About

My practice is rooted in drawing and painting as tools for introspection, memory, and cultural negotiation. Born in South Africa and shaped by the legacy of indentured labour, my identity exists in a state of in-between—never fully African nor fully Indian. This condition of displacement informs an ongoing inquiry into belonging and cultural inheritance, shaping a visual language drawn from personal history, mythology, and allegory rooted in both Indian and South African contexts. Through my work, I engage with Indian culture, ritual, and spiritual symbolism as a means of preserving and reimagining cultural memory through a contemporary, personal lens.

Central to my practice is an exploration of childhood, intergenerational relationships, and inherited emotional histories. I am interested in how identity is formed through care, guidance, absence, and expectation, and how these experiences are carried forward across generations. Rather than presenting identity as fixed or resolved, my work reflects processes of becoming—shaped through vulnerability, tenderness, and emotional responsibility, often embedded within ritual, tradition, and communal knowledge.

Recurring symbolic motifs drawn from childhood, nature, and imagined landscapes function as vessels for broader themes of innocence, protection, sacrifice, and continuity. These elements allow me to address ideas of loss, impermanence, and responsibility in a quiet, contemplative manner. I privilege atmosphere and emotional resonance over direct narration, inviting viewers to encounter meaning intuitively rather than through explicit storytelling.

Influenced by surrealism, classical painting, Indian visual traditions, mythology, and popular imagery, my work occupies a liminal space between the sacred and the personal. I seek to create reflective environments where memory, ritual, and myth converge—spaces of pause that invite introspection. Ultimately, my practice considers questions of identity, belonging, and cultural remembrance while offering a personal mythology grounded in empathy, care, and quiet resistance.