Cheryl Mukherji (b. 1995) is an Indian visual artist and writer based in Brooklyn, New York. In her work, Cheryl explores the idea of origin and inheritance, which is embedded in the figure of her mother and her presence in the family album, using photography, text, video, and printmaking. Cheryl is a finalist for the Outwin Boochever Portrait Competition 2022 at the National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian. She was a Workspace Resident at Baxter Street at CCNY, New York where she also hosted her debut solo show ‘Wanted Beautiful Home Loving Girl’ in January 2022. Previously, Cheryl has been the recipient of Capture Photography Festival’s Writing Prize 2020, Brooklyn Museum’s #Your2020Portrait Award, South Asian Arts Resiliency Fund (SAARF), Firecracker Photography Grant 2020, and was a finalist for the Dorthea Lange-Paul Taylor Prize 2020. Her work has been exhibited at the National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian (US), Baxter St. at Camera Club of New York (US), Capture Photography Festival (CA), Minnesota Museum of American Art (US), Huxley-Parlour Gallery (UK), Format Photo Festival (UK), Brooklyn Museum (US), Museum of Moving Image (US), International Center of Photography (US), Serendipity Arts Festival (IN), among others. She holds an MFA in Advanced Photographic Studies from ICP-Bard College, New York, 2020.