Academic Qualifications
MA in Fine Arts, University of Lincoln, 2021–2022
Bachelor of Technology: Energy and Environmental Engineering, 2011–2015
Membership
Associate Member, and part of the Lumina Collective, at Backlit Gallery Nottingham from 2024
Workshops and Lectures
Goddess Feminism and Contemporary Art, lecture delivered by Dr. Catherine McCormack, May 2026
Graphic and Comic Books Making Workshop, Tamil Nadu Government Textbook Association, Chennai, April 2026
The BODYWORKSHOP: Exploring the Body as a Tool for Expression and Performance, 3-day workshop, ABC Art Room, Kochi-Muziris Biennale, co-facilitated by Jana Perpeluh and HH Art Spaces
Workshop participant, Art Speaks Truth: Creative Responses to the Climate Emergency, Backlit Gallery, November 2024
Workshop participant, Dalit Futures, facilitated by artist Osheen Siva, rooted in Dalit history and focusing on the legacy of the Dalit Panthers, Bonington Gallery, Nottingham, May 2024
Making Time, The Art of Time Project, facilitated by Kerry Langsdale, Nottingham, 2023
Casta, Caste & Classification: If Paintings Could Talk, an academic discussion, De Montfort University, Leicester, February 2023
Exhibitions and Residencies
Our Marian, an exhibition of commissioned artworks and community responses that consider the figure of Maid Marian through a contemporary lens, Backlit Gallery, Nottingham, UK, July–August 2026
Ulmei, The Whole Story, a group exhibition on Dalit Aesthetics, Vaanam Arts Festival, Lalit Kala Akademi, Chennai, April 2026
Does it take two to Tango?, 3-hour durational performance investigating anti-caste resistance, embodied exclusion, and the possibility of human connection within caste society, Aspinwall House, Kochi-Muziris Biennale, March 2026
How Dare You?, 10-minute durational performance, Aspinwall House Courtyard, Kochi-Muziris Biennale, curated and facilitated by Teena Lange, presented by HH Art Spaces and the Berlin-based performance art association grüntaler9, March 2026
Kolam Ephemeral – Micro-residency, Tanjavur, June 2025
Verkodugal, a group exhibition, Vaanam Arts Festival, Lalit Kala Akademi, Chennai, April 2025
RE-POSTED, Project Space Plus, University of Lincoln, March 2025
Kolam, an intervention, Primary, Nottingham, November 2024–February 2025
Workshop Facilitator, Reimagining Apples, Primary Nottingham, December 2024
We the Human: A Quiet Blue Wall, a collaborative art project by Laura Mohapi, Creative Health Camden, UK, January–April 2024
Legacy, Artscape Award, Lincoln Central Library, 2022
Usher Open Exhibition: Art Out of Isolation, Usher Gallery, Lincoln, 2022
Brink – MA Graduate Show, Project Space Plus, University of Lincoln, 2022
Renewal, Doddington Halls and Gardens, Lincolnshire, UK, 2022
Emp’s Piece, Usher Gallery, Lincoln, UK, 2022
Awards / Grants
Lalidamballe memorial award, adecom network, pondicherry, 2026
ACT Programme Fellowship – Unspoken Rules of the Art World, sponsored by SU Collection (Madrid/Berlin), 2023
ArtEscape Award, Lincoln Central Library, 2022
Publications / Press
Looking beyond Skin through Apples, by Rocky Mol Selvaraj, 2025
Interview with Hochstamm Deutschland e.V., 2025: https://www.hochstamm-deutschland.de/nachricht/identitaet-hat-eine-form-und-manchmal-ist-sie-rund
Public Engagement
Panel member, The Dalit and Adivasi Film Festival (DAFF), School of Arts and Humanities, Nottingham Trent University, 2025
Speaker, British Indian Tamil Radio, on Movies, Music and Arts, October 2024