Sunil Gupta (b. 1953 New Delhi, India) moved to Canada as a teenager in the late 1960s, studying a Bachelor of Commerce at Concordia University, Montreal before moving to New York and enrolling in photography courses with Lisette Model, Philippe Halsman and George Tice at the New School, NY, USA (1976). He went on to receive: a Diploma from West Surrey College of Art & Design, (now UCA) Farnham, Surrey, UK (1981); an MA from Royal College of Art, London, UK (1983); and a PhD from the University of Westminster, London, UK (2019) with a thesis titled "Queer Migrations." Honorary Awards include an MA from the Surrey Institute of Art and Design, Fellowships from the Royal Photographic Society and the Royal College of Art, and an Honorary Doctorate from the University of York.
Gupta lives and works in London. He is a Professorial Fellow in Photography at the University for the Creative Arts, Farnham.
In 2026 he was awarded an MBE for Services to Art and to the LGBTQ+ Communities in the King’s Birthday Honours list.

Represented by

Hales Gallery, New York + London

Matèria Gallery, Rome

Stephen Bulger Gallery, Toronto

​Vadehra Art Gallery, New Delhi
Untitled #22, from the series, Christopher Street, New York 1976

​Forthcoming Exhibitions

Images Vevey
Vevey, Switzerland
5th —27th September 2026

Sunil Gupta: Life With A Camera, 1970 — Now
Kettle's Yard, Cambridge
19th September 2026 — 31st January 2027

Earthly Paradise: Radical Living in the UK
William Morris Gallery, London
3rd October — 21st March 2027

Love Stories
Sainsbury's Centre for the Arts, Norwich
19th December 2026 — 30th May 2027

Current Exhibitions

Beyond the Binary
​APRE Art House
Colaba, Mumbai
14th August 2026 - 

Unruly Desires - Reframing the Past
Leamington Spa Art Gallery & Museum
Leamington Spa
​22rd May 2026 - 6th September, 2026

Dear America: Artists Explore the American Experience
National Gallery of Art
Washington DC
​11th April 2026 - 20th September, 2026

Fragile Beauty: Photographs from the Sir Elton John and David Furnish Collection
Jeu de Paume
Paris
​12th June 2026 - 27th September, 2026

Ten.8 Afterimage
The New Art Gallery, Walsall
Gallery Square
Walsall
WS2 8LG
1st May 2026 - 13th September, 2026

An Incomplete Survey of Portraiture 
Galerie Hussenot
Paris 75003
30th April — 12th September 2026

Highlights from the Collection
Vancouver Art Gallery
till— 6th January 2030

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