Deepa Subramanian | |
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 Deepa Subramanian at Galerie De'Arts, Santa Monica, CA. 2025. | |
| Born | 1968 (age 56–57) |
| Alma mater | University of Madras |
| Occupations | Art curator and gallerist |
Deepa Subramanian (b. 1968) is an Indian-American curator, art gallerist and an entrepreneur based in Los Angeles, California, United States. [1]
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She grew up in Chennai, India, and graduated from Madras University in 1988. In 2001, she co-founded a supply chain management business in pharmaceutical chemicals. [2]
In March 2009, she founded Galerie De'Arts, a contemporary art gallery in Bangalore, India in the precinct, Barton Centre. [3] Galerie De'Arts represented established and emerging artists from South India. [4] [5] [6] She has curated several art exhibitions in Bangalore, India and has worked with pioneering artists like S.G.Vasudev , Yusuf Arakkal and Balan Nambiar . The gallery closed post-COVID-19 in 2021. [7] [8] [9]
In 2017, she moved to Los Angeles, California. Since 2018, she has been curating art exhibitions in the United States including "Intersections" which she co-curated for the PST Art, an initiative by the J. Paul Getty Museum, and "1:1" a digital art show for the DNA Digital Art Festival, Santa Monica. In 2025. She founded Galerie De’Arts in Santa Monica, CA. [10]
She was first appointed Arts Commissioner of Santa Monica, California for term June 25, 2019 to June 30, 2023. She was appointed a second time for the term July 25, 2023 to June 30, 2027. She also serves as Chair, Public Arts Committee within the Santa Monica Arts Commission, which is an advisory body to the City Council. Deepa was one of the jurors along with Christine Messineo, Director, Americas, Frieze Art Fair and Anne Ellegood Executive Director of the Los Angeles Institute of Contemporary Art for the selection of Edgar Ramirez's art work, Baji (2023) for the Santa Monica Art Bank Collection at the Frieze Art Fair Los Angeles, 2023. [11]