Kinnari Saraiya (b. 1998, Bombay, India) is an interdisciplinary artist, curator, and dancer whose practice interweaves oral, visual, choreographic, and musical storytelling. Trained as a folk dancer and fine artist, she explores indigenous epistemology, animism, and (de)colonial histories through film, virtual environments, and interactive installations. Her motion-captured choreography—developed in collaboration with classical dancers—is embodied by virtual characters in Unreal Engine, while her research into touch and haptics manifests in tactile interfaces, such as mechanical controls sewn into textiles or embedded in analog technologies, positioning the viewer as a co-creator.

She holds a BA (Hons) in Fine Art from Arts University Bournemouth (2020), where she received an award for Excellence in Creativity, and a Visharad in Indian Folk Dance from Kalanjay. Her projects have been presented at the Baltic Centre for Contemporary Art, Frieze Art Fair, and The Bowes Museum (2022–2023), with exhibitions at FORMAT Festival (2023), VISUAL Carlow (2022), and the Kyiv Biennial (2021). Her collaborative virtual world, It was a Roadside Picnic, earned an Honorary Mention at the Prix Ars Electronica (2022). She has participated in residencies such as Boundary Crosser Residency at CYENS, Cyprus (2023) and Hotel Generation by Arebyte (2023). In 2021, she was recognized by Arts Council England as an individual of exceptional promise and received the Frieze x Deutsche Bank Curatorial Fellowship. Upcoming solo exhibitions include Phoenix Art Space (2025) and FutureEverything (2026), with a group showing at CPH:DOX (2025).