Early Life and Artistic Foundations Mithu Sen, born in West Bengal, India, in 1971, emerged as a significant voice in contemporary Indian art through a journey deeply rooted in both academic rigor and personal exploration. Her formative years were marked by an early engagement with literature—her Bengali poetry published while still young—and a parallel passion for athletics, suggesting a mind attuned to both intellectual and physical expression. This duality would later inform her artistic practice, which often grapples with the complexities of the body, identity, and societal norms. Sen’s…