ABOUT
PRETIKA MENON IS A LENS BASED ARTIST BASED BETWEEN MUMBAI AND GOA, INDIA.
SHE HAS WORKED AS AN IMAGE MAKER IN CULTURE, FASHION AND FINE ART FOR OVER A DECADE.
Born and raised in Madras, South India, her practice is deeply rooted in the post colonial identity, personal
histories and gender studies. Her early years were shaped by an immersion in painting, dance, cinema and poetry
— disciplines that continue to inform her theatrical visual language. She continues to develop her
fine art practice alongside commercial fashion work.
Alongside her practice, Pretika is an educator at The Istituto Marangoni, Mumbai, where she teaches
global editorial and fashion photography trends.
Her ongoing personal project, ‘Dhon (Two)’, documents four women across generations in Goa and was awarded
both the PhMuseum Women Photographers Grant and the Umrao Singh Sher-Gil Grant for Photography in 2023.
Her photo essay “Swimming in Plain Sight: A Photo-essay on bodies and swimwear” was published as part of a collective book
“The Postcolonial Sporting Body: Contemporary Indian Investigations” a research into the sociology of sport in contemporary India.
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She was selected for the Angkor Photo Workshop (Siem Reap, 2024)
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Selected for a darkroom workshop by Srinivas Kuruganti, funded by the Murthy Nayak Foundation (Delhi, 2021)
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Participated in a residency funded by Vogue Italia (2022)
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Featured in Kidz Paris (2022), an art book spotlighting 50 global creatives
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Featured in Proud South (2023), a global index by Dutch trend forecaster - Lidewij Edelkoort, mapping creative practices in the Global South
SELECT EXHIBITIONS:
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Dhon photobook dummy, curated by Offset Projects, at Chennai Photo Biennale, 2025
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Dhon, curated by Goa Familia at Serendipity Arts Festival, Goa, 2024
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Dhon, curated by Prashant Panjiar at Goa Open Arts Festival, Goa, 2024
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Archetypes of Freedom, PhotoVogue Festival, Milan, 2023
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Gundi Studios x Pretika Menon at Method Gallery, Mumbai, 2020
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Group show at Chennai Photo Biennale, 2013