- Following 522
- Followers 149.5K
- Engagement 1.52%
- Avg likes 2.4K
- Avg comments 28
About Rithika Merchant
Rithika Merchant (@rithikamerchant) is an Artist creator on Instagram, also filed under Art & DIY. The account has 149,460 followers and 655 published posts. Recent posts average 2,371 likes and 28 comments, an engagement rate of 1.52%.
An audience of 149.5K puts Rithika Merchant in the mid-tier, between 100,000 and 1 million followers. Set against 522 accounts followed, the audience works out to about 286 followers per account Rithika Merchant follows. Rithika Merchant carries Instagram's verified badge and uses an Instagram professional account. Flinque files Rithika Merchant under Artist, with Art & DIY as a secondary category.
Rithika Merchant's Instagram bio is brief, at 4 words. The bio mentions @tarqmumbai and @galerielj. The latest activity Flinque has on record for Rithika Merchant dates from October 2026.
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655 Posts
Of the 10 most recent posts shown for Rithika Merchant, 6 are single images, 3 are carousels and 1 is a video. That mix leans toward single images. Rithika Merchant has built a substantial archive of 655 posts. Against the audience, that is roughly 228 followers for each post published. Rithika Merchant also keeps 10 story highlights on the profile. All 10 carry captions, averaging 88 words each. The captions are written mainly in English. Words that recur across them include october, paper, paris, world and upcoming. The captions tag #rithikamerchant, #galerielj, #watercolouronpaper and #largeformatwatercolor.
🌱Please join us Friday, October 16, to celebrate "The Dreaming Realm", third solo exhibition with us. It will be on view thru November 21 at the gallery.
📷 Detail of: Rithika Merchant, SOFT SONGS, 2026, 75x100cm, Gouache, watercolour, ink and gel pen on paper
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The handout is a six-fold accordion, with its form inspired by the installation itself, which is mounted on a seven-frame wood and acrylic screen.
One side features the artwork, while the other includes an essay by Ranjit Hoskote and Rithika’s biography.
The titles are printed in a vibrant red, drawing from the artist’s use of red as an accent in her work.
5-colour offset printed on 120 gsm Tango Smooth Neutral paper the handout features a deep blue, as a special Pantone shade.
Team Bombay Duck Designs:
Zeenat Kulavoor, Shreya Mitragotri, Dnyanesh Patale, Jaya Dharmarajan
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June 2026
RITHIKA MERCHANT
Born 1986, India
I absolutely love Rithika Merchant’s work. There is something about this world of plants, bodies, animals and symbolic forms that I can look at again and again.
For me there is a strong spiritual dimension to the work, and I think that is one of the things I’m most drawn to. Everything seems connected, humans, animals, plants, the earth and the cosmos. The paintings sometimes feel almost like maps of an inner or imaginary world, filled with symbols and stories that you somehow recognise without necessarily knowing what they mean.
Rithika draws from mythology, nature and stories from different cultures, bringing these references together into a visual language of her own. I love that you can enter the paintings without having to understand every symbol. They can simply be experienced, mysterious, beautiful and full of life.
Born in Mumbai, Rithika studied Fine Arts at Parsons in New York and now divides her time between Mumbai and Barcelona. She has exhibited internationally, with solo exhibitions at in Mumbai, in London and in Paris.
A small Swedish connection, Rithika was also included in Mentors at in Stockholm in 2021.
She has also collaborated with across several collections, translating elements of her visual world into prints and artworks for the fashion house.
Definitely an artist I would love to see much more of in person.
Images via / Instagram
👑 "The Dreaming Realm" continues the narrative odyssey that Rithika Merchant has been unfolding across her successive series since 2020. In this new chapter she draws on biomimicry to design architectural forms inspired by plant and organic mechanisms.
Her ongoing series also marks a milestone focused on social organization, interdependence, reciprocity between species and knowledge sharing.
📷 Detail of "Dreaming Realm", 2026, Gouache, watercolor, ink and gel pen on paper, 99x150cm
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'Tarot! Renaissance Symbols, Modern Visions' is organised by Joshua O’Driscoll, Melvin R. Seiden Curator and Department Head of Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts, and Frank Trujillo, Sherman Fairchild Director of the Thaw Conservation Center. Modern Visions is organized by Claire Gilman, Acquavella Curator and Department Head of Modern and Contemporary Drawings, with Esther Levy, Curatorial Assistant, Modern and Contemporary Drawings.
Pictured: Rithika Merchant, The Hermitess, 2021, 35 x 25 cm / 13.7 x 9.8 inches, Gouache, watercolour and ink on paper.
[Rithika Merchant, Contemporary Art, Watercolour on Paper, New York, South Asian Artist, TARQ]
Looking forward to sharing new works this October in Paris
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For the Artspace Banner Series, ‘Empirical Study’ reimagines how we understand the universe – blending science fiction, mythology and Eastern spiritual traditions into richly detailed speculative landscapes.
Rather than narratives of conquest or control, Merchant’s beings navigate the cosmos through sensation, collectivity and shared knowledge, inviting us to consider alternative ways of sensing and relating to the world around us.
Until 30 June.
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The Banner series is generously supported by Andrew Cameron AM and Cathy Cameron
It was a pleasure to present Rithika Merchant's paintings, which serve as a reminder of the importance of peaceful coexistence in today’s world.
[Art Basel, Indian Contemporary Art, South Asian Art, Art Fair, TARQ]
Rithika Merchant's engagement
Rithika Merchant's engagement rate on Instagram is 1.52%, between 1% and 3%, or 1 to 3 likes and comments per 100 followers. On a typical post that comes to about 1 like or comment for every 66 followers. Likes outnumber comments by roughly 85 to 1, with 2,371 likes and 28 comments on an average post, so most reactions are taps rather than replies.
Engagement rate
1.52%
- Avg likes
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- Avg comments
- 28
- Interactions : followers
- 1 : 66
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Who is Rithika Merchant?
Rithika Merchant (@rithikamerchant) is an Artist creator on Instagram, also filed under Art & DIY. Rithika Merchant carries Instagram's verified badge and uses an Instagram professional account. Rithika Merchant's Instagram bio is brief, at 4 words.
How many followers does Rithika Merchant have?
Rithika Merchant has 149,460 followers on Instagram (149.5K). Set against 522 accounts followed, the audience works out to about 286 followers per account Rithika Merchant follows. Rithika Merchant has built a substantial archive of 655 posts.
What is Rithika Merchant's engagement rate?
Rithika Merchant's engagement rate on Instagram is 1.52%, between 1% and 3%, or 1 to 3 likes and comments per 100 followers. On a typical post that comes to about 1 like or comment for every 66 followers. Likes outnumber comments by roughly 85 to 1, with 2,371 likes and 28 comments on an average post, so most reactions are taps rather than replies.
What does Rithika Merchant post about on Instagram?
Flinque files Rithika Merchant under Artist, with Art & DIY as a secondary category. Of the 10 most recent posts shown for Rithika Merchant, 6 are single images, 3 are carousels and 1 is a video. The 10 recent Instagram captions Flinque holds for Rithika Merchant repeatedly use the words october, paper, paris, world and upcoming. Rithika Merchant's captions carry hashtags such as #rithikamerchant, #galerielj and #watercolouronpaper. Rithika Merchant writes those captions mainly in English. Rithika Merchant keeps 10 story highlights, which open with a free Flinque account.
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