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Amitesh Grover is a theatre director and artist. He has won multiple awards and exhibited his projects across the globe. Grover’s work spans performance, video, digital art, text projects, installation, and theatre. He is currently Associate Professor at National School of Drama. He also curates contemporary performance and is a published writer.

Education
He is an alumnus of The National School of Drama (India) and completed his post graduation from Wimbledon College of Art, University of the Arts London.

Career
Grover work has been shown at Southbank Centre (London), Arts Centre (Melbourne), MT Space (Canada), HKW Berlin (Germany), Segal Festival (U.S.), Belluard Bollwerk International (Switzerland), The Hartell Gallery (U.S.), Foundation of Indian Contemporary Art, Kiran Nadar Museum of Art, The Shrine Gallery, VAICA Video Art Festival, TATA Literature Festival, Bharat Rang Mahotsav, Prithvi Theatre Festival, Serendipity Arts Festival. He was an artist resident at PACT Zollverein (Germany), Tokyo Culture Creation Project (Japan), and Berliner Theatertreffen. His work has been commissioned by the Chennai Photo Biennale and by Australia's Sydney-based 4A Centre for Contemporary Asian Art. He is the creator of India’s first cyber-theatre play THE LAST POET, and his billboard art VELOCITY PIECES.

He was the Artistic Director for International Theatre Festival of Kerala, Ranga Shankara Festival (Bangalore), and Nove Writers’ Festival (Prague).

Currently, he is Associate Professor at the National School of Drama (India), and visiting faculty at National Institue of Design (Ahmedabad), Shiv Nadar University (U.P.), and Tisch School of the Arts (NYU).

Awards
He is the recipient of MASH FICA New Media Award, Prohelvetia South Asian Residency Award, Bismillah Khan National Award, Charles Wallace Award (U.K.) and was nominated for Arte Laguna Prize (Italy), Prix Ars Electronica (Austria) and Forecast Award (Germany).