[FR]
Rithika Merchant est une artiste visuelle originaire de Bombay en Inde, où elle est née en 1986. Elle a obtenu un Master en Fine Arts à la Parsons School of Design, New York, en 2008.
Son travail explore à la fois la mythologie comparative, la science et la fiction spéculative, avec des créatures et des symboles qui font partie de son vocabulaire visuel personnel. Elle crée des œuvres qui établissent des liens visuels avec notre passé collectif et imaginent également de possibles nouveaux mondes que nous pourrions habiter. La nature joue un rôle central dans son travail et est mise en valeur par l’utilisation de formes organiques et de couleurs non saturées. Ses peintures et collages sont réalisés à partir d’une combinaison d’éléments découpés et de peinture à l’aquarelle, s’inspirant des gravures botaniques du XVIIe siècle et de l’art populaire.
Dans son travail le plus récent, Rithika Merchant propose une vision holistique de l’univers : elle examine la raison pour laquelle l’humanité a besoin de croire et de vénérer les forces qui la dépassent, et cherche à comprendre pourquoi nous avons infligé tant de destruction à notre planète. Loin d’y voir une fatalité, elle propose une vision optimiste de notre futur, où l’humain est réconcilié avec la planète, en harmonie avec les traditions ancestrales, et où les femmes, puissantes, jouent un rôle majeur.

Entre 2018 et 2020 Rithika Merchant a collaboré avec la maison de couture française Chloé sur plusieurs collections, pour lesquelles elle a reçu le prix Vogue India Young Achiever of the Year Award, lors des Women of the Year Awards 2018, et elle a été nommée l’une des 100 voix créatives du magazine Vogue World. Elle est également lauréate du Sovereign Asian Art Prize 2021 – Vogue Hong Kong Women’s Art Prize, pour son oeuvre “Saudade”, et le Prix DDessin Paris ‘21 lui a permis de réaliser une résidence d’un mois à l’Institut Français de Saint-Louis du Sénégal fin 2022.
Ses oeuvres font partie de collections publiques et privées, telles que la collection Christian Dior, les archives Chloé, la Samdani Art Foundation, la Sarmaya Arts Foundation, le Kiran Nadar Museum of Art ou le Bunker Artspace – Beth Rudin DeWooddy Collection. 
Son travail a fait l’objet d’une première monographie, The Eye, The Sky, The Altar, publiée en 2022 par Galerie LJ et Tarq Mumbai, avec un texte de Fariha Róisín. Rithika Merchant a rprésenté en janvier 2025 l’installation monumentale The Flowers We Grew au Musée Rodin à Paris, commandée par Maria Grazia Chiuri pour le défilé Dior haute couture SS25 et entièrement réalisée en broderie par les ateliers Chanakya School of Craft. 

[ENG]
Rithika Merchant is a visual artist from Bombay, India, where she was born in 1986. She received a BFA in Fine Arts from Parsons School of Design, New York. At the crossroads of the East and the West, Merchant’s work reflects her journey as a global citizen. Her art explores both comparative mythology as well as science and speculative fiction, featuring creatures and symbolism that are part of her personal visual vocabulary. She creates bodies of work that visually link to our collective past as well as imagine possible new worlds which we may come to inhabit. Nature plays a pivotal role in her work and is emphasized by the use of organic shapes and non saturated colors. Her paintings and collages are made using a combination of watercolor and cut paper elements, drawing on 17th century botanical prints and folk art.

In her most recent work, Rithika Merchant proposes a holistic approach of the universe: she examines why humanity needs to believe in and worship the forces beyond itself, and seeks to understand why we have inflicted so much destruction on our planet. Far from seeing it as a fatality, she proposes an optimistic vision of our future, where humans are reconciled with the planet, in harmony with ancestral traditions, and where powerful women play a major role.

Between 2018 and 2020 Rithika Merchant collaborated with French fashion label Chloé on several collections, for which she received the Vogue India Young Achiever of the Year Award, at the 2018 Women of the Year Awards, and was named one of Vogue World magazine’s 100 creative voices. She is also the winner of the Sovereign Asian Art Prize 2021 – Vogue Hong Kong Women’s Art Prize, for her work «Saudade», and the DDessin Paris ‘21 Prize gave her the opportunity to carry out a month-long residency at the French Institute in Saint-Louis, Senegal, in 2022.
Her work is part of great private collections such as the Christian Dior Collection, the Chloé archives, the Samdani Art Foundation, the Sarmaya Arts Foundation, the Kiran Nadar Museum of Art or the Bunker Artspace – Beth Rudin DeWoody Collection. Rithika Merchant presented in January 2025 the monumental installation The Flowers We Grew at the Musée Rodin in Paris, commissioned by Maria Grazia Chiuri for Dior haute couture SS25 show and entirely embroidered by Chanakya School of Craft workshops.

Her first monograph book, The Eye, The Sky, The Altar, was published in 2022 by Galerie LJ and Tarq Mumbai, with a text by Fariha Róisín.

SELECTED COLLECTIONS

Collection Christian Dior, Paris
Chloé Archives, Paris
Elisabeth and Hartwig Ochsenfeld, Arthouse Wolfsberg/Garana, Romania
Palais Galliéra | Musée de la mode de la Ville de Paris, Paris
Sir H.N. Reliance Foundation Hospital, Mumbai
School of the Art Institute of Chicago – Fashion Resource Centre, Chicago
Samdani Art Foundation, Dhaka, Bangladesh
Sarmaya Arts Foundation, Mumbai
Collection De Bueil & Ract-Madoux, Paris
Collection Aarti Lohia, London
Kiran Nadar Museum of Art, New Dehli
The Bunker Artspace – Collection of Beth Rudin DeWoody, Palm Beach, US

PRIX & RÉSIDENCES

2022
Institut Français – Villa Ndar, Saint-Louis, Sénégal
The Artsy Vanguard 2022

2021
The 2021 Sovereign Asian Art Prize – Vogue Hong Kong Women’s Art Prize
Prix DDdessinParis – Ddessin21

2018
Vogue Women Of The Year 2018 Prize – Vogue Young Achiever Of The Year

2016
Résidence à Arthouse Wolfsberg/Garana Garana, Roumanie

2012
Résidence à Arthouse Wolfsberg/Garana Garana, Roumanie

2008
Résidence à Convento São Francsico De Mertola Mertola, Portugal

SELECTED SHOWS

2025
Musée Rodin, Paris – ‘The Flowers We Grew‘ – Installation monumentale commandée par Maria Grazia Chiuri pour le défilé Dior haute couture SS25 réalisé en broderie par Chanakya School of Craft
Tarq, Bombay – Solo show (avril)
Soho Revue, Londres – La Mariposa (Butterfly Woman) – Group show, commissariat Becca Pelly-Fry

2024
Srishti Art Gallery, Hyderabad – ‘Phantasm‘ – Group show, commissariat V. Solanki
Queensland Art Gallery | Gallery of Modern Art, Brisbane – 11th Asia Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art – Group show
Joburg Contemporary Art Foundation, Johannesburg – ‘Ecospheres‘ – Group show
Asia Now, Paris – Représentée par Galerie LJ

2023
Kristin Hjellegjerde, London – ‘Terraformation‘  – Solo show
Dhaka Art Summit, Dhaka (Bangladesh) – ‘Bonna’ – Commissariat Diana Campbell
KIAF, Séoul – Représentée par Galerie LJ

2022
Galerie LJ, Paris – ‘Festival of the Phoenix Sun‘ – Solo show
Asia Now, Paris – Représentée par Galerie LJ
Kristin Hjellegjerde, Schloss Görne (Allemagne) – ‘Uprising‘ – Group show
Art India, Delhi – Représentée par Tarq Mumbai
AD Museum, Bombay- ‘AD Design Show 2022’ – Group show

2021
TARQ, Bombay – ‘Birth of a New World‘ – Solo show
CFHILL, Stockholm – ‘Mentors’ – Group show, commissariat Sandra Weil, avec Olafur Eliasson, The Gee’s Bend, Marie-Louise Eckman, Miki Krastman, Anne Samat et Barbara Kruger
Sovereign Asian Art Prize, Hong Kong – Finalists Exhibition – Group show
Kristin Hjellegjerde Gallery, Berlin – ‘Rachel Garrard and Rithika Merchant‘ – 2-person show
DDESSIN art fair, Paris – Représentée par Galerie LJ
Galerie Dys, Bruxelles – ‘Metamorphosis’ – 2-person show avec Benoît Huot

2020
TARQ, Bombay – ‘Inherited Memory’ – Group show

2019
Galerie LJ, Paris – ‘Mirror of the Mind‘ – Solo show
Fortified Church, Cincsor (Roumanie) -‘Fata In Fata/ Face To Face’ – Group show, commissariat Elisabeth Ochsenfeld et Arthouse Wolfsberg/ Garana
National Art Museum of Ukraine, Kiev – Chloe Couture – Group show
Tarq, Bombay – ‘Osmosis : Rithika Merchant, Samanta Batra Mehta, and Savia Mahajan’ – Group show
Galerie LJ, Paris – ‘Spring!‘ – 3-person show avec Howie Tsui et Jason Jägel
Kolkata Centre For Creativity, Emami Art, Calcutta – ‘Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam/ The World Is One Family’ – Group show
The Royal Opera House, Bombay – ‘The Dot that went for a walk’ – Group show

2017
Tarq, Bombay – ‘Where The Water Takes Us’ – Solo show
Galeria Bien Cuadrado, Barcelone – ‘Ancestral Home’ – Solo show, commissariat Diana Di Nuzzo

2018
The Hospital Club Gallery, Londres – ‘We See You, We Hear You’ – Group show
The Michelangelo Foundation, Venise – Homo Faber: ‘Fashion Inside and Out’ – Group show, commissariat Judith Clark
October Gallery, Londres – ‘Portal’ – Group show
Sunaparanta/Goa Centre for the Arts, Goa – ‘Sensorium / The End Is Only The Beginning’ – Group show
Art India, Delhi – Représentée par Tarq Mumbai

2017
Swiss Cottage Gallery, Londres – ‘This Burning Land Belongs To You’ – Group show, commissariat Tarq pour Camden Kala, UK/India Year of Culture
The New Gallery, Calgary – ‘To talk to the worms and the stars’ – Group show, commissariat Natasha Chaykowski
Latitude 28, Delhi – ‘G/rove’ – Group show, commissariat Bhavna Kakar et Adwait Singh
Northrup Gallery, Goldstein Museum of Design, Minneapolis – ‘Roots to Healing’ – Group show, commissariat Lisa Aston Philander

2016
Galeria Combustion Espontanea, Madrid – ‘Intersections’ – Solo show
Arthouse Wolfsberg, Garana (Roumanie) – ‘Hortus Deliciarum’ – Group show
Stephen Romano Gallery, New York – ‘Statim Finis’ – Group show
Stephen Romano Gallery, New York – ‘The Creepy Room’ – Group show
80WSE Gallery, New York – ‘Language of the Birds: Occult and Art’ – Group show, commissariat Pam Grossman

2015
Stephen Romano Gallery, New York – ‘Luna Tabulatorum’ – Solo show
Tarq, Bombay – ‘Reliquaries: The Remembered Self’ – 2-person show avec Suruchi Choksi
The Morbid Anatomy Museum, New York – ‘Opus Hypnagogia: Sacred Spaces of the Visionary and Vernacular’ – Group show
Art*ry Gallery, Fort Cochin – ‘Rite of Passage’ – Group show, commissariat Kanchi Mehta
Summerhall, Edinbourg – ‘Not Man The Less But Nature More’ – Group show, commissariat Michela D’Acquisto et Holly Knox Yeoman
Metro Curates Art Fair , The Metropolitan Pavilion, New York – Représentée par Stephen Romano Gallery

2014
Tiny Griffon Gallery, Nuremberg – ‘Encyclopedia Of The Strange’ – Solo show
Stephen Romano Gallery, New York – ‘Abundantia Cornu Copiae’ – Group show
Helios Gallery, Timisoara (Roumanie) – ‘Diplomatic Art’ – Group show
Galeria Espai b, Barcelone – ‘Collectiva de Petit Format’ – Group show

2013
Gallery Art & Soul, Bombay – ‘Mythography’ – Solo show
India Art Festival, Bombay – Représentée par Gallery Art & Soul
Gospel Flat Farm, Bolinas (USA) – ‘Crest of the Strawberry Moon’ – Group show
Moon Gallery, Singapour – ‘Of The Hand Madder’ – Group show

2012
Swab Art Fair, Barcelone – ‘Mitología Comparada’ – Solo show, représentée par Galeria Espai b
Galleri Christoffer Egelund, Copenhague – ‘Xmas 12/ The Big Group Show’ – Group show
Espaço Santo Antonio, Rio de Janeiro – ‘O Fim’ –  Group show
Galeria Espai b, Barcelone – ‘Sobre El Paper’ – Group show
Fundatia Interart Triade, Timisoara (Roumanie) – ‘Tristesia – Paraphernalia – Memorabilia’ – Group show
Arthouse Wolfsberg, Garana (Roumanie) – ‘Tristesia – Paraphernalia – Memorabilia’ – Group show

2011
Gallery Art & Soul, Bombay – ‘Origin of Species’ – Solo show
Casa Batllo, Barcelone – ‘Barcelona Showcase – Group show
Kala Ghoda Arts Festival, Bombay – Group show
Articule Gallery, Montréal – ‘Snowball’ – Group show

2010
Galeria Espai b, Barcelone – ‘Collectiva Nadal’ – Group show
Guardia Sanframondi, Benevento (Italie) – ‘De Sanguine’ – Group show
Who Galeria, Lisbonne – ‘New Mirror Illustration’ – Group show

2009
Fabrica do Braço de Prata, Lisbonne – ‘Worlds Within Words’ – Solo show
Pois.Cafe, Lisbonne – ‘Conversations With Myself’ – Solo show
Kala Ghoda Arts Festival, Bombay – Group show

2008
Convento São Francisco De Mertola, Mertola (Portugal) – ‘Collection of Dreams’ – Solo show
Gallery MC, New York – ‘Senior Citizens’ – Group show
Parsons Fine Arts Gallery, New York – ‘I’ll show you mine, if you show me yours’ – Group show

2007
Parsons Fine Arts Gallery, New York – ‘City Symphonies/Urban Muck’ – Group show
Parsons Fine Arts Gallery, New York – ‘Mentor/Meteor’ – Group show

2006
The Hellenic International Studies In The Arts, Paros (Grèce) – ‘HISA Final Show’ – Group show

2004
Grand Central Station, New York – ‘The Armature Project’ – Group show

PUBLICATIONS

2022
Rithika Merchant, The Eye, The Sky, The Altar, Galerie LJ & TARQ Mumbai

2019
Osmosis, Essay by Shaleen Wadhwana, TARQ , Mumbai, India. Print Edition
The Dot that went for a walk, Caterpillar Wings LLP; First Edition, 2019

2017
Where The Water Takes Us, Essay by Skye Arundhati Thomas, TARQ , Mumbai, India. Print Edition

2015
Luna Tabulatorum, Essays by Decadence Darling, Allison C. Meier and Randall Morris, Stephen Romano Gallery, Brooklyn, New York, U.S.A. Print Edition
Opus Hypnagogia: Sacred Spaces of the Visionary and Vernacular, Essay by Decadence Darling, Stephen Romano Gallery/ The Morbid Anatomy Museum, Brooklyn, New York, U.S.A. Print Edition
Reliquaries: The Remembered Self, Essay by Arshia Sattar, TARQ, Mumbai, India. Print Edition
Not Man The Less, But Nature More, Introduction by Holly Knox Yeoman and Michela D’Acquisto
Summerhall, Edinburgh, Scotland. Print Edition

2014 
Diplomatic Art Exhibition Catalogue, Timisoara, Romania, December 2014. Print Edition

2013
Mythography, Essay by Sumesh Sharma, Edited by Zasha Colah, Gallery Art & Soul and Clark House Initiative, Mumbai, India. Print Edition, Limited edition of 500, Artist Book.

2012  
Bane Singh, Healing The Blue Planet, An Informed Consent, Wordizen Books, Mumbai, India. Print Edition. Cover Image

2011
Snowball, Articule Gallery, Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Print Edition, Limited edition Art Book.
Barcelona Showcase Exhibition Catalogue, Barcelona, Spain. Print Edition
Origin Of Species Exhibition Catalogue, Gallery Art & Soul, Mumbai, India. Print Edition

PRESS

2025
Le quotidien de l’art, Fashion Week: l’art contemporain au premier rang, Jade Pillaudin, 4 février
Le Figaro, Musée Rodin: dans la jungle cosmique de Rithika Merchant, Valérie Duponchelle, 2 février
Beaux Arts Magazine, Le décor grandiose du dernier défilé Dior au musée Rodin à admirer ce weekend, 31 janvier
Artnet, An Artist’s Surreal Garden at Musée Rodin Sets the Stage for Dior Couture, 30 janvier
ELLE India, Maria Grazia Chiuri Commissions Indian Artist Rithika Merchant, 30 janvier
Wallpaper*, Indian artist Rithika Merchant on her fantastical show set for Dior couture: It’s about building a wonderland, 30 janvier
Whitewall, Dior’s Haute Couture Collection Features the Captivating Artwork of Rithika Merchant, 28 janvier
Le Figaro, Dior au pays des merveilles, Valérie Guédon, 28 janvier

2024
The Art Newspaper, Artist being electrocuted to show the sinister implications of AI among highlights of the Asia Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art 11, 3 décembre
Les Echos Série Limitée, Asia Now, pluriverselle et partageuse, 3 octobre

2023
Artension, Hors-série spécial dessin, décembre
Marie Claire Korea, 갤러리 엘제이 GALERIE LJ: 리티카 머천트 Rithika Merchant, 9 septembre
Hankyung, Kiaf 2023 하이라이트- 갤러리 LJ의 리티카 머션트, 30 août
AD India, “Rithika Merchant’s monograph commentates on the evolution of myths across the world“, 3 janvier
FTC Mag, “Rithika Merchant transforma mitos e rituais compartilhados por diferentes culturas, em obras intrínsecas“, 15 février

2022
Colossal, Through Mystical Mixed-Media Narratives, Artist Rithika Merchant Explores Intrinsic Connection, 9 novembre
Connaissance des Arts, L’empire du Soleil : les mythologies contemporaines de l’artiste Rithika Merchant, 5 septembre
Our Choices, “Rithika Merchant – Festival of the Phoenix Sun“, September 1
Monsoon Malabar Iyengar, Radhika “The Magnificent World of Surrealism” Web. July 2  view
STIR Kumar, Rahul “India Art Fair presents its 13th edition with over 500 participating artists” Web. May 4, view
Beaux Arts Magazine Lavrador, Judicaël “Nouvelles tendances: les mondes parallèles du dessin contemporain”, n°455 – mai 2
Architectural Digest “The Mood” The Art Issue, January – February

2021
Elephant, “Re-Making Myths for the Modern Age“, June 28 2021
The Hindu, “Where winged women fly away: The art of Rithika Merchant“, June 18 2021
Le Quotidien de l’Art, “Le prix Ddessin à Rithika Merchant“, June 14, 2021
Ocula Magazine, “Hong Kong Lowdown: Shows To See. 2021 Asian Sovereigh Art Prize”, May 5, 2021 (view)
Tavan Studio Podcast, “Rithika Merchant”, May 2021 (listen)

2020
Firstpost Dhar, Arshia “How the pandemic has urged three Indian artists to reexamine personal, collective identities through their art” Web, September 9, 2020. (view)
Vogue India “Ways of Seeing: The Experimenter” June 2020, Print Edition. (view)
Artnet, Brara, Noor “‘Creativity Has to Drive Every Decision’: Chloé Creative Director Natacha Ramsay-Levi on How the Values of Art Guide Her Design Philosophy” Web, May 18, 2020. (view)
Amica Magazine Rossi, Benedetta “ Eyes On: Le Pittrici Body Conscious” April 2020, Print Edition.
Mumbai Mirror Gehi, Reema “ Young artists to watch out for” March 22, 2020, Print Edition. (view)
India Art Fair Magazine “The wonderful world of Rithika Merchant” 2020, Print Edition.
Arteviste, “A Review of Rithika Merchant: Mirror of the Mind at Galerie LJ, Paris“, Maya Asha, 10 janvier 2020
Clove Magazine of South Asian Culture, Rithika Merchant Mirror of the Mind, 10 janvier 2020

2019
ELLE France, “Merchant de Rêve“, 20 décembre 2019
Version Fémina (le JDD), Icônes hindoues, 9 décembre 2019
Marie Claire Maison, “Oeil protecteur“, novembre 2019
L’Officiel, “Mythes et Légendes“, septembre 2019
Design Pataki India Pereira, Beverly “Navigating Rithika Merchant’s Fantastical Worlds Steeped In Modern Myth” Web. July 8, 2019
Verve, Shaikh, Sadaf “ Millennials love surrealist art and these 8 artists show us why” Web.  January 10 (view)
Vogue China “Chloé 2019 中国新年特别系列”  Web. January 8 (view)
Elle China “Chloé发布2019中国新年特别系列”  Web. January 8 (view)

2018
Vogue India, Siganporia, Shahnaz “Meet the 40 artists under the age of 40 you need to know about ” December 2018 (view)
Vogue India, Khanna, Priyanka “Rithika Merchant’s work explores the commonality between cultures” November (view)
Vogue India “Presenting the winners: Vogue Women Of The Year 2018”  Web.  October 28 (view)
Verve, The Earth Issue “Artist Highlight: Rithika Merchant” Web. May 2018. (view)
Marie Claire France, Mahler, Lily “Phénomène : la mode dessine”  Web. April 27
Platform Magazine, Jacob,Tony “Rithika Merchant On breaking all mythical boundaries” Web. April 16
Homegrown, Sachdeva, Maanya “Exploring Rithika Merchant’s Unique Brand Of Mythical & Fantastical Art” Web. April 5
Vogue, Taylor, Elise “VogueWorld 100: Artist Rithika Merchant Gives a Whirlwind Tour of Her Favorite Cities, From Barcelona to Mumbai” Web. February 27
Vogue “Introducing VogueWorld 100: These Are the People Who Are Inspiring Us Right Now”  Web. February 27
Elle, Hyland, Veronique “Natacha Ramsay-Levi Begins Her Journey at Chloé by Looking Back” Web. February 15
CNN Style, Jagpal, Jagdip “India Art Fair: The female artists leading the country’s art renaissance” Web. February 10 (view)
The New Indian Express, Indulge, Sen, Jaideep ““It’s an urgent time”: Rithika Merchant on making art in response to social issues” Web. February 5
Vogue India, Chaudhri, Shweta “Meet the Indian artist behind Chloé’s folklore-inspired collection” Web. January 29 (view)
Architectural Digest, Bhuyan, Avantika “Here’s what to expect at the 10th edition of the India Art Fair” Web. January 16
WWD, Diderich, Joelle “Chloé Pre – Fall 2018”  Web. January 10
Art Radar, Kini – Singh, Amita “Where the Water Takes Us”: weaving histories through time and space with Rithika Merchant in Mumbai – in conversation” Web. January 5

2017
Verve
Tata, Huzan “ Why you must catch Rithika Merchant ‘Where The Water Takes Us’ exhibition” Web. December 28
Kerosene Digital “Rithika Merchant’s art: bizarre, beautiful and brilliant” Web. December 18
Art Radar, Jamieson, Anna “3 young Indian artists to know” Web. December 3
Architectural Digest “Tarq’s This Burning Land Belongs To You comes to London” Web. November 2
New York Times, Friedman, Vanessa “Instead of Changing the Woman, Change the Standard” September 28
L’Officiel “A quoi ressemble la nouvelle femme Chloé?” Web. September 28
Visual Melt “Rithika Merchant” Web. January 25

2016
Verve Magazine “ A Day in the Life of Artist Rithika Merchant” Web. November 14
Elle Decor India, Tolia, Raisa “15 young Indian artists to follow right now” Web. July 26
Madrid Art Process “Rithika Merchant : Intersections” Web. June 7
Tendencias del Mercado del Arte, Paredes, Tomas “Rithika Merchant, fusion” nº 93, May
Goldworld, Di Nuzzo, Diana “Rithika Merchant: Dall’India con amore” Web. April 26
La Vanguardia, Paredes, Tomas “Rithika Merchant, fusion y exotismo” April 10
Las Cosas Del Querer, Dubcovsky, Bettina “Rithika Merchant: Intersections” Web. March 28
Ladder and Key, Priority, Christopher “ 10 Point Profile: Rithika Merchant” Web. March 21

2015
Manifesto of Decadence, Darling, Decadence “Modern Myth: An Interview with Rithika Merchant” Web. December 26
Cultartes Magazine, Baldovin, Nicolae “Cultartes Presents Luna Tabulatorum by Rithika Merchant” September 8
Phantasmaphile, Grossman, Pam “Rithika Merchant show and more”  Web. September 2
Disinformation “Rithika Merchant: At The Dusk of Identity by Decadence Darling” Web. September 2
Beautiful/Decay, Evans, Hayley “Rithika Merchant’s Mysterious And Symbolic Paintings Explore The Mythologies Of The Moon” Web. September 1
Beautiful Bizarre Magazine, Triebsee, Kim “Rithika Merchant ‘Luna Tabulatorum’ at Stephen Romano Gallery” Web. August 30
High Fructose, Caro “OPUS HYPNAGOGIA” Presents Surreal New Works by Kris Kuksi, Martin Wittfooth, and More” Web. July 16

2014
Artium Oxide “Art of Rithika Merchant : Myths, Rituals, and Folklore” Web. July 4

2013
Better Interiors Mehemdabadwala, Alifiya. “Art Walk: Rithika Merchant” December
Blouin ArtInfo D’Mello, Rosalyn. “3 Emerging Indian Female Artists to Follow and Collect” Web. October 31
Homegrown Menon, Mandovi. “Rithika Merchant’s Mythography” Web. October 1
Drowning Dogs “Hand written Interview with Rithika Merchant”, February 22

2012
Arte Manifesto Magazine “La Energia Natural y Geometrica de Rithika Merchant” Web. December 5
Anormal Magazine Escobar, Felipe. Rithika Merchant: “Creo en la energía de la naturaleza y el universo” Web. November 25
One Giant Arm Williams, Joe. “Rithika Merchant” Web. November, 3
Zupi Magazine “Mitologia Comparada de Rithika Merchant” Web. August 10
The Montreal Review Tung, Robin. “Rithika Merchant” Web. July
Juxtapoz Magazine “Drawings by Rithika Merchant” Web. March 11
Daily Serving Dailey, Celie. “Rithika Merchant”Web. February 25

2011
Danadoias “Lo Folclorico de Rithika Merchant” Web. May 15
HAND Drawing Pryor, Kimi. “Artist Focus: Rithika Merchant” Web. May 3
Megamagro“Rithika Merchant” Web. April 7, 2011.
Art Sponge Caire, Patrick. “Magnificent Works on Paper by Rithika Merchant” Web. March 17

2010
Of Indian Origin Rao, Nisha John. “Mixing It All Up” Web. Nov 2
Doodlers Anonymous Okat “Dream Are Necessary” Web. April 21