Anu Jindal, Artist, Scholar & Curator, holds a Ph.D. in Art History from the National Museum Institute, National Museum, New Delhi.
As a Japan Foundation Fellow she did a one year stint at Doshisha University, Kyoto, Japan, researching for her Ph.D. on suiboku-ga or ink painting with special reference to the work of the 15th century Zen monk-painter Sesshū Tōyō.
Jindal combines artistic practice with writing and teaching, each discipline enriching the other. Her scholarly work in Visual Art & Design, particularly of Asia, has been presented at International Conferences & published papers. She has taught for several decades primarily at the National Institute of Fashion Technology & School of Planning and Architecture, New Delhi and delivered lectures on Art History & Appreciation at National Museum and National Gallery of Modern Art, New Delhi.
As Visiting Research Professor for a year at International Research Centre for Japanese Studies, Kyoto, Japan she focused on a comparative study of Japanese Ukiyo-e with Indian Painting.
Her artworks have been part of several important exhibitions in India and abroad including the National Exhibitions at Lalit Kala Akademi and Festival of India in USA, the Berlin Biennial, and finds place in Art collections in India and abroad, including Tama Art University, Tokyo and National Gallery of Modern Art, New Delhi.
As Artist
After graduating from the Delhi College of Art, University of Delhi, Anu Jindal specialized in the technique of printmaking and worked for several years in a variety of print media - etching, aquatint, lithography, serigraphy, woodcut and linocut at the Artists Studios of the Lalit Kala Akademi (National Art Academy), New Delhi popularly known as Garhi Studios. 
Initial extensive work in etching prints explored various facets of humanity from embryonic “amobae” to evolution of humans in the “hominidae” series. Art workshops under Prof. Paul Lingren of San Diego University and Prof. Krishna Reddy of New York University stimulated her to make prints in Colour Intaglio technique. She set up her own Printmaking studio to experiment and innovate variations from printing in multiple colours to using large zinc plates and even breaking boundaries by treating etching plates like sculptures.
TABLET II by Anu Jindal. Colour Intaglio Etching print on paper, 20" x 13", 1984
Collection: National Gallery of Modern Art, New Delhi
Having explored various media from printmaking, painting, sculpture and pottery, she has expanded into mixed media and installation art, exercising the need to engage in larger spaces. Jindal is fascinated with Nature and in exloring the harmonious co-existence of nature and humans. She has been particularly enamoured with tree forms which change colour, form and character with each season, imbued with the dynamism of dancing forms they may be human, vegetal or abstract representations.
Several art exhibitions have been thematically inspired by Japanese Art & culture - "Fragrance of Sakura" & "Chimera of Kyoto" at India International Center and "Exuberance of Gold from Momoyama Japan" at Lalit Kala Akademi (National Art Academy) New Delhi. "Indian Hanami" an event of the Japan-India Friendship year 2007, held at the Japan Foundation, New Delhi, featured paintings focused on encouraging Indians to admire and enjoy Indian flowering trees such as amaltash or golden shower, kachnar and dhak, just the way the Japanese celebrate hanami or the custom of sakura or cherry blossom viewing.
MESMERIZING MOMOJI exhibition 2014, Gallery view with artist
As Educator, Scholar & Curator
Anu Jindal has extensive teaching experience spanning two decades, primarily at the National Institute of Fashion Technology, New Delhi and also at School of Planning & Architecture, New Delhi and Sushant School of Art & Architecture, Gurugram, India. She has delivered lectures and taken art classes at various institutions including at College of Art, Department of East Asian Studies at University of Delhi, National Gallery of Modern Art, and National Museum, New Delhi.
Purple Streak Center for Arts founded by her is an institution devoted to the promotion and appreciation of Visual Arts, as well as enjoying the interlinking of the various Arts - Visual, Performing & Literary, through various programmes - classes in Visual Arts, talks, workshops, cultural events,and interactive meetings which are open to people from any age-group or profession.
Jindal's academic work encompasses many areas of Visual Arts, Aesthetics & Appreciation. She has presented her work at national and international conferences and seminars and has several publications. Her interest in comparing different creative expressions with that of her own country is seen in her papers “Contemporary Art Exchanges between Japan and India” at an International Conference and "Ideals of Feminine Beauty in Ukiyo-e and Indian Miniature Painting” presented at the International Research Centre for Japanese Studies, Kyoto, while she was working there.
More recently Jindal has been curating art exhibitions. In January 2020 she organized and curated an International Virtual Art Exhibition "Urmila-Enchanted Mother" under the aegis of the India International Centre in collaboration with the Urmila Foundation, New Delhi.