Our Team

Our Director – Saloni Doshi

Born in 1979, Saloni is an art patron and collector of contemporary, tribal, aboriginal art from India and the subcontinent. Growing up in New Delhi, Saloni completed her schooling at Sardar Patel Vidyalaya. She graduated with a double honors degree in Politics and Economics at St. Xavier’s College, Mumbai, a Post Graduate Diploma in Social Communications Media at the Sophia Polytechnic, Mumbai, and then moved on to pursue her Master’s in Media and Communication at the London School of Economics, London. She also has a Diploma in Art Criticism and Theory (ACT) and Indian Art Aesthetics from Jnanapravaha, Mumbai. In 2009, she decided to develop a part of her warehouse space into Artist Studios and Residencies to give the artists’ community something that was lacking and much required in the city- Space118.  An avid reader and photographer, Saloni also wrote for the Arts and Culture pages of TOI. She was the Founder Chairperson of the Bombay Chapter of Young FICCI Ladies Organization (YFLO) and the former Chairperson for the London School of Economics Alumni in Bombay, which she ran for 10 years. In 2016, Saloni was also awarded the prestigious ArtThinkSouthAsia (ATSA) Fellowship sponsored by Khoj, British Council, and the Goethe Institute. She has curated four shows: Making Space: Celebrating 10 years of Space118 in 2019, All is Not Lost 20:20:20 in 2020 at Sakshi Gallery, All That is Life in 2021 at Space118, and Yours in Truth in 2022 at Space118. Saloni has moderated several discussions on art residencies and art collecting, and is currently writing her book on “Mapping Residencies in India”.

Akshara Dattani

Akshara Dattani works as the Program Manager for Space118’s Fine Arts Grant. She is an art administrator, writer, editor and researcher. She completed her BVA in Art History (2019) and MA in Museology (2021) from Maharaja Sayajirao University of Vadodara, Gujarat. She is interested in the nuances of visual culture, poetry, and  cultures of adornment in the Indian Subcontinent. She lives and works in Vadodara, Gujarat.