In an image-driven world, I situate my practice in the elementary aspects of image-making. My work takes shape from the vantage point of Ladakh, situated in the remote Indian Himalayas, where I am currently based. Ladakh as a lived experience underpins my analog and camera-less photography, bookmaking, and mixed-media works.
Currently, I teach at the Naropa Fellowship in Ladakh: a post-graduate programme in entrepreneurial leadership and liberal arts, for the local and the Himalayan youth at large. I also manage the Naropa Centre for Writing & Communication–a unique facility that trains students in strategising written and visual communication.
My learnings in and from Ladakh have enabled my understanding of the world as one that does not exist of its own accord, but one that is dependent on causes and conditions. I come to terms with this by navigating through the region’s geography, ecology and local memories and practices, and attempt to arrive at manifestations of the same.
• ‘Political Statement’, LoosenArt, Rome, Italy
• ‘Women in Photography’ (photobook by Katerina Kouzmitcheva), BWA Wroclaw, Poland
• Ladakh Literature Festival, Leh
• The Art Book Exhibition (shortlist display), Shridharani Gallery, Triveni Kala Sangam, New Delhi
• Kochi-Muziris Students’ Biennale
• Confluence & Mega Losar, New Delhi
• Head On Photo Festival, Australia
• Indian Photo Festival, Hyderabad
• Odesa-Batumi Photo Days, Georgia
• Delhi Art Slam, New Delhi
• Deep Listening, New Delhi
• Contemporary Arts Week, New Delhi
• Pukaar : Artists at Work Productions, New Delhi
Prince Claus Seed Award, Prince Claus Fund
Shortlist: Photobook Grant, Alkazi Foundation
Designate Research Fellow, Sahapedia-UNESCO
Winner: Portrait Prize, Indian Photo Festival
‘Itsy-Bitsy Writer’
What can writing do for you?–A conversation with writing faculty from across India;
Anant Fellowship, Anant National University, Ahmedabad
‘Abounaddara and the Syrian Spectacle’ Safarnama–Young Scholars’ Conference;
Ambedkar University Delhi
‘Through the Looking-Glass of the Viewfinder’ IP College for Women, University of Delhi
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Jabberwock: Journal of the Department of English, Lady Shri Ram College for Women,
University of Delhi
Associate Director & Faculty, Naropa Fellowship
Head of Academics, Naropa Fellowship
Manager, Naropa Centre for Writing & Communication, Naropa Fellowship