Artist Spotlights
Ruhee Maknojia
“My art process is rooted in patience. I often work with hand-painted patterns and repetitive strokes, a process that can take a lot of time, especially when working on large-scale projects. My work ranges from immersive installations to small-scale paintings, with the play in scale inspired by Mughal-era miniature paintings and large architectural gardens.”
Cheryl Mukherji
“I think about domestic labor often in my work, not washing dishes, but the work it takes to stay related to someone, even my mother who lives across distance and time zones. I work with photography, text, video, printmaking to realize these ideas. My process is slow and intuitive, structured within daily routines and bursts of art-making in my living room which alternates as my studio. ”
Takuji Hamanaka
“My works are more like hybrid of two ancient craft-woodcut and stained glass both of which I have a good deal of experience.”
Noga Cohen
“My process is very gestural and experimental. My background is in photography, so I’ve earned my knowledge in sculpture through experimenting with materials and discovering forms, textures and shapes that excite me.”
Ivana Carman
“My process is varied but I’m always taking from my life experiences and surroundings. I’ll usually start by drawing or painting from observation and continue investigating an idea in the studio with collage, printmaking, painting, or some combination of all three.”
Melissa Joseph
“I work largely intuitively, and I feel like when I’m making I become a channel for collective memory or knowledge to pass through. It feels directed in a way that is unlike other things I do.”
Hafsa Riaz
“The line etching process is the longest as I build up the drawing with repetitive marks in circles, instead of straight-line drawings. This process is almost meditative. A monotone color palette dominates most of my works as it enhances the nostalgia of the visuals.”
Keli Safia Maksud
“My practice involves a lot of research and the work that is produced as a result of this research is interdisciplinary. I am interested in ideas around identity formation and enjoy thinking about these ideas from different angles, which then necessitates working in different mediums.”
Jovita Alvares
“I like to observe... Everything. I make it a point to walk everyday and notice the world around me no matter how seemingly mundane. I have noticed, over the years that this is how the thought process for any of my works begin... From life.”