Chila Kumari Singh Burman MBE is a British artist, celebrated for her radical feminist practice, which examines representation, gender and cultural identity.

A key figure in the British Black Arts movement in the 1980s, Burman has remained rooted in her understanding of the diverse nature of culture.

From the 2000s, her works were frequently shown internationally with notable group shows including South Asian Women of the Diaspora (Queens Library, New York, 2001) and Text and Subtext (Earl-Lu Gallery, Lasalle-SIA University, Singapore, 2000) toured to Ivan Dougherty Gallery, Sydney, Australia, in 2000 and Ostiasiataka Museet (Museum of Far Eastern Antiquities) Stockholm, in 2001, Sternersenmuseet, Oslo, Norway, and Taipei Fine Arts Museum, Taiwan; X-ray Art Centre (Rui Wen Hua Yi Shu Zhong Xin), Beijing, China, in 2002 (exhibition catalogue).

The resulting hugely popular installation Remembering A Brave New World, addressed the colonial history of Tate Britain and its Eurocentric position.

Adorning the gallery façade with references to Indian mythology, popular culture, female empowerment, political activism and colonial legacy.

Burman has since gone on to complete high profile light installation projects Do you see words in rainbows for Covent Garden’s historic market stall building, Liverpool Love of My Life[7] for the Liverpool Town Hall, and Blackpool Light of My Life for Blackpool's Grade II listed Grundy Art Gallery.

In 2023, she was part of the jury for the John Moores Painting Prize, along with Alexis Harding, The White Pube, Marlene Smith and Yu Hong.

), Narratives for a New Belonging: Diasporic Cultural Fictions (Edinburgh University Press, 2000);[12] and Peter Childs and Patrick Williams, An Introduction to Post-Colonial Theory (Prentice Hall, 1998).

[13] Burman's work features in the 2018 exhibition publication No Colour Bar: Black British Art in Action 1960–1990, edited by Beverley Mason and Margaret Busby.