06.09.2025 - 26.10.2025

Opening on Saturday, September 6th, from 5 - 8PM
Official Afterparty of the Gallery Opening Season: 8PM till late
Location: NMAG KIOSK, Willem de Zwijgerlaan 327

No Man’s Art Gallery is honoured to present There is no going back, the first solo exhibition of Delhi-born artist Shivangi Kalra with the gallery, hosted at its second location, KIOSK. On view from September 6th to October 26th, the show forms part of KIOSK’s new program, dedicated to showcasing emerging talent and collaborative projects.

Kalra’s intricate painting revisits scenes of social gatherings from her childhood in Delhi, set within the opulent interiors she remembers. These works capture both the festivity and the social constructions embedded in these moments, revealing beauty, nostalgia and quiet tensions. Inviting prolonged contemplation, her compositions seem to hold time still, welcoming audiences into these extended memories now taking physical form in the gallery space.

Shivangi Kalra, There is no going back, 2025. Oil on canvas, 70 x 100 cm. Image courtesy of the artist.

Shivangi Kalra (b. 1998, Delhi, IN) is a visual artist currently based in Amsterdam. She did her Bachelors in painting from College of Art, Delhi (2021) and then moved to the Netherlands to pursue her Masters (painting) at Frank Mohr Institute, 2022-24, thanks to receiving Elizabeth Greenshields Grant and Holland scholarship in 2022, 2023.

After graduating cum laude, she won the Dutch Royal Painting Prize 2024, exhibiting her work in the Dam Palace of Amsterdam. She later won a prize at Galleria Doris Ghetta, resulting in a solo exhibition in Italy, followed by a solo show at Method India in February 2025. She was the first artist in residence at Zawyaty HQ, Marrakech, in 2025. She is presently working towards projects in Paris, Berlin, and the Netherlands later this year.