Area of Practice

Visual artist 

Education

1993-96 FINE ART (Kala-Bhavan, Visva-Bharati University)

2008-11 HORTICULTURE AND GARDEN DESIGN (RHS London)

Work Experience

• Art pedagogy with Govt. schools, art therapy with children and adults with special needs and engagements with a variety of organizations involved in environmental art
• Collaboration with National Institute of Advanced Studies and Indian Foundation for the Arts facilitating teacher training art programs in Govt. schools across Karnataka (2005-08)
• Publication: Art in education – handbook for teachers (Ekalavya 2008)
  Solo and collective art exhibitions in London and Bengaluru

Interest Areas

Visual thinking, art practice, art pedagogy, scientific enquiry, ecology and popular culture

Current Practice at Srishti

FOUNDATION STUDIES: visual literacy, space and place, studies in socio-cultural design thinking practices

Creative Practice and Outreach

Inquiry into relationships between contemporary visual culture, ecology and popular culture.

Study tours to sites of ecological importance

Engagement in art, craft and nature with children who are underprivileged

Recent Units facilitated

Contextual enquiry: Space and place

Generic Skills: Social and cultural thinking tools