Education 2017 MFA, San Francisco Art Institute, CA. 2010 GDPD, Exhibition & Spatial Design, National Institute of Design, India. 2008 Spatial Design, Ecole Supérieure des Arts Appliqué, Paris, France.
Exhibitions 2024 “Rodin Response: FIELD family secrets”, Cincinnati Art Museum, OH. 2024 “Aliens”, curated by Isabella Indolfi, PS122 Gallery, NYC, NY. 2023 “Unveiling Boundaries: The Evocative Power of Place and Space”, curated by Minoosh Zomodinia, San Francisco Arts Commission Galleries, SF. 2023 “FIELD [dans l’ordre des choses]”, Chateau de Vaudijon, Colombier, Switzerland. 2023 “A Complexity of Joys”, curated by Patricia Miranda, MAPSpace, Port Chester, NY. 2023 “Tenuous Threads”, curated by Patricia Miranda, Atlantic Gallery, New York City, NY. 2022 “FIELD: Dwelling Landscape” exhibition at Lower Cavity, MA. 2022 “Braiding FIELD - NYC” at NYC City Hall Park, organized by Franklin Furnace, NY. 2022 “Braiding FIELD”, Cardiff performance, Tactile Bosch, Wales. 2022 “Braiding FIELD”, Boiçucanga, Dois pra lá dois pra cá, exchange program between Brazil and Wales, funded by the British Council. 2022 “MINE, What is ours in the wake of extraction?”, curated by Patsy Craig, Midway Gallery, SF. 2021 “FIELD, How to Grow a FIELD?” billboard screening at Untitled Art Fair, Miami. 2021 “FIELD”, Inventgenuity Festival, Governors Island, NY. 2021 “Communicating Climate Science through the Arts”, Governors Island, NY. 2021 “Climate Provocations Pavilion”, Nolan Park, Governors Island, NY. 2021 “How to Grow a FIELD”, curated by Ariana Harrison, Cityx Venice, Italian Virtual Pavilion, Biennale Architettura 2021, Venice, Italy. 2021 Untitled (Amazon Grocery Bags), New York Foundation for the Arts, NY. 2020 FIELD Frank H. Ogawa Plaza, ProArts Gallery and COMMONS, Oakland, CA. 2019 Field, Site-in-process, DeKalb Gallery, Pratt Institute, New York, NY 2019 Lapse (Willing), First Presbyterian Church of New York, New York, NY. 2019 Bloom (As Though it Rained from Stars), Chashama, New York, NY. 2018 As Though it Rained from Stars, Headlands Center for the Arts, Sausalito, CA. 2018 Distance, Black Serum Gallery, San Francisco, CA. 2017 Willing, Headlands Center for the Arts, Sausalito, CA. 2017 Distance, San Francisco Mint, San Francisco, CA. 2017 Encounters at the End of the World, San Francisco Art Institute, CA. 2016 Roommates, Diego Rivera Gallery, San Francisco, CA. 2016 Things in Color, Shaking, Swell Gallery, San Francisco, CA. 2016 Willing, Diego Rivera Gallery, San Francisco, CA.
Residencies & Fellowships 2023 Sculpture Space Residency, Utica, NY. 2023 Invitational, Chateau Gorgier, Neuchâtel, Switzerland. 2022 Lower Cavity Residency, Holyoke, MA. 2021 Governors Island Residency, Inclusive Ecologies Architecture Lab, New York, NY. 2021 Artist Residency, Consortium for Research and Robotics, Brooklyn, NY. 2019 ProArts Gallery and COMMONS, Summer Residency, Oakland, CA. 2019 New York Foundation for the Arts, Immigrant Artist Fellowship, New York, NY. 2018 Association of Independent Colleges of Art and Design Fellowship, NY. 2018 Graduate Residency Award, Headlands Centre for the Arts, Sausalito, CA. 2017 Emerging Arts Professionals Fellowship, Bay Area, San Francisco, CA.
Awards & Commissions 2023 Patrick Renick Travel Research Award, University of Cincinnati, OH. 2021 New York Foundation for the Arts City Artists Corps Grant for Public Engagement, NY. 2021 Franklin Furnace Fund, Award for Performance Art, NY. 2021 “On Our Radar”, 2021 Creative Capital Award. 2020 DAAP FDC Grant Award 2020/2021. 2019 San Francisco Arts Commission, Public Art Shortlist, San Francisco, CA. 2019 Pratt SEED Grant Award 2019/2020. 2019 Public Art Commission, ProArts Gallery & COMMONS, San Francisco, CA. 2018 Artist commission for “Emergence 2018”, Root Division, San Francisco, CA. 2017 Commission for the “The Original Disruptors”, SFAI Fundraising Gala, CA. 2017 Graduate Fellowship Award, San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, CA. 2012 Travel Grant, Abaxial Architects, New Delhi, India. 2008 Merit Scholarship, Embassy of France, Paris, France.
Select Publications, Lectures & Visiting Artist Engagements 2024 Panelist for AIA NYC: Eco-Critical Spatial Practices in Art and Design, NY. 2024 “FIELD, Towards Another Architecture”, edited by Owen Hopkins, Farrell Centre, Newcastle University, UK 2023 “Artists are Launching Cutting-Edged Residencies Outside New York City”, by Maddie Klett, ArtNews, May 30 2023 “Going Circular in the City”, Columbia University Press, March 31, 2023. 2023 “How to Grow a FIELD?” publication in New Farmers Almanac, Vol VI 2023 “FIELD: Towards Another Architecture”, Visiting Artist Lecture Series, Miami University, Oxbow, OH. 2023 “Future Oriented Archives”, Gale Memorial Visiting Artist Lecture Series, University of New Mexico, NM. 2023 “FIELD, How to Grow a Field?”, publication in New Farmers Almanac, Greenhorns Press. 2023 FIELD: Dwelling Landscape, Artist Talk at Pratt Institute, NY. 2022 Artist Talk and Workshop, “How to Grow a Field”, Wavepool Gallery, Cincinnati, OH. 2021 Artist Talk and Workshop, “How to Grow a Field”, Barnard Design Center, Columbia University, NY. 2021 Artist Talk, “Field”, Nolan Park, Governors Island, NY. 2021 Artist Talk, The Invincible Being, New York Foundation for the Arts, New York, NY. 2020 Artist Talk, “Rethinking Grasses”, Pratt Parallels, GAUD, Governors Island, NY. 2020 Artist Talk, Fine Arts Gallery, Pratt Institute, NY. 2020 Speaker, ‘Schools of Thought’ Pedagogy in Architecture Conference, University of Oklahoma, OK. 2020 Speaker, Pratt Research Open House, 2020, Pratt Institute, NY. 2020 Panel Discussion, City Hall, Frank H. Ogawa Plaza, Oakland, CA. 2019 Guest Speaker, Bicoastal Carpool, Radio Show, New York, NY. 2019 Artist Talk, Dekalb Gallery, Pratt Institute, NY. 2019 Guest Speaker, Panel Discussion, Climate Collaborative, 3x3 Design, NY. 2019 Artist Talk, Design for India, Pratt Institute, New York, NY. 2019 Lightening Talks, Fall Forum, Center for Teaching and Learning, NY. 2019 Artist Talk, ChaShaMa Gallery, New York, NY. 2019 Speaker, AICAD Conference, School of Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL.
Academic Experience cur. Assistant Professor of Fine Arts, School of Art, DAAP, University of Cincinnati, OH. 2021 Visiting Scholar, Graduate Architecture and Urban Design Program, Pratt Institute, NY. 2020 Association of Independent Colleges of Art and Design (AICAD) Post Graduate Teaching Fellowship, School of Art, Pratt Institute, New York, NY. 2016 Teaching Assistant, BFA New Genres, San Francisco Art Institute, CA. 2015 Teaching Assistant, BFA Sculpture, San Francisco Art Institute, CA. 2015 Visiting Professor, National Institute of Design, Ahmedabad, India. 2015 Thesis Advisor, Exhibition & Spatial Design, National Institute of Design, India.
Professional Experience cur. Founder and Director, Streetlight Studios, Brooklyn, NY. 2021 Member, Inclusive Ecology Lab, Pratt Institute, NY. 2020 Consultant for Martine Kaczynski Studio, New York, NY. 2018 Academic Partnerships Project Manager, Architecture & Design, California College of the Arts, CA. 2017 Consultant for Tom Loughlin, Signal, Treasure Island, San Francisco, CA. 2017 Exhibition design for Facebook artist-in-residence exhibition at The Lab, CA. 2015 Head of Research & Design, Abaxial Architects, New Delhi, India. Select projects include: 2014 Designed the arts acquisition strategy for the Ashoka University, Sonipat, India. 2013 Exhibition design for Akshara, Crafting Indian Scripts, UNESCO, Paris. 2012 Exhibition design for Akshara, Crafting Indian Scripts, Visual Arts Gallery, New Delhi. 2011 Exhibition design for India at 100, India Habitat Center, New Delhi. 2011 Site-specific light installations for 8,000 sft atrium, World Trade Centre, Manesar, India. 2010 Participatory architecture design of orphanage for Salaam Baalak Trust, New Delhi. 2009 Established firm’s design research department, creating 30+ research-informed brief documents & publications that directly informed architectural response for large-scale commercial & institutional projects.
Service cur. Sculpture Curriculum Development Committee, School of Art, University of Cincinnati. cur. Chairperson, Visiting Artist and Scholar Lecture Series for the School of Art, DAAP, University of Cincinnati, OH. 2022 Faculty Mentor, Association of Independent Colleges of Art and Design (AICAD), national. 2021 Mentor, Immigrant Artist Mentorship Program, New York Foundation for the Arts, NY. 2021 National Arts Juror, Scholastic Awards, American Visions Panel, national. 2021 Workshop Organizer, Association of Independent Colleges of Art and Design, virtual. 2021 Sculpture Conference Committee, School of Art, University of Cincinnati, OH. 2021 Sculpture Pre-conference Interdisciplinary Workshops, University of Cincinnati, OH. 2019 National Arts Juror, Visual Arts Panel, San Francisco Arts Commission, San Francisco, CA.