1991, Born in Bangalore, India
Lives and works in Bombay, India
EDUCATION
2016 - 2018 Master of Fine Art in Studio Art, San Francisco Art Institute
2009 - 2012 Bachelor in Business Marketing, RMIT, Singapore
2025 Photobook Process with Ann Griffin & Offset Projects, Delhi, India
2023 Photobook Intensive Workshop, Offset Projects, Goa, India
2019 Full Scholarship for Noor Photography Workshop with Tanya Habjouqa, SFCamerawork, CA
2017 Masterclass with Annie Leibovitz
2016 Summer Photo Intensive, Columbia University, NY
2009 Indian School Certificate, Bishop Cotton Girls’ School, Bangalore, IN
SOLO SHOWS
2025 spoiled fruit, Fulcrum Gallery, Mumbai, India [Upcoming — Nov 11 to Dec 20]
2019 Kutty - The Youngest One, Oros Gallery, San Francisco, CA, USA
2019 Kutty - The Youngest One, The Ramp Gallery, SOMArts Cultural Center, CA, USA
SELECT GROUP SHOWS
2025 Soft Circulations, Curated by Offset Projects, Tri Art & Culture, Kolkata, India
2024 Connecting Pages: Photobooks from South Asia, Lumenvisum, Hong Kong
2021 Stayathome x Bucharest Photofest, Bucharest, Romania
SALT STILL, Green Gallery, Milwaukee, IL, USA
CTRL + ALT + Yellow, B4BEL4B, Oakland, CA, USA
Women in Film and Photography, Objectifs, Singapore
2019 Agrariaanaa: Art Inspired by APA Agricultural Roots, SOMArts Cultural Center, San Francisco, CA, USA
JAGAH // JADOO, Mission Cultural Center for Latino Arts, San Francisco, CA, USA
2018 Open Book Show V, Root Division, San Francisco, CA, USA
Endless Edition Biennial, The Elizabeth Foundation for the Arts, New York, NY, USA
Re:Place - APAture Showcase, Kearny Street Workshop, Arc Gallery, San Francisco, CA, USA
Green Book, Southern Exposure, San Francisco, CA, USA
Adaptation, Shotwell Gallery, San Francisco, CA, USA
Women Artists Beyond Reason, Caspar Curiosities, Caspar, CA, USA
MFA Vernissage, San Francisco, CA, USA
Open Book Show III, Bryant Street Studios, San Francisco, CA, USA
The Radicals, Real Old Paper Gallery, San Francisco, CA, USA
The Grotesque is also Fruitful, The Convent SF, San Francisco, CA, USA
2017 The Impracticals, Bass and Reiner, Minnesota Street Projects, San Francisco, CA
The Abject Goddess, Swell Gallery, San Francisco, CA
CURATION
2022 - 2023 Mumbai Urban Art Festival, St+art India Foundation, Mumbai, India
2020 - 2023 Four Issues of The Irregular Times
2019 JAGAH//JADOO, Mission Cultural Center for Latino Arts, San Francisco, CA
AWARDS & HONORS
2025 Recepient of Experimenter Generator Co-operative Art Production Fund
2025 Alexander Tutsek-Stiftung Grant Co-Awardee with Mika Sperling
2025 Shortlisted for the Grand Prix Images Vevey 2025/2026, Switzerland
2024 Single Image Shortlist, Chennai Photo Biennale, Chennai, India
2019, Noor Photography Workshop with Tanya Habjouqa at SFCamerawork, CA
2018, Southern Exposure’s Alternative Exposure Grant for JAGAH
APICC Showcase Artist Grant Award for JAGAH
Guest Juror, Diego Rivera Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Outstanding Graduate Student Award - Photography
Graduate Commencement Speaker with Kehinde Wiley and Mildred Howard
PRESS
2025 “Announcing the Grantees | Generator Cooperative Art Production Fund,” Bombay, India, June 30
2023 Kunstnerpresentasjon av Vasudhaa Narayanan, gjestekunstner ved Halden Bookworks, OpplandKunstesenter, Lillehammer, Norway
2022 “Asian Women Filmmakers on Inheritance”, Objectifs.com.sg, January 26
2022 “Photo Essay: ‘Let Me Comb Your Hair’ by Mika Sperling & Vasudhaa Narayanan”, Monsoon Malabar, February 14
2022 “Bucharest Photo Festival”, April 21
2022 “ArtxIndia, Januuary Review”, February 1
2021 Sheena Maria Piedade, “Making The Irregular Times”, Lover.com, November 26
2021 Tanisha Saxena, “The Irregular Times: A new cultural tabloid where art goes paper view”, Hindustan Times, August 21
2020
Meghna Mathew, “Of Shame, Guilt & Trauma: ‘Menstruation’ Challenges Society’s View Of Periods”, Homegrown, October 1
Shannon Smuts, "Feature Photographers - Mika Sperling and Vasudhaa Narayanan", Photo Alliance, August 9
Marit Herrmann, “OKS-lab fragt … stayathome.photography”.oks-lab, April 20
Fototreff Berlin, Instagram Takeover, May 12
2019
Audrey Garces, "‘We Can Just Be’: JAGAH Collective Creates Home for South Asian Artists", KQED Arts
"Jagah // Jadoo", Mission Cultural Center for Latino Arts
Yukiya Jerry Waki, “USAAF 2019 Showcase Artists: JAGAH // JADOO”
Samantha Hensel, "Exceeding Capacity with Samantha Hensel: Episode 4– Vulnerability, Womanhood, and Jagah "Place," an Interview ft. Vasudhaa Narayanan"
“Vasudhaa Narayanan at The Ramp Gallery”, SOMArts Cultural Center
Valerie Imus, " Announcing Alternative Exposure Round 12:", Southern Exposure
APICC presents the artists for the upcoming USAAF 2019 COLLECTIVE // MEMORIES, API Cultural Center
2018
Ryan Kost, "'Green Book' highlights persistence of marginalized communities", San Francisco Chronicle, August 4
Eda Yu, "SOUTHERN EXPOSURE'S ANNUAL JURIED EXHIBITION CENTERS REPRESENTATION IN "GREEN BOOK", Juxtapoz Magazine, July 30
"Green Book: 2018 Juried Exhibition," Southern Exposure
"Vasudhaa Narayanan: Student Spotlight, (im)material, Maggie-Norby Adams
ARTIST TALKS & RESIDENCIES
2023 Artist Talk, Oplandia Senter for Samtidskunst, Lillehammer, Norway
2023 Artist-in-Residence, Halden Bookworks, Norway
TEACHING & OTHER EXPERIENCES
2025 (Ongoing) Visiting Faculty, Introduction to Photography & Advance Photography, Sophia College for Women, Mumbai, India
2024 Creative Director, The Swaddle, Mumbai, India
2022 Guest Faculty for Fashion Journalism & Visual Narratives, Pearl University, Bangalore, India
2022 Visual Narrative Masterclass at United Institue of Design, Ahmedabad, India
2016 - 2018 Teaching Assistant, San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, CA, USA
2019, Photo Editor, Airbnb, San Francisco, CA
2018, Curatorial Partnerships Associate, SOMArts Cultural Center, San Francisco, CA
Gallery Associate, Kadist, San Francisco, CA
Gallery Manager, Evergold [Projects], San Francisco, CA
2016-18, Teaching Assistant - Introduction to Darkroom, Friending Art With Benefits:
Probing Social Networks, Contemporary Practice, Critical Theory A
2015, Event Manager, Kitsch Mandi, Mumbai, IN
Digital Media Manager, Skarma Communications and Consultancy, Mumbai, IN
2014 - 15, Assistant Account Executive, Ogilvy & Mather Pvt Ltd, Bangalore, IN