My work explores the layered nature of identity through the lens of migration, memory, and cultural inheritance. As an immigrant and woman of color, I use mixed media—combining traditional Indian textiles, archival imagery, painting, and printmaking—to examine how personal and collective histories are held in the body and passed down across generations. These works reflect the complexity of belonging in a globalized world, where home is often a fragmented space shaped by both ancestral roots and contemporary dislocation. Visually and conceptually, I draw from South Asian craft traditions, mythology, and lived experience to question gender roles, cultural expectations, and systems of power. Rather than offering literal narratives, I build layered compositions where figures exist in a space between memory and myth—embodying strength, resistance, and transformation. By reclaiming overlooked materials and symbols, I aim to reframe identity not as a fixed label, but as an evolving story. My practice resists the binary of East and West, past and present, sacred and secular—creating works that hold space for multiplicity. This is especially important for those of us whose stories are often underrepresented in dominant cultural narratives. My work speaks to anyone navigating inherited expectations while carving space for autonomy. It is a visual call to remember, reimagine, and reclaim.
