In 2023, TFA introduced the Digital Art Award, instituted in memory of one of India’s foremost abstract artists, Mehlli Gobhai, to recognise young practitioners in this growing field. Young artists between the ages of 18 and 29 can submit digitally drawn or created still images. One winner is selected every year by an independent jury to receive this Toto Award.
Longlist 2026 – Digital Art
(In memory of Mehlli Gobhai, one of India’s most influential and pioneering abstract artists, whose lifelong dedication to form, line, and silence reshaped the visual language of modern Indian art.)
We are happy to announce that fifteen illustrators/digital artists have been longlisted for the 2026 Toto Award for Digital Art.
- Akshita Sinha (New Delhi)
- Firdosh (Mumbai)
- Saif Ansari (Bhopal)
- Shivam Choudhary (Pune)
- Maisha (Mumbai)
- Anaf Mujeeb (Nilambur)
- Piyush Shrivastava (Mumbai)
- Sharon Varghese (Kerala)
- Lea Dasthakir (Bangalore)
- Fatema Hasnain Vohra (Ahmedabad)
- Sneha Biswas (Kolkata)
- Anshika Shukla (Lucknow)
- LarchTongue (Mumbai)
- Manan Dalip (Dehradun)
- Sharanya Ravi (Mumbai)
Congratulations for making it through! You are now part of the Toto Awards 2026 Longlist for Digital Art.
Watch out for the next round – the shortlist – in January 2026.
This award is supported by the Estate of the late Mehlli Gobhai, one of India’s finest abstract artists.