Priyanka Aelay (born 1990) is a young artist based in Hyderabad. Ph. D in Film studies and Visual culture from English and Foreign Languages University (2022), Master of Fine arts from Hyderabad Central University (2013). She is known for her contemporary work which represents a lot of flora and fauna with a minimalist approach towards Indian miniature art. Her work wishes to invite the viewer into her own web of creative impulses which are sumptuously woven into known and unknown coral forms.
Priyanka has actively participated in numerous national and international shows, camps including 'A Theatre x Art Festival' in Lucknow, 'Graphic Sense 7 Sensibility' in Chawla Art Gallery, New Delhi.
She has been selected and displayed her work with the cross residency programme by Kalakriti art gallery and Bordeaux Metropole in France 2018. Her work has been acquired by the Microsoft company, Benetton museum and U S Consulate general.