"Art is a way of life. Like breathing, there is no separation.. and in its fold everything is acceptable- Where distinction never gazed!"

Born in Chennai, India; Meera George hails from Kerala, South India. Alumni of Delhi college of Art and Kent Institute of Art & Design, UK; Meera predominantly works in mediums of Mixed media, installation and performance art that she exhibits internationally. Recipient of eight international grants and residencies, her work is sensitive to cross-cultural feminist issues, at the same time strongly autobiographical through the use of her own body and objects from her culture as actors and props in her works. In 2008, George presented her solo exhibition titled ‘Partum Subvertio’ (To bear, to destroy), commenting on the prevailing issue of female infanticide in India. The same year George was awarded a grant by the Fukuoka Asian Art Museum in Japan, where she was commissioned to create an installation and performance art work for the museum titled ‘Onnagata’ eluding to the role of women in Japanese culture. In 2019 commissioned by Shalini Passi Art Foundation, George performed a sequel titled ‘Still I rise’ at the Alliance Francaise New Delhi, commenting on the status of women during a dark period in Kerala history. In recent years the artist has been awarded fellowships from Fremantle Arts Centre in Western Australia (2017), Cite’ International des Arts (2019) and La Napoule Art Foundation in France (2022). George’s recent mixed media artworks that comment on the impermanence of existence and climate change strike a delicate balance between material and concept. Vastly different from her performance art work, her meticulous mixed media art works inspired by the fierceness of nature and its ability to accept everything in its fold without distinction, displays a different side to the artist’s practice. The works were exhibited at ‘Lokame Tharavadu’ in Kerala (2021), ‘I want tomorrow’ in Mumbai and ‘Extremely south’ in Delhi and ‘Who will speak?’ in Chennai in 2022. Fiercely passionate about her love for art she also dedicates a large part of her practice teaching art and conducting community based art workshops, working closely with NGO’s for women and children in India.

An avid gardener and a nomad at heart, Meera George currently lives and works in Pune, India.