When I was little I was told not to tell tales, now that is all I do.

When I was growing up I told not to tell tales and now that is all that I do. My artistic practice is based in storytelling and visual arts.

Growing up in Manchester I was surrounded by art, music and creativity. I was lucky enough to spend time in clubs and gigs at height of the “Madchester” scene. The lyrics were poetry and stories of life and love. I believe these shaped my love of finding a way to tell a tale through art.

As a creative polymath I like to use a variety of medium to tell my tales in the best possible way. I am proficient in many practices using paint, textiles, paper and print and also enjoy using many different techniques in a single piece. I do not like to be constrained by the boundaries of media and love to experiment by pushing media to its limits. I also love to use found objects adding the stories they already hold to my own work.  

When I work with textiles and stitch it makes me feel connected to my Indian heritage. I have always loved the concept of a stitch, they bind things and join things. I view them as a physical manifestation of binding me together. I am neurodivergent and the mindfulness of adding stitches to my work grounds me in the art that I create and in the moments of creation.

Over the years I have become more at peace with my disabilities and my mental health, and accepted them as an integral part of me. I can look back over my artwork and map what medication I was taking at the time. How I was feeling. If I was bedridden. This used to be a hard thing for me and now I embrace the differences it brings to my work and the story it tells, like a memoir.