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.
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
Matèria Gallery, Rome
Stephen Bulger Gallery, Toronto
Vadehra Art Gallery, New Delhi
Untitled #22, from the series, Christopher Street, New York 1976