Ralph Arnold Gallery, Loyola University, Get It Together, curated by Betsy Odom + Lisa Armstrong, Chicago
Woman Made Gallery, What are you voting for?, curated by Karen Gutfreund + Sherri Cornett, Chicago
Terrain Biennale, Art-in-place, curated by Courtney Lederer, Chicago
Dragonfly Creative Spaces, I am Woman, curated by Ivonne Cruz, Chicago
Woman Made Gallery, Home, curated by Jennifer Weigel, Online
Chicago Art Department, Clay Studies, curated by Marta Saswinoski
Riverside Arts Center, Vessels, curated by Liz Chilsen, Chicago
2019
ACCE: Abrahamic Center for Cultural Education, curated by Imran Ikram, Chicago
The Outsider, collaboration with upcycling designer, Sarah Sands, Chicago
Hyde Park Art Center, (Sub)urban, curated by Audrey Moyer, Chicago
2018
Kalaghoda Arts Festival, Re-born, Mumbai Hyde Park Art Center, Parallel Universe, printworks curated by Liz Born, Chicago Chicago Public Art Group, From Many Paths We Come, fundraiser exhibit, Chicago
2016
16th St theatre, in conjunction with play Muthaland, Chicago *SK design studio, Across Borders, curated by Megha Ralapati, Chicago
2015
Expo Chicago Navy Pier, HPAC Center Program, curated by Jim Dempsey, Chicago Flushing town Hall, Erasing Borders, curated by Aroon Shivdasani IAAC, New York Williamsburg Art & Historical Center, Erasing Borders, IAAC, New York Hammond Museum, Erasing Borders, IAAC, New York
2014
*Jamaat Art Gallery, Work in Progress, curated by Pravina Mecklai, Mumbai Elephant Room Gallery Inc, Small Works, Chicago Chicago Art Department, Off-Center, curated by Mike Nourse, Chicago Roman Susan Gallery, Objects, curated by Kristen Abhalter and Nathan Smith, Chicago Morpho Gallery, Emerging Artists Exhibit, Chicago, IL
2013
Hyde Park Art Center, Not Just Another Pretty Face, facilitated by Kate Lorenz and Megha Ralapati, Chicago *Art on Armitage, Work-Life Balance, curated by Mary Ellen Croteau, Chicago Roman Susan, Surrounded Salon, curated by Nathan Smith & Kristin Abhalter, Chicago Eco Art Lab, Climate Change, curated by Chris Cuomo, Athens GA *Victory Gardens Theatre, in conjunction with Indian play Disconnect, Chicago
2012
Art Heritage Gallery, Feminist Mappings, curated by Amal Allana, New Delhi Hyde Park Art Center,Front and Center, curated by Mike Nourse, Chicago
2011
Ravenswood Art Walk, Chicago Artists Month, Urban Confustions, Chicago *Jamaat Art Gallery, Lofty Assimilation, curated by Pravina Mecklai, Mumbai, India Black Cloud Gallery, mARTch, Chicago
2009
Saffronart, Mumbai Jamaat, Urbanscapes, Mumbai
*indicates solo show
Education
2015
Art of Communicating & Teaching, Hyde Park Art Center, University of Chicago Graham School
2012
The Center Program: professional pathways, Hyde Park Art Center, Chicago
2008
Diploma in Indian Aesthetics, Jnanapravaha, Mumbai
2007
Diploma in Fine Arts, Chelsea College of Art & Design, London
2002
Chartered Accountant, Institute of Chartered Accountants
2001
Bachelor of Commerce- Bombay University, Mumbai
Professional Experience
2019
Center Program Coordinator, Hyde Park Art Center
2014-19
Board Member, Chicago Public Art Group CPAG
2017-18
Center Program Alumni Coordinator, Hyde Park Art Center
2010-present
Teaching workshops
2012
Lead Artist, Devon Streetscape design, Chicago Public Art Group CPAG
2010-13
Art Editor, Urban Confustions
2006-09
General Manager, Osian’s Connoisseurs of Art, Mumbai
2003-05
Premier Relationship Manager HSBC, Mumbai
Artist Statement
I am an international artist exploring the sentiments of belonging, loss, and ultimately acceptance of the liminal space as home.
Working in an interdisciplinary art practice- I employ media of paint, ceramic and laser cutting to balance my love for tactile hand-built objects, mindless repetition and the precision of machines. Multi-lingual text, vivid bold palettes, and dense texture often find their voice within my work.
As a first-generation migrant, having spent a decade away from my homeland- my paintings take on a storytelling narrative of the life of a migrant. I explore my immigration history as an abstract space in which territory becomes an in-between and where I find myself as an outsider in both cultures. I reflect on themes of identity, migration and acceptance as a catalyst for dialogue and creating cross-cultural understanding. I aim to connect multiple generations of women through object-making as I direct the construction of certain sculptures by inviting my mother and daughter to participate with their labor and build a thread of family history as legacy. My work is both intimate and voyeuristic- as I allow the objects to hold the memory of what used to be whilst trying to create a vision of what is to come.