Sachin Deo - Untitled VII

"India Contemporary curated by Veer Hooda" presents a rare opportunity for collectors and art lovers in Europe to acquire original works by highly established Indian contemporary artists, and to connect with one of the most vibrant and fast-growing art markets in the world.

India Contemporary is a curated initiative that brings leading Indian contemporary artists directly to European collectors. Each artist is selected personally by Veer Hooda for artistic depth, originality and long-term relevance, and each work is an original, sourced from the artist's own studio and shipped with full documentation. The programme exists because the distance between the Indian studio and the European wall has, until now, been the main thing standing between these artists and the collectors who would want them. India Contemporary closes that distance: no intermediary market, no re-sale mark-up, direct access at an early stage.

India's contemporary art scene is in an exceptional moment - dynamic, intellectual, many-voiced, and growing quickly in both global visibility and investment value. With rising interest from international collectors and institutions, this is a compelling time for European collectors to engage with Indian contemporary art at a pivotal stage of its ascent.

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The works are curated in Vienna by Vijit Veer Hooda and shipped to you directly from the artist's studio in India. Buyers in the EU enjoy 0% customs duty on original works of art imported from India.

About the Artist: Sachin Deo

Sachin Deo trained at the Government Institute of Fine Arts in Indore, Madhya Pradesh, and describes himself as a visual artist of some twenty years' standing. His solo exhibition at Bharat Bhavan, Bhopal opened in November 2022.

He is known for layered, mixed-media surfaces: rice paper, coloured thread, silver foil and printed elements built up on thin layers of cloth mounted on canvas, with time and transience as the stated theme - past, present and future as overlapping shapes.

Artistic vision

Deo treats abstraction as layered time: transitory shapes caught in overlapping layers of experience, worked in earth, rust, violet and blue. Acrylic and mixed media are built up in layers on canvas, with incised and threaded lines running through the paint. In the words of Artenblu gallery's text on the artist: "The past, present and future emerge as a flux of transitory shapes caught in overlapping layers of experience" - elsewhere described by the same source as "a journey to give form to the formless and expression to the inexpressible."

Exhibitions

Solo: exhibition of paintings, Bharat Bhavan, Kaladarshini gallery, Bhopal (November 2022).

Group: Papyrus, Art Explore, New Delhi (2024); Beyond Form - An Exploration of Abstraction, curated by Sunil Chauhan, Suan Artland Gallery, Kala Ghoda, Mumbai (2026); Legacies - Masters & Senior Voices of Indian Art, Suan Artland Gallery, Mumbai (2026).

About the Artwork

Artist: Sachin Deo
Name: Untitled VII
Year: 2012
Size: 61 x 61 cm
Technique: Acrylic and mixed media on canvas

One of nine square canvases in this consignment, each 61 x 61 cm.

Hand signed by the artist.

About Veer Hooda - ig: @vi_hov

Veer Hooda is an Indo-European (Austrian) contemporary artist based in Vienna, whose practice is shaped by a deep connection to his Indian roots and a great love for his now home, Europe.

Veer Hooda has exhibited across some of the top galleries and exhibitions in the world and recently finished his sold-out show at Art Basel Miami 2025. This year he will be exhibiting at, among others, the Venice Biennale 2026 and ArtExpo New York 2026, in multiple exhibitions across Europe and Austria, and returning to Art Basel Miami at the end of the year.

While his own work reflects a strong conceptual and material sensibility developed over years of creative and professional experience, Hooda is equally driven by a clear mission: to make outstanding Indian artistic talent more visible and accessible within the European art market. Positioned between India and Europe, he acts as a cultural bridge, offering early access to artists and narratives that are already gaining significant international recognition - a distinct insider perspective at a pivotal moment for Indian contemporary art.

Signed and authenticity: The work is hand signed by the artist, and a signed Certificate of Authenticity is provided with every work by India Contemporary by Vijit Veer Hooda.

Packaging & insurance: The painting is packaged professionally and shipped rolled in a tube. It arrives unstretched and will need to be restretched onto a frame on arrival - any framer will do this routinely.

Shipped from: This work is shipped from India by NIV Art Center and is fully insured on its way to the buyer. Buyers enjoy a 0% custom duty on works coming from India. All our artworks have been delivered without issue and in a timely way to all buyers, no additional fee has ever been applied to any of our shipments. We accompany the buyer through every step, from collection to the door, and are on hand for anything the process needs."