Vivan Sundaram was an Indian contemporary artist whose multidisciplinary practice spanned sculpture, installation, painting, photography, and video. He studied painting at the Faculty of Fine Arts, M.S. University, Baroda, and later at the Slade School of Fine Art, London. His work engaged deeply with themes of history, memory, politics, ecology, and the body, often employing archival material and found objects to create layered narratives.

Sundaram exhibited widely across the world, participating in major international platforms such as the Sharjah Biennale, Kochi-Muziris Biennale, Sydney Biennale, and other significant global exhibitions. His works are held in prominent museum collections, including the Tate Modern, London; the International Center of Photography, New York; the Mori Art Museum, Tokyo; and Haus der Kunst, Munich. In addition to his artistic practice, he edited and annotated Amrita Sher-Gil: A Self-Portrait in Letters and Writings (2010), contributing significantly to the scholarship on modern Indian art. He presented his work in the exhibition “Posthumous Dialogues with Francis Newton Souza.”