Vineet Kackeris a full time artist and part time curator who works from his studio in Gurgaon. After graduating as an architect in 1989, he was introduced to ceramics atthe Andretta Pottery, Himachal and the Golden Bridge Pottery, Pondicherry. He worked as an artist-in-residence at the Anderson Ranch Arts Center in Colorado, and the Northern Clay Center, Minnesota, U.S.A. He later studied in a post-experience program at the University of Wales Institute, U.K. He is the recipient of the Charles Wallace Fellowship and the Fulbright grant. He is a member of the International Academy of Ceramics, Geneva.His work is a part of several collections –notably the Museum of Contemporary Ceramics at Icheon, Korea; the Indian Ceramics Museum atFuping, China, the Mark Rokhko Art Center, Latvia and the Ariana Museum, Switzerland.