I’m a sculptor based out of the Southern Aravalli Ranges of Rajasthan, India. I received a BFA with Distinction from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago (2021). My place centric practice responds to the daily experiences of uneven rains, excessive humidity, and disintegrating hills that are symptomatic of the Anthropocene. Embedded in research on devotional practices and conceptions of nature, my works question, and aim to dissolve, material and spatial boundaries.
My sculptures are made with building materials that engage in mediation of heat, moisture, and light. Their compositions refer to liminal spaces like thresholds, courtyards, ghats (riverbanks), and dams which enable interaction with these elements. Effectively, the works bounce between the bodily, domestic, infrastructural, and environmental scales. Currently, my practice explores the metaphorical, material, and sensorial properties of water which generate muddled sensations and conceptual states that diffuse the edge between the body and its environs. Stains, spills, and seepages break the physical and imagined boundaries between the interior and exterior; as water seeps into walls and moisture permeates skin, the porous concrete becomes the epidermis and walls become the surrounding hills.
Education
2021
School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago | Bachelor of Fine Arts (Distinction), Sculpture
2018
Siena Art Institute, Siena, Italy | Study Trip
Solo Exhibitions
2020
Chaumasa: Four Months of Monsoon | SITE Gallery, Chicago
Group Exhibitions
2021
Passages | Cook Station Arts Collective, Online
2021
BFA Thesis Show | Sullivan Gallery, Chicago
2019
A poem left Untitled | SITE Gallery, Chicago
2018
ARTBASH | School of the Art Institute of Chicago
Peer Reviewed Journals
2021
OBJ: TBD, A reflective essay on the nature of the yet to be decided Object in Exhibition Design | (Field Notes: A Journal of Collegiate Anthropology, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee)
Awards
2021
TAF Emerging Artist Award (South Asia)- Shortlist | The Arts Family, London
2021
Space 118 Fine Arts Grant | Space 118, Mumbai
2021
Graduating Student Leadership- Honorable Mention | School of the Art Institute of Chicago
2018
Linda and Vincent Buonanno Contemporary Practices Scholarship | School of the Art Institute of Chicago
2018
First Year Scholar’s Grant | School of the Art Institute of Chicago
2017-2021
Scholar’s Program | School of the Art Institute of Chicago
2017
Presidential Merit Scholarship | School of the Art Institute of Chicago
Work Experience
Field Museum
2021
Field Museum | Research Intern | Exhibition Design
School of the Art Institute of Chicago
2019- 2021
Undergraduate Teaching Assistant | Contemporary Practices
2018- 2021
Woodshop Monitor and Cage Assistant | Sharp Instructional Shops
2021
Future Fossils: SUM By Lan Tuazon | Hyde Park Art Center, Chicago