Prema Murthy is an American artist based in New York, who works in painting, drawing, prints, video, installation, and digital media to explore the boundaries between embodiment and abstraction. Murthy received a BA in Art History and Women’s Studies from the University of Texas, Austin and an MFA from Goldsmith's College, London. She has exhibited in numerous shows including PS1/MoMA, the Whitney Museum of American Art, the New Museum of Contemporary Art, the Reina Sofia Museum-Madrid, the Generali Foundation-Vienna, and the India Habitat Center-New Delhi.

Her work has been written about in the New York Times, Art Asia Pacific Magazine, the Wall Street Journal and Artforum. Murthy’s works are in several public and private collections including the Charugundla Collection, the Queens Museum of Art, the Neuberger Berman Collection, and multiple works being recently added to the TD Bank collection.