Please join The Sachs Program for Arts Innovation on Thursday, October 15, 2026, for a public reception celebrating the opening of the exhibition Chrysalis: Pragya Gupta, to be held in the Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts at the University of Pennsylvania.
This program is free and open to the public. Registration is requested but is not required to attend.
- Thursday, October 15, 2026
4:30–6:30 PM - Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts
3680 Walnut Street
University of Pennsylvania
About the Exhibition
Chrysalis: Pragya Gupta is centered on a new series of tetraptychs (four-paneled artworks) by Penn alum Pragya Gupta, presented alongside earlier works that trace the evolution of the artist’s inquiry into what it means to be intimate with one’s own life. Her paintings explore the tension between the selves we construct and the more intimate parts of ourselves that can be harder to hear.
Across the new works, the four-panel structure, scale, and relationship between commercial canvas and stitched fabric remain constant, while the visual language changes markedly from one work to another. The shared structure becomes a kind of container for change, allowing the same inquiry to unfold differently in each work.
Acknowledgments
The exhibition Chrysalis: Pragya Gupta was produced by The Sachs Program for Arts Innovation in partnership with Penn Live Arts.
The exhibition is organized as part of the Arts of India Festival presented by Penn Live Arts in partnership with Sruti, Philadelphia’s Indian Music and Dance Society.
