[1] KHOJ was founded in 1997 by artists like Anita Dube, Subodh Gupta, Bharti Kher, Manisha Parekh and Pooja Sood, who is also currently its director.
[2] KHOJ started as an annual workshop in 1997 founded by Ajay Desai, Anita Dube, Bharti Kher, Subodh Gupta, Prithpal Singh Ladi, Manisha Parekh and Pooja Sood, collectively known as the 'working group'.
[4] The cooperative structure of KHOJ is modelled on various workshops held in the UK and Africa which were supported and guided by the Triangle Arts Trust, based in London.
The first international workshop, coordinated by Ajay Desai, took place in 1997 with twenty-two artists from India and countries like Cuba, Kenya, Namibia, Austria, Australia, United Kingdom, South Africa, Pakistan and Sri Lanka.
As a result, KHOJ has helped in setting up of studios in Karachi, Pakistan (Vasl), Colombo, Sri Lanka (Theertha), Dhaka, Bangladesh (Britto) and Kathmandu, Nepal(Sutra).