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Vasudhaa Narayanan is an artist and researcher whose practice engages with gender, domesticity, and the body through photography, text, sculpture, and performance. Her work critically examines the intersection of patriarchy, caste, and cultural conditioning, often using conceptual imagery to interrogate ideas of otherness, shame, and autonomy. Drawing from personal and collective narratives, she explores the ways in which women’s bodies become contested sites within social, historical, and domestic spaces.
Narayanan’s practice extends beyond visual art into curatorial, editorial, and pedagogical work, further reinforcing her commitment to research-based storytelling. She has served as Features Editor at The Irregular Times, contributing to four issues that spotlight underrepresented narratives from South Asia. In 2022, she co-curated the Mumbai Urban Art Festival at Sassoon Docks with St+art India Foundation, facilitating conversations around urban identities and cultural memory.
Vasudhaa Narayanan (b. 1991, Bangalore, India) lives and works in Bombay, India. Her work has been exhibited internationally at venues such as Halden Bookworks (Norway), Southern Exposure (San Francisco, CA), Elizabeth Foundation for the Arts – Project Space (New York, NY), the Goethe-Institut (India), and Bass & Reiner (San Francisco, CA).