her series Windows, exhibited at KG+ Select. Her work combines collage, etching, and fabric installations to explore colonial history, family archives, and the politics of visibility. Using white-on-white fabric and handmade photobooks like Salted Ground, she challenges extractive photographic practices. Sarabhai was one of ten emerging artists selected by a jury for KG+ Select. Her upcoming shows include the London Original Print Fair at Somerset House and a group exhibition at Krupa Gallery, London.
Key facts
- Mila Rae Sarabhai won the BJP Mention at Kyotographie 2026.
- Her series Windows was shown at KG+ Select, part of the Kyotographie International Photography Festival.
- Sarabhai grew up in Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India, and her family was involved in the independence movement.
- She uses collage, etching, and white-on-white fabric to disrupt single views and collapse different times.
- Her installation Bite the Hand uses a white sari, traditionally a symbol of mourning in India.
- Sarabhai's work was on show alongside nine other emerging artists at KG+ Select.
- Sridhar Balasubramaniyam was selected for the main Kyotographie programme next year.
- Sarabhai's upcoming exhibitions include London Original Print Fair and Krupa Gallery's group show The Desert Wind Will Salt Your Ruins.
Entities
Artists
- Mila Rae Sarabhai
- Sridhar Balasubramaniyam
- Hyunmin Ryu
- Hiroyoshi Taira
- Chaofan Wan
- Seo Minkyung
- Piotr Zbierski
- Kim Eun Ju
- Aya Kishimoto
- Sohei Nakanishi
Institutions
- KG+ Select
- Kyotographie International Photography Festival
- British East India Company
- Slade School of Fine Art
- Victoria and Albert Museum
- Magnum Photos
- Instituto Moreira Salles
- BJP
- India Printmaker House
- London Original Print Fair
- Somerset House
- Krupa Gallery
Locations
- Ahmedabad
- India
- Gujarat
- West India
- Manchester
- London
- Kyoto
- Japan