ABOUT

FOUNDED IN 2025 BY PINKY & KABBIER DAGA IN MUMBAI, INDIA, SIKAO GALLERY WAS BORN FROM A MOOD. A MULTIDISCIPLINARY & MULTI-MEDIUM ART CURATION, CHAMPIONING & STEWARDSHIP PROJECT THAT OBSERVES THE HUMAN EMOTIONAL CONDITION & THE FORCES THAT DRIVE IT TO CREATE. IT EXISTS AT THE INTERSECTION OF ARTIST, OBJECT & COLLECTOR. FORM BECOMES FEELING, TEXTURE SPEAKS IN TONGUE. EVERY WORK IS AN EMOTIONAL REFLECTION OF THE ARTIST AND OF THOSE DRAWN TO COLLECT, CONNECT & CONFRONT.

Philosophy

DERIVED FROM THE CHINESE WORD FOR “TO CONTEMPLATE”, SIKAO IS AN EXPLORATION OF RAW THOUGHT, MEMORY & EXPRESSION — AN ODE TO IMPERFECTION & PROCESS.

NOT MERELY DESIGN, BUT HUMAN DESIGN: THE IMPRINTS OF HUMAN EXPERIENCES, THE SILENT WEIGHT OF TRAUMA, THE SHAPESHIFTING TENSION BETWEEN CONCEALMENT & SELF-REVELATION. IT IS ABOUT BECOMING.

VULNERABILITY IS POWER. EDGES — NOT SMOOTHED, BUT CELEBRATED. SIKAO DOES NOT OFFER POLISHED CONCLUSIONS, BUT ASKS A QUESTION, ALLOWING THE OBSERVER “TO CONTEMPLATE”.

IF EMOTION COULD TAKE PHYSICAL FORM, WHAT WOULD IT LOOK LIKE?

SIKAO IS NOT A GALLERY. SIKAO IS A CULTURE — A LIVING ARCHIVE OF EMERGING VOICES OF EXPRESSION, UNITED IN THE PURSUIT OF BEAUTY THAT IS HONEST, COMPLEX & MOST IMPORTANTLY, HUMAN.

Practice

TO CURATE & SUPPORT EMERGING ARTISTS, & INCUBATE THEM TO CREATE OBJECTS OF ART EXCLUSIVE TO SIKAO, NOT LIMITED BY ANY ONE MEDIUM OF EXPRESSION.

FURNITURE, SCULPTURE, LUMINESCENT OBJECTS, CROCKERY, PERFORMANCE, VISUAL, AUDIBLE & EVERY OTHER FORM OF EXPRESSION THAT A HUMAN MIND CAN CONCEIVE.

SIKAO AIMS TO HANDHOLD ARTISTS & CREATORS TO GENERATE SOMETHING PERSONAL & HUMAN, & LAUNCH IT ON A GLOBAL SCALE TO A DESIGN DISCERNING AUDIENCE.

THE FOUNDERS

PINKY DAGA

CO–FOUNDER, CURATORIAL DIRECTOR

Pinky Daga is a ph.d. in english literature from boston university. She began her career in Mumbai creating a children’s theatre production house, writing and directing over a dozen plays. She co-founded Thrive art & soul, a leading wellness and mental health platform in India. She also launched pyramid valley international, a spiritual centre in Bengaluru, where she created the global festival of spiritual sciences, one of India’s first global wellness events.

KABBIER DAGA

CO–FOUNDER, CREATIVE DIRECTOR

Kabbier Daga is a student and creative director based in Mumbai, India. An artist himself, he creates works in a range of mediums, encompassing garment, sound, film, and video. His abstract, expressive, and brutalist approach to every piece sets him apart, giving him a unique style of expression. He started his brand, ‘Three + One,’ as a platform to share his art with anyone wishing to engage with it. His art is meant to invite viewers to contemplate, much like the meaning behind the gallery name ‘SIKAO.’