A recent graduate of the Royal College of Art, Divya Balivada (b. 1992) is an Indian artist, based in London. She received the Women's Achiever Art Award in Goa, India, in 2024, and in 2025 was shortlisted for the Jaguar x RCA Prize. Her mark-making emerges from feeling, memory, and sensation, accumulating into dense, ornate clusters that convey the intensity of human experience. Balivada's vibrant palette reflects the sensory richness of Goa and Mumbai, where she grew up.
A Day That Stayed captures a mundane and cherished moment, revealing an intimate space filled with fragments of her thoughts and movements.