Kushagra Gupta is a visual artist currently based in Bangalore, India. His work explores the interplay, tension, and intuition that emerge from the abstraction of shapes, colors, textures, and emotions. Drawing inspiration from nature, including flowers that are integral to the Toran installation, his art creates an intuitive, ever-shifting experience that mirrors the dynamic and welcoming energy of space.

His Artwork - Floral Torans of Maharashtra is a digital 3D artwork that reinterprets the floral abundance and decorative language of traditional torans. Through layered compositions of auspicious regional flora, the piece reinforces the thematic idea of welcome and creates a warm, vibrant entry gesture that connects with the cultural identity of Maharashtra.

Jasan Waldura Bangbolgre Sangma is a new media artist working with creative coding, generative systems, and AI. His practice explores how traditional craft languages can be translated into contemporary digital forms, reimagining cultural motifs as living, luminous compositions that respond to space, time, and movement.

His Artwork - Seemant reimagines the traditional Gujarati toran beadwork into a digital realm of light, rhythm, and motion. Suspended across circular screens, luminous orbs narrate a journey through themes of aviation, cosmos, and travel. Patterns of shifting light and colour echo the symmetry and ornamental language of the toran, transforming beadwork into pixels and thread into digital light — an ethereal welcome that bridges craft tradition and contemporary media.

Shubhangi Raheja is a Delhi-based visual artist who creates playful, culture-inspired experiences through illustration, motion, and storytelling. Her work draws from everyday people, local traditions, and moments of human connection, using vibrant colours and expressive characters to create artwork that feels warm, welcoming, and immediately relatable.

Her Artwork - The Swagat Toli brings together a lively group of Marathi characters to greet travellers at the Navi Mumbai Airport gates. Inspired by everyday icons — the Dabbewala, the Koli fisherwoman, the Tutari player, and the welcoming Marathi tai — the series captures warmth, resilience, and community. Developed through sketching, 3D modelling, and animation, it transforms arrival into a joyful cultural welcome for travellers from around the world.

Antariksha Studio's practice bridges the classical and the contemporary, reimagining Indian cultural heritage through games, performance, and new media. In Paithani Emblems, the studio turns to the Paithani saree of Maharashtra – a textile whose peacock, parrot, and floral motifs have long embodied grace, joy, and the warmth of traditional hospitality.

Their Artwork: Paithani Emblems Paithani Emblems reimagines the motif vocabulary of the Paithani saree – its peacocks, parrots, and floral emblems – as a series of animated circular compositions, asking how this centuries-old weaving language might evolve beyond the rectangular loom. Rooted in deep research into traditional Paithani textiles, the work translates their grace and symbolism into a lively, carnival-like welcome for travellers.