Deepshikha Kalsi is a qualified materials conservator and consultant, who has worked with Museums and private clients for over a decade to evaluate the condition of their art collections and find suitable conservation solutions. Previous engagements include working with the Indian National Trust for Art and Cultural Heritage(INTACH) where she was involved with inspecting and documenting collections as well as planning and implementing conservation procedures, and training programmes. Followed by 7 years at the Times of India group, establishing and heading their Art Conservation Department.
After specialising in Textile Conservation from Victoria and Albert Museum, London in 2011, she came back and established the Textile Conservation Studio in Delhi. Some of the recent projects have been conserving textiles of Royal families from Jaipur and Dungarpur for their private museum. Conservation of gold and silver embellished textiles for Amrapali museum. And most recently was in London to work with Victoria and Albert Museum, on the 'Fabric of India' exhibition as one of the core members of the textile conservation team.
She has been awarded the Charles Wallace India Trust Fellowship, Simon Digby Trust, the Nehru Trust and the Bonita Trust Fellowship for pursuing specialised training in field of Textile Conservation.
Deepshikha Kalsi is an excellent art conservator. She has extensive experience of paintings and paper conservation and has built on those skills to gain a thorough grounding in textile conservation completing two long internships in the textile conservation studio of the Victoria and Albert Museum in London. Her affinity with textiles, practical skills and ability to work as a member of a team were greatly appreciated and praised by her supervisors at the V&A. She has demonstrated perseverance and motivation in establishing herself as a freelance conservator in India and has worked on prestigious textile collections in India.
I would have no hestitation in recommending her as a textile conservator.
Deepshikha is very passionate about her work, her incites into conservation are noteworthy. She has played a stellar role in documenting, maintaining and display of our works across centres.
Deepshikha Kalsi provides high quality work with personalized attention and care to every textile piece she is entrusted with. At Eka, where we often manage large museum advisory projects, we often work with multi-genre exhibitions and many of these stunning historic objects are often organic. From storage and repair to disaster recovery or exhibition display, Deepshikha has been an unanimous choice for our firm when it comes to textile conservation.
