Nibha Sikander earned her Bachelors and Masters in Visual Arts from the Maharaja Sayajirao University, Vadodara (2006, 2008), where she was awarded the Nasreen Mohamedi Scholarship (2004-2005).
Sikander’s first solo exhibition titled Wandering Violin Mantis was presented at TARQ, Mumbai, in 2019. She has been part of several group exhibitions, some of which include The Artist As, curated by Vaidehi Gohil and Sonakshi Bhandari, TARQ, Mumbai (2025); signals…瞬息: signals…here and there, curated by Billy Tang and Celia Ho, at Para Site, Hong Kong (2023); Zero to Hundred, HH Art Spaces, Goa (2023); Ephemeroptera: Time After Time, presented by TARQ and Gallery XXL, at TARQ, Mumbai (2023); Mycelial Legacies I and II, curated by Deeksha Nath at Anant Art, New Delhi and JNAF, Mumbai (2023); The Inner Life of Things: Around Anatomies and Armatures, Kiran Nadar Museum of Art, Noida (2022); ALCHEMY: Explorations in Indigo, Kasturbhai Lalbhai Museum, Ahmedabad (2019); Beyond Borders, curated by the CONA Foundation at the Whitworth Gallery/Museum, Manchester, England (2017-18); A New Space, Nazar Art Gallery, Vadodara (2016); A Construal of Mourning and Rage, Emami Chisel Art, Kolkata (2014); Group show at Studio X, as part of the Paradise Lodge International Artist Residency, Mumbai (2013); Beauty and the Beast, Matthieu Foss Gallery, curated by Anne Maniglier, Mumbai (2011); Show Girls!, Strand Art Room Gallery, curated by Anne Maniglier, Mumbai (2009); From our Cabinets to the Museum, Open Eyed Dreams Gallery, curated by Aparna Roy Baliga, Kochi (2009); and Class of 2008, curated by Bhavna Khakkar, Art Konsult Gallery, New Delhi (2008-09).
She has taken part in residencies namely Paradise Lodge International Artist Residency, Lonavala, Mumbai (November, 2013); Sandarbh International Artists Residency Programme, Jaipur (November, 2012); and Residency at the American School of Bombay, Mumbai (March - May, 2010).
She has recently participated in India Art Fair, New Delhi (2025); Art Mumbai, Mumbai (2023); Art Basel Hong Kong, Discoveries section (2023); and India Art Fair, Delhi (2024, 2020) represented by TARQ, Mumbai.
Sikander’s works are a part of the collection of the Durjoy Bangladesh Foundation; Ark Foundation for the Arts, Vadodara; and the Kiran Nadar Museum of Art, New Delhi.
Sikander currently works and lives in Murud-Janjira and Mumbai.