Amar Kanwar, born 1964. Lives and works in New Delhi.

Amar Kanwar is the recipient of the 1st Edvard Munch Award for Contemporary Art from Norway; an Honorary Doctorate in Fine Arts, Maine College of Art, USA; the MacArthur Fellowship in India; Golden Gate Award, San Francisco International Film Festival; Golden Conch, Mumbai International Film Festival; Golden Orange, Antalya International Film Festival; First Prize,Torino International Film Festival, Italy; Jury’s Award, Film South Asia, Nepal; Grand Prix at EnviroFilm, Slovak Republic; Golden Tree at the 1st National Environment and Wildlife Film Festival, Delhi. His films are screened in several local and international film festivals as well as in museums like the Stediljk Museum, Amsterdam, Museum of Modern Art, New York and the National Museum in Oslo, Norway. He has also participated in Documenta 11 (2002) and Documenta 12 (2007), Kassel, Germany.