Born in 1972, Nidhi Agarwal studied at the College of Art, Delhi. Awards received by her include the Yuva Mahotsava and Sahitya Kala Parishad award, AIFACS award, ITDC award and a Ravi Jain Annual scholarship. She has held several exhibitions of her work in India, Germany and the USA. She has participated in group shows and camps organized by the Lalit Kala Academy, New Delhi, as well as Bharat Bhawan, Bhopal and various private galleries in India and overseas.

Nidhi works in various media like oils, acrylics, charcoal, pastels, rice paper, silver foil, pen and ink, as well as waste material. On the canvas she uses a thick impasto technique; the painting forms through a series of layered paints besides pouring, splashing and even squeezing the tubes directly onto the canvas. The end result is a highly textured surface. Her choice of palette is very bright, vivid and electrifying. There is a strange but breathtaking contrast between the colour surface and the designed forms.