Education
Bachelor of Arts, Art Education, Spring 2025Exhibitions
2024 Group Exhibition, Year of the Snake, The Art Station - Big Shanty2024 Group Exhibition, The Art of Noticing, Avondale Arts Alliance
2025 Group Exhibition, Tilt Your Face to the Kissing Sun, South River Art Studios
18x18in
28x22in
2D Works
I love indulging in the 2D plane, making elements pop with contrast and vibrancy.
My relationship with my artwork has been a complex journey full of confidence and fear. I'm still finding my footing. While I understand that valuable art requires extensive research into topics and clear communication with viewers, I still grapple with humanity’s concept of concrete artistic value. Currently, I find myself naturally drawn to non-archival materials and processes— cardboard, scrap wood, or drafting paper from Scraplanta. Though my large oil paintings on these materials are disintegrating, there's a profound satisfaction in creating meaningful art from modest beginnings; creating something out of nothing. At this point, I am not entirely concerned with the longevity of my art, welcoming the process of decay.
Recently, I've focused on themes of sisterhood and feminine relationships in my personal life through drawing and painting. I'm also fascinated by the distinction between appropriation and appreciation in art. As a third-generation Indian-American who is the child of a somewhat assimilated father, my artistic journey involves self-discovery and research into my lineage. What once felt like appropriation of my own identity is transforming into a visual language rooted in careful research and empathy. Through art, I aim to explore my family's history and confront generational trauma, creating a clear visual path toward meaningful healing.
While today's “art world” has its unprecedented challenges, I appreciate how it has become more democratic—allowing working-class people the means to create and preserve their art. While I appreciate how digital platforms have democratized art creation and preservation - a stark contrast to historical limitations where art was primarily preserved by the wealthy - I'm concerned with their repetitions of existing socio-economic hierarchies. I understand that most pre-digital art represents a narrow, elite viewpoint. The industry of post-digital art, contrarily, is nearly oversaturated and its algorithms are enigmas to the average user. Navigation through it involves intense integration into many platforms and varied modes of communication.
I say this because in my late teens, I faced the digital art world head on. My art-focused YouTube channel unexpectedly took off, providing financial gain, brand deals, and a broad audience for my practice. My sudden rise to prominence gave me unique insights into public scrutiny at a young age. I often consider the implications of my roles as an artist and a “content creator,” and their relationship in the environment of a capitalist tech oligarchy. I’ve since learned that becoming a social media influencer is an integral part that artists themselves play in the 21st century art market. SCAD now instructs students to consistently upload quality TikToks of their work. I will never sit right with this fact. To be honest, I’ve never sat right with the fact that we’ve allowed a private university to drive many students into crippling debt without the guarantee of a stable job in the art world. Art becomes something else when we bring capitalism into the picture.
After achieving artistic YouTube “stardom”, I had to carefully choose which aspects of my art and personhood to share online while communicating with a growing audience and retaining their attention, while considering the digital footprint that was heavily stressed during my upbringing. If I wanted to be a teacher, I had to be cautious about what I was putting out into the world. Although, it seems like the concept of a “digital footprint” moves to our peripherals more and more each day.
In college, at Georgia State University, I forged strong connections with my studio art professors, drawing inspiration from their artistry, integrity, and pedagogy. As I began to drift away from my persona as a YouTube content creator, I graced the “real” art world again, and felt a newfound semblance of peace. There is something very human about our relationship with tangible processes.
Looking ahead as a future art educator, I aim to bridge traditional and digital realms, using technology to enhance rather than replace conventional artistic practices. I'm committed to preparing both myself and my future students for artistic innovation while preserving the fundamental values of artistic expression. This means continuing to push boundaries and experiment with both established and emerging methods of creation, always keeping the focus on authentic artistic and human growth.
Digital
I recently learned how to use Photoshop after creating digital art on Procreate for many years. I began making flyers for WRASFest 2024, and continually challenged myself to make other flyers for various events we’ve put on at Album 88, including Dumpster Dive, and my own weekly specialty show, Planet 8. I’ve since made flyers for my own events, such as the Hurricane Helene Relief Show, Brittlestar: Fairies in the Garden and Brittlestar: Cowpokes and Bimbos, and events we organized at Love Letters tattoo studio.
3D Works
I have a basic understanding of woodworking, welding, and ceramics from my studio classes at GSU.
Tattoo
I do handpoke tattoos, using a machine occasionally.
This style of tattooing is most comfortable to me because it allows for the most control. I am able to feel the skin resisting to each individual poke and determine how to approach each tattoo on a case-by-case basis. Handpokes are an interesting art form to me because of how they settle too; when they’re fresh, they show up light, and over the course of a few days, they begin to darken. Some of these images are fresh and you will notice they’re a bit lighter than others.
Youtube
Does it count?
I’m including my Youtube on here because I feel that it has impacted my artistic career. Through Youtube, I’ve collaborated with brands such as Arrtx, Flexispot, and Wix. I’ve also gained video editing skills over multiple softwares, and have come to understand what viewers expect in terms of video content.