“Shrine Empire Presents: UMISAA Alumna, Ms. Hema Shironi’s Solo Exhibition "Home Wrapped in Cloth, Boarders Raised in Flags"

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Ms. Hema Shironi’s UMISAA Scholar Solo Exhibition Opens at Shrine Empire: A Journey Through Homes, Borders, and Flags
New Delhi, September 2025:


Shrine Empire invites audiences to an evocative walkthrough with artist Hema Shironi Alumna 2019 Batch of UNESCO Madanjeet Singh Institute for South Asian Arts (UMISAA)  as she presents her solo exhibition, “Homes Wrapped in Cloth, Borders Raised in Flags.”

The walkthrough will take place on 19 September 2025, from 5 PM to 6 PM, at the CCA, Bikaner House, New Delhi. Through her textile-based practice, Shironi explores themes of migration, displacement, and the fragile yet powerful symbolism of national identity, weaving together personal memory and collective history.

The exhibition will be on view from 14 – 25 September 2025, 11 AM – 7 PM, offering visitors a chance to immerse themselves in her thoughtful interrogation of home, belonging, and borders.

“Shrine Empire Presents: Hema Shironi’s UMISAA Solo and ‘After-Aphantasias’ Group Show on Homes, Borders, and Memory”New Delhi, September 2025:

The exhibition also features works by Anoli Perera, Jagath Weerasinghe, Muhanned Cader, Chandragupta Thenuwara, Kingsley Gunatillake, and Pala Pothupitiye, each engaging with layered narratives of memory, erasure, imagination, and nationhood.