Founded in 2020 by Vinay Bharadwaj and Smita Uchil, Mavenira is a collective committed to presenting meaningful art. It is a space for visual inquiry, where artists, curators, and audiences engage with the evolving language of form and thought.

Mavenira operates as a curatorial platform that highlights work grounded in both aesthetic strength and critical perspective. We present practices that reflect a range of voices and contexts, while maintaining a strong editorial lens on what shapes culture now.

Vinay Bharadwaj is a filmmaker, writer, and international talk-show host with a background in banking. Smita Uchil is an entrepreneur and film distributor involved in cross-cultural arts initiatives and festival programming. Together, they bring an interdisciplinary vision that informs Mavenira’s focus on storytelling, collaboration, and creative risk.

At Mavenira, we see art as an active space for reflection and conversation.
We invite you to explore our growing collective and engage with work that challenges, resonates, and endures.