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Exibition

Everybody’s Elsewhere | An exhibition celebrating Multiplicities and Elsewheres | Ether Project

“I Interpret” Abstract Art Showcase at Nine Fish Art Gallery X thecurators.art | 19-JUL-2024 to 17-JUL-2024

“KALEIDOSCOPE” Art Showcase at Tao Art Gallery | 04-May-2024 to 17-Jun-2024

EXHIBITION : “Common Ground ” at Vida Heydari Contemporary | 14-Oct-2023 to 22-Oct-2023

Feature :: ALL SHE MAKES MAGAZINE :: Summer Issue, 2021

EXHIBITION : “I’m Speaking ” | 15-Jul-2021 to 15-Oct-2021

EXHIBITION : “Ancient Tongues & Tales” | 16-Nov-2019 to 12-Jan-2020

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  • Everybody’s Elsewhere | An exhibition celebrating Multiplicities and Elsewheres | Ether Project November 25, 2025
  • “I Interpret” Abstract Art Showcase at Nine Fish Art Gallery X thecurators.art | 19-JUL-2024 to 17-JUL-2024 July 13, 2024
  • “KALEIDOSCOPE” Art Showcase at Tao Art Gallery | 04-May-2024 to 17-Jun-2024 April 19, 2024

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a5mak

Surrealist, investigating mutating ecosystems & vibrant worlds.Art influenced by chaos theory,magic realism, enchanted everydays & my roots in Biology

Her memory palace is an agglomerate of oddity, a p Her memory palace is an agglomerate of oddity,
a place like home,
It is like a reef bed in the deep.
It is a mutated honeycomb
part sweet,ย 
part meat honey.
Built by hybrid memories, like bees,ย 
the common stinged nectar feeders
And the stingless vultures nourished on the gory

Coral like clusters of gumball prickle pears,ย 
and vintage sunglasses.
Faux white carnival myxomycetesย ย 
and many colored funfetti trances

A glitchy screen loop,
trapped ghosts,
& olfactory hallucinations.
Half baked ideas,
& otherworldly persuasions.

Of bicycle ridesย 
through fields of poppies.ย 
A mapping of stars,
back to back movies,ย 
brown butter on toastย 
& happy cherries.ย 

All awaiting a nod, a nudge,ย 
some space to breathe.
A whisper in the wind
Awaiting liberation akin Aladdin's jinn.

- Memory Palace #AsmaKazi
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"We live, and we pick up things along the way: the detritus of adventure; the vessels of mealtimes; the books and music of a life of the mind; the pleasures of our daily romps through the senses.

In accumulating, we honor the art of the potter, sitting at a wheel; we appreciate the art of the writer, sitting at a desk; we cherish the art of the painter, standing in front of an easel. " - From an essay in support of maximalism
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Everyday enchantments. Around the Studio. Juggling a gazillion things.
2025 was the longest year that in equal parts drag 2025 was the longest year that in equal parts dragged AND also went by too quickly. There was a beginning of the year which went by in a rush, then there was a middle that drrrrroned, and then a OMGwheredidtherestoftheyeargo end.

While I was hunkered down, it felt like I did only that all through the year- hunkered down and worked. I whined about not making a single trip to Bombay this year, about the hot being too hot and the cold being too cold. And occassionally emerged from the hunkering to cry "Are we there yet?"

Looking back though, I apparently did a lot more than just that. This was a year of (after a long hiatus) making two trips to Delhi, reuniting with my very dear friends, meeting new friends, fun travels, new books and a lovely book club. 

And there was art (obviously) So. Much. Art. I scaled up my work this year - I made BIG art, also wee art, but I really enjoyed working on the ginormous canvases. I showed my art in new cities (Chicago, Garett, Indore, Delhi) and also had the privilege of experiencing some exceptional art.

It was a year of many hits, some misses, redirection, and of continuing to discover magic in the everyday. I feel Immensely grateful, for all the love, for my creative practice, for the opportunities -  to take in the beauty of spaces around me, to create some very satisfying art, and for all the memories I have made this year. So grateful. 

Thank you for all your love, kindness and attention.

May your new year be absolutely glorious. Wishing you much love, good health, peace,ย joy and all things awesome in the new year. โค๏ธ๐Ÿ’™ #happynewyear #everydayenchantment
Celebrating curiosity and conversations. One of my Celebrating curiosity and conversations. One of my favouritest thing about being an artist (other than the act of actually making art), is the conversations around art. It was so much fun at the opening of "Cartographies of Mischief" to engage with the lovely curious folks who visited the show and to unravel mysteries of the Alien landscapes.

Grounded in the strange and the whimsical, the works in my Alien Landscapes series are an agglomerate of elements from the natural world and the world of fiction. This series explores our age of mutating ecosystems.It  is an exercise in connecting the dots to the moments between the past and the present, reality and the fantastical, when I have felt most captivated by life. While the words that accompany my works are a suggestion on how to view the work, what's most exciting for me is when the viewer sans the suggestion arrives at similar conclusions, and even in abstraction the symbology is able to light up memories in the viewer similar to mine that brought the artworks into being in the first place.

Our conversations swung from contemplation on speculative ecologies, many layered narratives, creation/destruction, post apocalyptic worlds, TO the enchanting carnivorous island from Life of Pi, magical Pandora and Into the Spiderverse TO the significance of Strobili, Cocoons, Kimonos, The Paisley print, Elephants in tutu skirts, Space thIngamajigs, Starry skies, Koi ponds TO so much more.

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"The important thing is not to stop questioning. Curiosity has its own reason for existence. One cannot help but be in awe when he contemplates the mysteries of eternity, of life, of the marvelous structure of reality. It is enough if one tries merely to comprehend a little of this mystery each day."
โ€”"Old Man's Advice to Youth: 'Never Lose a Holy Curiosity.'" LIFE Magazine

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Thank you for bringing your curiosity. Thank you for the conversations. ๐Ÿ’šโœจ

"Cartographies of Mischief" | @akar.prakar x @etherproject.in | on view at @akar.prakar  until 19th December at regular gallery timings of 11 AM - 7 PM.

 Do go check it out!

๐ŸŽฆ @adiraaj.singh Thaaaank you Adi ๐Ÿ’•
What a whirlwind of a last few days it has been! V What a whirlwind of a last few days it has been! Very grateful to everyone who made it to the opening of our show "Cartographies of Mischief" with @etherproject.in at @akar.prakar , New Delhi! It was so much fun meeting each one of you. I thoroughly enjoyed our conversations, and celebrating art with you ๐Ÿ’š

 "Cartographies Of Mischief"  investigates the fluid threshold where home becomes a studio and the studio folds back into home, reshaping how the contributing artists inhabit and imagine their own personal worlds. With a sense of whimsy and exploration, through works that map terrains, architectures, and lived interiors, the exhibition reflects on spaces that hold both comfort and constraint as sites of belonging, yet also of negotiation.

The show features artworks from my Alien Landscapes series alongside some exciting works by @adityachadarstudio
, @unreal_space__ , @cyrus_penuganti and @supriyokarmakar3

The show will be on until 19th December at regular gallery timings of 11 AM - 7 PM. Do go check it out!

PS: Thank you team @akar.prakar and @vikram_yash for all the work that you put into this fun exhibition. And Thank you everyone who shared your event pictures and videos with me. You're the best! ๐Ÿ’•

[New Exhibition, Group Exhibition, Surrealism, Biomorphic Art, Abstract Art, Landscapes, Art Exhibition Delhi, Contemporary Art, Art On View, Paintings, Sculpture ]
#repost โ€ข @etherproject.in ๐—”๐—ธ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ ๐—ฃ #repost โ€ข @etherproject.in ๐—”๐—ธ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ ๐—ฃ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ธ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ ๐˜… ๐—˜๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—ฃ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ท๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐˜

Happy to open ๐˜พ๐™–๐™ง๐™ฉ๐™ค๐™œ๐™ง๐™–๐™ฅ๐™๐™ž๐™š๐™จ ๐™ค๐™› ๐™ˆ๐™ž๐™จ๐™˜๐™๐™ž๐™š๐™›  at Akar Prakar, New Delhi, this Saturday, 29 November! Join us for the exhibition preview as we share works by five artists who explore what happens when the studio and home merge, and how the studio itself becomes a method and material in their practice.

We look forward to welcoming you to the preview! โค๏ธ
scream bubbles googly eyes a few hundreds of the e scream bubbles
googly eyes
a few hundreds of the eight billion genies
red and white polka dotty inspired by kusama orbs
Infinity funfetti 
blips
weird fishes and starry trails 

These are a few of my favourite things. 

Wee heroes that keep making repeat appearances in my work, as a reminder of all the little thIngamajigs that bring a little enchantment to my everydays.

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Grounded in the strange and the whimsical, the works in my Alien Landscapes series are an agglomerate of elements from the natural world and the world of fiction. This series explores our age of mutating ecosystems. Of the ever increasing noise and the constant friction between rigid systems that fray at the edges, often making way for more vibrant, flexible, inclusive systems, that metamorphose and morph into lush bio diverse ecosystems of plankton, plastic, Panโ€™s labyrinth and jelly beans. 

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[ ecosurrealism biomorphic art, post natural, speculative fabulation, speculative ecologies, assemblages, magical realism, ecology, abstract art, collage, contemporary art]
Contamination as collaboration. Happy accidents. G Contamination as collaboration. Happy accidents. Green Blob Thingamajigs main character energy.

Slumberland 2014 is when the bulbous goopy green two parts cocoon one part beanstalk one part alien critter first came into being. A swift kick by my clumsy self and an open jar of acrylic paint green #240 spilled its contents right onto a work in progress panel of red and pinks that I had been working on for days. Aaaaargh. 

I very quickly realised that clean-up was going to be an impossible task. Logic suggested that I throw away the panel and move one. Such a disaster...what else could be done?

Contrary to said logic, I decided to roll with it.  I kept the blobs and the panel and all - they became symbolic of crossing a threshold and transformation.

The first time these biomorphs appeared in my work, it was by accident. After that, they emerged with more intention. Over the years they have continued to mutate and have kept appearing and reappearing in my art with an almost religious regularity.ย Like tales of rising from the ashes, other worlds, of metamorphosis, enchanted fungi forests, starry trails, polka dots & magical beanstalks. Like Echoes. Like the Butterfly Effect. Like Calming Repetition.

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Grounded in the strange and the whimsical, the works in my Alien Landscapes series are an agglomerate of elements from the natural world and the world of fiction. This series explores our age of mutating ecosystems. Of the ever increasing noise and the constant friction between rigid systems that fray at the edges, often making way for more vibrant, flexible, inclusive systems, that metamorphose and morph into lush bio diverse ecosystems of plankton, plastic, Panโ€™s labyrinth and jelly beans. 

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1. Slumberland, 2014
2. Cornucopia, 2019
3. Toothy Spriggins and the Enchanted Bean, 2020
4. Bells and Berries Enchantangle, 2022
5. A Garden Song, Green Doves and a Carnival in Emerald City, 2020 - 24
6. The Kohaku Song, 2024
7. Songs of Summer Blooms and Starry Trails, 2024

[ ecosurrealism biomorphic art, post natural, speculative fabulation, speculative ecologies, assemblages, magical realism, ecology, abstract art, collage, contemporary art]
Does anyone else feel like they're stuck in some k Does anyone else feel like they're stuck in some kind of a time loop? Or that the days have been passing by too quickly? The last many weeks for me have felt like an endless string of Fridays. In conversation with my mother, every Friday in the last many weeks we have had the same conversation " Oh! It's Friday again!" "What happened to the rest of the week?" A little bit like the loopy conversation between the vultures in Jungle Book ("So what're we gonna do?".. Remember? ) , a little bit like Ground Hog days. It's.So.Strange.
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Someone needs to tell those tales. When the battles are fought and won and lost, when the pirates find their treasures and the dragons eat their foes for breakfast with a nice cup of Lapsang souchong, someone needs to tell their bits of overlapping narrative. There's magic in that. It's in the listener, and for each and every ear it will be different, and it will affect them in ways they can never predict. From the mundane to the profound. You may tell a tale that takes up residence in someone's soul, becomes their blood and self and purpose. That tale will move them and drive them and who knows what they might do because of it, because of your words. That is your role, your gift. Your sister may be able to see the future, but you yourself can shape it, boy. Do not forget that... there are many kinds of magic, after all.
Erin Morgenstern, The Night Circus
I'm so stoked about showing my work in a new city, I'm so stoked about showing my work in a new city, to an immensely appreciative audience, in this beautiful heritage building ๐Ÿ’• 

 Posted @withregram โ€ข @etherproject.in Housed in the nearly century-old Devlalikar Kala Vithika, founded by Devlalikar, the visionary behind the Government Institute of Fine Art, ๐—˜๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜†๐—ฏ๐—ผ๐—ฑ๐˜†โ€™๐˜€ ๐—˜๐—น๐˜€๐—ฒ๐˜„๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ reflects on resilience within artistic communities. Just as this historic space has held generations together, the exhibition draws on other communities from which the artists borrow ways of surviving and living.

Seen here are works by Asma Kazi, ร‰lodie Alexandre, Purnima Yaduvanshi, and Vaishali Oak. Everybodyโ€™s Elsewhere is on view until 4 October at Devlalikar Kala Vithika. Come visit us if you are in or around Indore!

[group exhibition, art in Indore, contemporary artists, gallery, collecting art, art on view, women artists]
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