SMRITI KESHARI

SMRITI KESHARI is an Indian-American director, writer, and artist known for her bold and groundbreaking contributions to storytelling. Her diverse portfolio spans traditional filmmaking, immersive installations, and live performances on stage, where she fearlessly explores bold themes like nuclear weapons, artificial intelligence, and immortality.

Her acclaimed multi-media installation, the bomb, was heralded by Newsweek as “a stunning avant-garde approach to a plea for nuclear disarmament.”

She is an artist-in-residence with the National Theatre in London, the Brooklyn Academy of Music (BAM) and Pioneer Works in New York. Her films have premiered in prestigious film festivals (Berlin Film Festival, Tribeca), streaming networks (Netflix, Amazon), theatrical releases and in museums.

Keshari's works have received support from notable organizations like the MacArthur Foundation, Carnegie Corporation, Ford Foundation, and more. She has spoken about art and social change at the Nobel Peace Prize Ceremonies, United Nations, BBC, SXSW, Bloomberg Philanthropy, and TED. Keshari was honored as a TED Prize finalist and recognized as a 2016 Foreign Policy Global Creative Thinker.

She is currently in the development of a new work about archives and immortality.

PRESS

New York Times

Newsweek

Business Insider

Variety

Hollywood Reporter

Die Welt

Screen Daily

Vice

Bulletin of Atomic Scientist

SUPPORTED BY

MacArthur Foundation

Ford Foundation

Ploughshares Fund

Carnegie Corporation

N Square

Panta Rhea

Compton Foundation

Fledgling Fund

New York State Council of Arts

TALKS - on art & social change

TED

SXSW

BBC

United Nations

BAM (Brooklyn Academy of Music)

Bloomberg Philanthropy

Tribeca Talks

National Academy of Sciences