In 55 seconds

I am an interdisciplinary artist. Delhi-born, Japan-influenced and London-based, I feel most at home, living between cities. My practice stands at the intersection of personal, collaborative and experimental approaches to making. Most of my drawing and writing has been a result of idling, doodling, pilfering, borrowing and dawdling. I am constantly seeking ways to expand the exhibition format. In the past, I have done so by incorporating edible installations, sleeping spaces, and written instructions; often oscillating between the large and small.

Though formally educated in architecture and anthropology, I cannot believe that I get paid to talk to strangers. I have spent my adult years in many places doing different things as a farmer, librarian ,designer, architect, waiter, researcher, and mason. I consider myself an avid reader and writer of essays, sticky notes, observations, abstracts, love letters, declarative sentences and sometimes dictionaries. My academic writing and reportage are yet to appear in public eye.

In 2019, I stopped working for a year, as an experiment. I am the daughter of two galaxies who look like parents and the sister of an itinerant monk. When I’m not working, you can find me at a café, cradling a warm cup of earl grey tea with dirt or paint on my knees.

Currently living in Mysore, India.

And i want and need as many languages as i have selves.’

— Ali Smith , Summer