Poulomi Basu (1983, Kolkata, India) is an accomplished transmedia artist, photographer, and dedicated activist whose practice has garnered widespread recognition utilizing her art as a powerful method for social change. Her work explores the relationship between politics of bodies and systems of power. She has dedicated her life to advocating for women's rights, particularly in the Global South but impacting worldwide. Basu's work is informed by her own patriarchal upbringing in Kolkata, India, where both her mother and grandmother were child brides and young widows.