a hundred images of my great grandmother



silver gelatin prints, 9 x 11 inch

Experimental black and white photographic print featuring a middle aged Indian woman, surrounded by fluid yellow and pale pink textures.
Experimental black and white photographic print depicting a middle aged Indian woman, whose face is distorted by white textures. The resulting image looks like the photograph of the woman has been torn and creased.


Experimental photographic print featuring a middle aged Indian woman, whose face is distorted by pale pink and white textures, that look like outer space.


Experimental photographic print featuring a middle aged Indian woman wearing a sari, whose face is distorted by pale yellow and grey textures. The overall image looks like the face has come out of a dream.



Experimental photographic print depicting a middle aged Indian woman wearing a sari, whose face is blurred so we cannot see her features. A white spot covers part of her face. Yellow and grey spider-like textures surround her face.

anoushka khandwala


making images and words 
living in London

teaching at Central Saint Martins 
researching at Decolonising Arts Institute, UAL

questioning colonial ways of seeing


works  


A hundred images of my great grandmother 
A lover’s gaze
Uses of the Erotic
Sketchbook


pedagogic projects  


Remix: Activating the Archive

Open Dialogue Exhibition (website design)
Ways of Seeing: A Decolonising Arts Education Fellowship  


selected writings


What Does it Mean to Decolonize Design?
AIGA Eye on Design

Do We Need a New Way of Talking About Diversity?
Creative Review


What Must Black Owned Arts Spaces Do To Survive?
Elephant


From the Grounds Up: Coffeeshops and the History of Iranian Art
Elephant


What Can Designers Learn From Indigenous Communities Fighting Climate Change
AIGA Eye on Design


The Struggle for India’s Soul: The Story of the Bengal School
Elephant


How the Radical History of Self Publishing Paved the Way for Artists Today
Elephant


The Age of Black Fabulosity: Queer Publications from the Harlem Renaissance
Elephant


The Publishing Collective One of My Kind Uses Zines as a Medium for Community Building
AIGA Eye on Design


How the South Asian Modernists Represented Postcolonial Freedom
Elephant


Rebel, Artist, Pioneer: The Life of Amrita Sher-Gil
Elephant


Why Are There So Few Women of Colour in Design?
Creative Review


exhibits


End of Year Show, Essential School of Painting, The Art Pavilion

Pivotal, Essential School of Painting, Karamel

Winter Show, Essential School of Painting


Work in Motion, OVADA

Corrrective, Window Galleries, Central Saint Martins



talks


Royal College of Art
British Council
Maryland Institute College of Art
University of Bologna
University of Virginia in Qatar
Tribal Design Forum
ideo,org
Bath Spa University
Parsons School of Design
Camberwell College of Arts
Central Saint Martins
Airbnb HQ for Grand Matter
AIGA Design Conference
Ladies Wine Design


studies


BA (Hons) Graphic Design, Central Saint Martins

BFA Design, School of Visual Arts (Semester)

Painting Personal Projects, The Essential School of Painting

Rhythm, Race, Revolution, led by Dr Aditi Jaganathan

Decolonial Cinemas, led by Dr Aditi Jaganathan

(beginning Sept 2024) MA Painting, Royal College of Art



contact


anoushkakhandwala@gmail.com

︎@anoushkakhandwala
anoushkakhandwala@gmail.com