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.’

Parent company

Indigo Mediatainment Private Limited

CIN:U74110MH2007PTC173542

Head Office: 6th floor Maker Tower E Cuffe Parade Mumbai 400005