Aaryan Sinha (b. 2001, New Delhi, India) is a photographer and artist based in The Hague, Netherlands. His work explores the shifting nature of Indian identity within a Western context, engaging with themes of colonialism, personal memory, cultural appropriation, and intergenerational inheritance.
Aaryan Sinha graduated from the Royal Academy of Art, The Hague (KABK) with a Bachelor’s degree in photography. Using photography, archival material, and text, Sinha challenges dominant narratives and visual clichés often imposed on India, aiming instead for a more layered and self-aware representation of his homeland.
Raised in India and now working across Europe, Sinha’s practice is rooted in the duality of place and perspective. Projects such as Namaste or Whatever examine the lingering influence of colonial photography and how its visual language continues to shape both global perceptions and personal understandings of Indian identity.
In This Isn’t Divide and Conquer, he travels through five Indian states bordering Pakistan, reflecting on the scars of Partition and the renewed rise of polarizing ideologies in present-day India. Within this broader framework, sub-projects like To My Darling Love offer a more intimate view —assembling a quiet archive of his late grandfather through personal objects, family photographs, and handwritten notes. For What Was, Will Soon Be Forgotten the artist shifts his focus to Kashmir, exploring the fragile intersections of memory, mineral extraction, and environmental change in a region shaped by geopolitical trauma.
Aaryan Sinha graduated from the Royal Academy of Art, The Hague (KABK) with a Bachelor’s degree in photography. Using photography, archival material, and text, Sinha challenges dominant narratives and visual clichés often imposed on India, aiming instead for a more layered and self-aware representation of his homeland.
Raised in India and now working across Europe, Sinha’s practice is rooted in the duality of place and perspective. Projects such as Namaste or Whatever examine the lingering influence of colonial photography and how its visual language continues to shape both global perceptions and personal understandings of Indian identity.
In This Isn’t Divide and Conquer, he travels through five Indian states bordering Pakistan, reflecting on the scars of Partition and the renewed rise of polarizing ideologies in present-day India. Within this broader framework, sub-projects like To My Darling Love offer a more intimate view —assembling a quiet archive of his late grandfather through personal objects, family photographs, and handwritten notes. For What Was, Will Soon Be Forgotten the artist shifts his focus to Kashmir, exploring the fragile intersections of memory, mineral extraction, and environmental change in a region shaped by geopolitical trauma.
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Sinha’s work has been exhibited at institutions including FOAM Amsterdam (NL), LUMA Arles (France), Het Nederlands Fotomuseum (NL), Noorderlicht Photo Festival (NL), Melkweg Expo (NL), photoSCHWEIZ (Switzerland), the Deutsche Börse Photography Foundation (Germany), and festivals like Encontros da Imagem (Portugal), the Belfast Photo Festival (UK). His work will be presented in the Prospects section of Art Rotterdam 2026.
Aaryan Sinha was selected as a Foam Talent for 2024–25, was a finalist for the Emergentes Portfolio Review at Encontros da Imagem 2024, shortlisted for the PhMuseum Photography Grant 2025 and Belfast Photo Festival Spotlight Award 2024 and nominated for Steenbergen Stipendium 2023. His work has been featured in publications such as Pf Fotografie Magazine, Der Greif, Foam Magazine, Fisheye Magazine, and PHMuseum, among others.
Aaryan Sinha was selected as a Foam Talent for 2024–25, was a finalist for the Emergentes Portfolio Review at Encontros da Imagem 2024, shortlisted for the PhMuseum Photography Grant 2025 and Belfast Photo Festival Spotlight Award 2024 and nominated for Steenbergen Stipendium 2023. His work has been featured in publications such as Pf Fotografie Magazine, Der Greif, Foam Magazine, Fisheye Magazine, and PHMuseum, among others.
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Born in 2001, New Delhi, India | Lives and works in The Hague, NL
Education
Royal Academy of Art (KABK) | Bachelor Photography | The Hague (NL) | 2023
Exhibitions
upcoming
Prospects | Art Rotterdam | Rotterdam (NL)
2025
This Isn’t Divide and Conquer | solo exhibition | Galerie Caroline O’Breen | Amsterdam (NL)
VegNonVeg Artist Tee x Aaryan Sinha - Launch + Exhibition | solo exhibition | Gurugram (India)
Foam Talent 2024-2025 | Deutsche Börse Photography Foundation | Frankfurt (DE)
Photo Schwiez Festival | Zurich (CH)
2024
As Veias Abertas (The Open Veins) | Encontros da Imagem | Brada (PT)
Closer, PhMuseum Days 2024 | Bologna (IT)
Palm* Photo Prize | 10-14 Gallery | London (UK)
Colonial Traces, Belfast Photo Festival (Group Show)
Palm* Photo Prize | Melkweg Expo | Amsterdam (NL)
Foam Talent | FOAM Amsterdam | Amsterdam (NL)
2023
Steenbergen Stipendium | Nederlands Fotomuseum | Rotterdam (NL)
Arty Party: Photography Graduates | Melkweg Expo | Amsterdam (NL)
House of Dior: Photography and Visual Arts Award for Young Talents | LUMA Arles | Arles (FR)
Graduation Show | The Royal Academy of Art | The Hague (NL)
2022
Unfolding Territories | The Grey Space in the Middle | The Hague (NL)
2021
dis(connect) | Fuse Expo in collaboration with Foam | Amsterdam (NL)
2020
Noorderlicht Photo Festival | Groningen (NL)
Awards & Grants
2025 PhMusuem Photography Grant 25 | Shortlist
2025 Mondriaan Kunstenaar Start Fund
2024 Aperture Foundation Portfolio Prize| Longlist
2024 Open Doors Gallery | Longlist
2024 Belfast Photo Festival Spotlight Award | Shortlist
2023 Steenbergen Stipendium | Nominee
2023 Prix Dior de la Photographie | Laureate
2023 Emergentes Portfolio Review | Encontros da Imagem | Finalist
Press features
Pf Fotografie Magazine, Nieuw Nederlands Talent (December 2024)
Der Greif Artist Blog and Feature (July 2024)
Creative Review (June 2024)
Palm* Photo Prize 2024 Shortlist (March 2024)
Foam Magazine #65 Talent Issue (February 2024)
Fisheye Magazine (December 2023)
Zero Nine Magazine (September 2023)
People and Communities Zine by Uncommon Studios (August 2023)
Photoworks Photography + Graduate Issue (August 2023)
Say Magazine (July 2023)
PHMuseum (April 2023)
April Recorder by Eclect Lab (2022)
Commissions
Rkive City x Flying Flea (Royal Enfield)
Lume Haus
Kartik Research for Vogue Runway
VegNonVeg Artist Tee
“In The Vacuum, We Felt Air” Opening Documentation at Kunstfort, Vijfhuizen
“Transplantation Library: Reading Hall” Opening Documentation at Page Not Found, The Hague
Paris Fashion Week SS25 with Kartik Research Campaign for Hiromu Takeshita
Kartik Research x Stepney Workers Club Campaign Kartik Research FW 24 Campaign
Commission with researcher Antoine Duval from T.M.C Asser Institute
Education
Royal Academy of Art (KABK) | Bachelor Photography | The Hague (NL) | 2023
Exhibitions
upcoming
Prospects | Art Rotterdam | Rotterdam (NL)
2025
This Isn’t Divide and Conquer | solo exhibition | Galerie Caroline O’Breen | Amsterdam (NL)
VegNonVeg Artist Tee x Aaryan Sinha - Launch + Exhibition | solo exhibition | Gurugram (India)
Foam Talent 2024-2025 | Deutsche Börse Photography Foundation | Frankfurt (DE)
Photo Schwiez Festival | Zurich (CH)
2024
As Veias Abertas (The Open Veins) | Encontros da Imagem | Brada (PT)
Closer, PhMuseum Days 2024 | Bologna (IT)
Palm* Photo Prize | 10-14 Gallery | London (UK)
Colonial Traces, Belfast Photo Festival (Group Show)
Palm* Photo Prize | Melkweg Expo | Amsterdam (NL)
Foam Talent | FOAM Amsterdam | Amsterdam (NL)
2023
Steenbergen Stipendium | Nederlands Fotomuseum | Rotterdam (NL)
Arty Party: Photography Graduates | Melkweg Expo | Amsterdam (NL)
House of Dior: Photography and Visual Arts Award for Young Talents | LUMA Arles | Arles (FR)
Graduation Show | The Royal Academy of Art | The Hague (NL)
2022
Unfolding Territories | The Grey Space in the Middle | The Hague (NL)
2021
dis(connect) | Fuse Expo in collaboration with Foam | Amsterdam (NL)
2020
Noorderlicht Photo Festival | Groningen (NL)
Awards & Grants
2025 PhMusuem Photography Grant 25 | Shortlist
2025 Mondriaan Kunstenaar Start Fund
2024 Aperture Foundation Portfolio Prize| Longlist
2024 Open Doors Gallery | Longlist
2024 Belfast Photo Festival Spotlight Award | Shortlist
2023 Steenbergen Stipendium | Nominee
2023 Prix Dior de la Photographie | Laureate
2023 Emergentes Portfolio Review | Encontros da Imagem | Finalist
Press features
Pf Fotografie Magazine, Nieuw Nederlands Talent (December 2024)
Der Greif Artist Blog and Feature (July 2024)
Creative Review (June 2024)
Palm* Photo Prize 2024 Shortlist (March 2024)
Foam Magazine #65 Talent Issue (February 2024)
Fisheye Magazine (December 2023)
Zero Nine Magazine (September 2023)
People and Communities Zine by Uncommon Studios (August 2023)
Photoworks Photography + Graduate Issue (August 2023)
Say Magazine (July 2023)
PHMuseum (April 2023)
April Recorder by Eclect Lab (2022)
Commissions
Rkive City x Flying Flea (Royal Enfield)
Lume Haus
Kartik Research for Vogue Runway
VegNonVeg Artist Tee
“In The Vacuum, We Felt Air” Opening Documentation at Kunstfort, Vijfhuizen
“Transplantation Library: Reading Hall” Opening Documentation at Page Not Found, The Hague
Paris Fashion Week SS25 with Kartik Research Campaign for Hiromu Takeshita
Kartik Research x Stepney Workers Club Campaign Kartik Research FW 24 Campaign
Commission with researcher Antoine Duval from T.M.C Asser Institute
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