Born in India , Monali Meher received ‘Unesco -Aschberg’ Residency, Vienna in 1998 & felt an immense necessity to work with body & emotions, made her first performance, “Reflect, A personal window display” at Jehangir art gallery, Mumbai with the statement “Nothing is permanent & it’s a nature’s law”. In 2000-’01, Monali was at Rijksakademie Van Beeldende Kunsten, Amsterdam for a research residency. In 2006,she performed at Tate modern, London, Dadao international performance festival, Beijing, “Sinop Biennale”, Turkey, “Nederlands Een” exhibition, Museum Gouda. In 2007, she performed at “National Review on Live Art”, Glasgow, where she was invited for the panel discussion, “Performance Art and Other Histories”.