Artist Statement

Art is how I make sense of the world and how I come to understand who I am. It gives me a way to externalize thoughts, emotions, and contradictions that are difficult to articulate otherwise. My practice is rooted in self-exploration and storytelling, centering on themes of memory, identity, culture, and lived experience.I am drawn to quiet, everyday moments, small gestures, and routines that often go unnoticed but profoundly shape how we care, belong, and understand ourselves. These moments rarely enter formal histories, yet they carry deep personal meaning. Through painting, I treat memory as an archive, one that allows me to hold onto my family, my upbringing, my South Indian heritage and the textures of life lived.

Distance from home has deeply shaped my work. As a South Indian living far from Kerala, I have become more aware of what I once took for granted, the language, rituals, relationships, and most importantly shared time. Painting becomes a way to stay connected to my family, heritage and my stories. It allows me to carry these experiences forward while making sense of who I am now.

At its core, my practice is a continuous search for an answer to a single question: Who am I?

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