is a contemporary British-Indian artist who works with painting, collage, photography, sculpture, and installation. Probing cultural misinterpretations with her work, Kher uses Hindu mythology and objects such asThe Skin Speaks A Language Not Its Own
, which features a life-sized elephant made from fiberglass and ornamented with numerous white bindis. “The less you say about some of the works the better. I think you just have to experience it,” she has explained. Born in 1969 in London, United Kingdom to Indian parents, she studied painting and design at Newcastle Polytechnic. In 1992, Kher traveled to India where she met her future husband, Indian artist , and relocated there permanently shortly afterward.