Team A4A Foundation

Pooja Bahri |Founder Trustee

Pooja Bahri is a multidisciplinary artist and a co-founder of Art For Art Organisation, Champatree Art Gallery, and The Create Studio. A recipient of the gold medal for video art at the 2011 Florence Biennale, her portfolio spans immersive installations, performance art, and poignant visual narratives. Bahri’s dedication to art education and her role in nurturing emerging talent through courses, portfolio development, and counselling reflect her commitment to the art community.
With a background as the former head of research for a leading political party in Delhi, Bahri infuses her artistic practice with a rich understanding of cultural policy and environmental advocacy. Her work, crossing the thresholds of gender, identity, motherhood, and our ecological footprint, invites a dialogue that challenges perceptions and promotes sustainability. Through her extensive experience and innovative approach, Bahri fosters a reflective journey, bridging personal and global narratives and urging a reevaluation of our relationship with the environment.

Archana Sapra | Founder Trustee

Archana Sapra is a qualified architect and an independent arts consultant. The Director of Champatree Art Gallery, The Create Studio and the co-founder of A4A Foundation, Archana is successfully leaving a mark in the field of art, working with artists and art galleries from across the globe, curating groundbreaking exhibitions with institutions like Lalit Kala Academy, National Gallery of Modern Art, The Museum of Sacred Arts and United Nations. Her career span includes curating art exhibitions, conceiving and implementing cultural projects, writing on art, researching, and designing, besides commissioning, evaluating and advising in sourcing art works, and other arts management initiatives. She has co-curated Forms of Devotion project for the Museum of Sacred Arts in Belgium , which has toured the University Gallery in Bangkok, the China Art Museum in Shanghai and Conde Duque in Madrid, besides Casa & Church Galleries at Valladolid in Spain and  LKA in Delhi. Archana continues to curate for her gallery ChampaTree in New Delhi.

Jagadeesh R | Programme Manager

Jagadeesh Reddy holds a Master’s degree in visual art and is an accomplished independent researcher with an insatiable curiosity that drives him to explore the South Asian art scene. Jagadeesh is renowned for his adept curation and management of large-scale exhibitions and fosters connections between artists and cultural spaces. His initiatives have spotlighted diverse talents and transformed institutional galleries into contemporary art hubs.

Jagadeesh R is the in-charge of of the programming and  Liaisons at the Champatree Art Gallery.