My work explores solitude, blurring the line between the ordinary and the surreal through pen-and-ink drawings. Inspired by my experiences of cancer treatment as a teenager and subsequent displacement from my home in India, I challenge conventional notions of home and identity.

I am drawn to the politics of space and urban citizenship in South Asia, where the right to inhabit space is often contested. My undergraduate thesis examined how visibility in the city could come at the cost of citizenship, particularly for migrants and the poor excluded from stable housing. 

In contrast, my current practice turns inward, treating the home as a stage where safety, fragility, and imagination converge. These spaces appear familiar but quickly unravel: walls dissolve, clouds drift indoors, and tigers move through bedrooms. Domesticity becomes porous and uncanny. My figures exist in these liminal spaces, exploring the boundary between the comfort of being alone and the discomfort of loneliness.

During my MFA, I have refined a visual language built on recurring motifs—suspended clouds, fragmented faces, and rooms without walls or ceilings. Stars float within reach, beds embrace their occupants, and hair transforms into checkered patterns. These environments remain untethered from reality yet reflect real emotional conditions.

While I continue to create large, detailed drawings on paper with archival pens, I am also expanding my practice to wood, zinc, and copper plates. These surfaces force me to surrender some control over my marks: paper allows precision, but the grain of wood and the resistance of metal demand negotiation. This tension mirrors the nuances of the subjects I draw.

At its core, my practice interrogates what it means to feel at home—whether in a body, a room, or a country. In a world where war and displacement render home precarious, less a fixed place than a fragile state of mind, my drawings propose that safe and beautiful spaces can still be imagined. They are a quiet reminder that through solitude and dream, we can envision belonging differently.