Sustaina India, a first-of-its-kind art x climate change initiative by Thukral and Tagra (T&T) and the Council on Energy, Environment, and Water (CEEW), is now accepting applications for the third edition of Sustaina India Fellowships. The Fellowship programme will support three creators over six months to realise impact-driven mixed-media and multimedia art projects at the intersection of art, climate science and research. The fellowship will culminate in a 10-14-day-long exhibition in New Delhi in January/February 2026.
We invite proposals that critically engage with the climate crisis and inspire bold, solution-oriented visions for the future. Rooted in a commitment to climate action, this call seeks artistic practices that challenge conventional thinking and open new ways of seeing, feeling, and responding to the complexities of climate change.
We are particularly interested in works that question the status quo, highlight resilience and adaptation, and reveal the deep interconnections between people, ecology, and systems. Whether through drawing, sculpture, installation, sound, performance, video, or through individual practices grounded in long-term research on climate resilience, adaptive intelligence, innovation, and the ecologies of care, your proposal should invite audiences to rethink their relationship with the planet and imagine just, sustainable futures.
Sustaina 1, Feb 2024,
Bikaner House, New Delhi
At the heart of Sustaina India is learning that sustainability is a gradual and decentralized process of adapting to climate change. It cannot be imported and transposed, but needs to be built from the ground up across disciplines and demographics. When we received the invitation from CEEW over a year ago to establish a platform that could host conversations around art, science, and climate, we turned to material-based practices and solutions. As creators, we firmly believe in the power of materials to channel a sensorium of touch, smell, sound, and vision as paths to climate awareness and retention for the current and future generations.
Sustaina 2, 1 to 16 Feb 2025
Stir Art Gallery, New Delhi
CEEW and artists Thukral & Tagra unveil the second edition of Sustaina India art exhibition on communities as seeds for climate action. This edition of Sustaina India, which highlights the importance of community-led initiatives, will run from 1 to 16 February 2025 at STIR Art Gallery, New Delhi.
Featuring projects by Sustaina Fellows Shubhi Sachan – Material Library of India, Poludas Nagendra Satish – Kora Design Collaborative, Shaz Syed, Stubble – The Farmer’s Bane – Harjit Kaur, The Pink E-auto Project and Saraswathi Malluvalasa – Arogya Millet Sisters. The exhibition will also feature artworks and installations by invited artists such as Chander Haat, Edible Issues, Sheshadev Sagria, and Climate Recipes – Andhra Pradesh and Telangana Edition.
Curated by Thukral & Tagra + Srinivas Aditya Mopidevi, Organised by Milan George Jacob, Mihir Shah, Vidusshi Pathak, Shruthi Pillai (Council on Energy, Environment and Water)
Sustaina Fellows 2025
About Sustaina
As scientific evidence about the alarming impacts of climate change keeps emerging, we face the need to reimagine habitable futures. Sustaina India stems from this urgency to catalyze pollinations across art, science, and policy-making. Sustaina India mobilizes creators to integrate decentralized climate awareness and sustainability conversations into the cultural fabric of India and beyond.
Sustaina India is curated by Jiten Thukral and Sumir Tagra.
Organized by Mihir Shah, Milan Jacob and Vidusshi Pathak (Council on Energy, Environment and Water)
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