Rakhi Peswani

Rakhi’s art practice explores various discursive and material aspects of crafts and the nuanced associations of crafts as languages, especially with an emphasis on the hand-made. She is interested in the affective possibilities of materiality and labour as well as the contexts or locations these create in contemporary image making. She has recently been examining the environmental and pedagogical ties associated with craft based practices.

Rakhi obtained Master’s degree (MFA) in Ceramic Sculpture (2003) and Bachelor’s degree in Painting (2000) from Faculty of Fine Arts, M.S.University, Baroda, Gujarat.

She has worked as guest faculty at Sarojini Naidu School of Arts and Communication, University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad (2004 – 2012), full time faculty at Srishti School of Arts and Design, Bangalore (2012-14), and as Visiting Associate Professor at School of Culture and Creative Expression at Ambedkar University, Delhi (2016-2017).

Currently, she is Associate Professor at the Visual Arts Department, Ashoka University, Sonipat.
She has held arts workshops in various art colleges, participated in several academic conferences in India. Her works have been widely shown in many curated exhibitions in museums and biennales in India and abroad. She has held solo exhibitions of her works in Bangalore (2020), Hamburg (2019), Mumbai (2018, 2013, 2007, 2006), Delhi (2015, 2009) and Hong Kong (2011).