Parth Itwala (b. 2001, Vadodara, Gujarat) obtained a Bachelor’s and Master’s Degree in Painting from the Faculty of Fine Arts, The Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda (2023, 2025 respectively). 

Growing up amidst the shifting texture of Mangal Bazar, a semi-urban neighbourhood in Vadodara, his work delves into the transformation of urban landscapes and the interaction between memory and the relentless forces of progress. Rooted in walking, cycling, and travel as meditative and investigative processes, his practice involves photo-documenting desolate and transitional spaces, often revisiting places from his childhood. Informed by elements of kitsch and popular culture, Parth’s multi-layered assemblages use image transfer, collage, and painting to conjure the simultaneous presence and absence of human interaction within land and semi-waterscapes. The textual component of his work acts as both a narrative and a counterpoint, offering reflective commentary that complicates the visual field while activating the work as a living archive of time and transition. His recent works respond to the rapid spatial restructuring of Vadodara under the Smart City Project. By intertwining nostalgia and reality, he negotiates the epistemological tension between personal memory and collective urban amnesia. 

He was awarded the Nasreen Mohamedi Scholarship in 2022 and was a Kala Sakshi Scholar at Kala Sakshi Memorial Trust Residency at Sanskriti Kendra, New Delhi (2024). His notable exhibitions include Pristine (2022), Kamalnayan Bajaj Art Gallery – Priyasri Art Gallery, Mumbai; Soup Bowl (2024), curated by Pranshu Thakore and Yashwini Singh, GIDC, Vadodara; and Ecriture (2025), Kamalnayan Bajaj Art Gallery, Mumbai.