Kaiko Moti (1921–1989) was an franco-indian ^[1] painter and printmaker. He was born in 1921 in Bombay, India, and studied at the Bombay School of Fine Arts. In 1946, he moved to London, England, where he studied at the Slade School of Art at University College.^[2] In 1950, he relocated to Paris, where he worked with printmaker Stanley William Hayter in the Atelier 17 artist group, where he developed Viscosity Printing Techniques, a work from this period is included in the British Museum collection.^[3] He brought these skills with him when he moved to the University of Wisconsin, where he worked with Dean Meeker^[4] and taught his printmaking techniques to japanese artist Hitoshi Nakazato.^[5]

Moti's work is held in the permanent collection of the British Museum,^[3] the Victoria and Albert Museum,^[6] the Musée d’Art Moderne de Paris,^[7] among other venues.^[8]