PROJECT AKSHAYA
RESILIENCE - Collection of cyanotype on handspun fabric
Description: Transgender community in India face discrimination and are marginalized and stigmatized, leading them to resort to sex work and begging. The transgender "Clap" is a historic and powerful symbol in South Asian trans culture, they clap to express themselves. Despite all the odds, the community has shown remarkable resilience in fighting for justice, love and inclusion. This is a collection of cyanotype revealing their story in today's presumed modern society.
Medium: Cyanotype
Size: A1 *4
AKSHAYA
TRANSGENDERS OF INDIA: A JOURNEY THROUGH TIME
Description: As I delved into the history of transgenders in India, I realized the long and difficult journey they have traversed. From being revered in the Mughal courts to being ostracized by British Raj and modern society, their plight reflects a constant struggle for acceptance and rights.
Time period: Early Medieval - Mughal - Colonial - Contemporary
Medium: Cyanotype
Size: A1
AKSHAYA
The story of Struggle
Description : Transgender individuals in India are socially marginalized, making it challenging for them to acquire jobs that pay wages fairly or provide the necessary resources to live. This situation is compounded when they face familial and societal transphobia, often leading them to take up sex work or begging as a means of living.
Mood Board
Digital collage
Size: A3
AKSHAYA
Hidden Identities
Amalgamation of fashion, art and photography to show uncanny relation between hide and reveal.
Creative photography
AKSHAYA
PHILARTOPHIST: Art/Social work
Collection of diaries developed to raise funds for marginalized transgenders during the Covid Pandemic.
Materials and methods: Patch work, screen printing, embroidery, linocut.
Size: A5, A6
AKSHAYA
My inspiration to spread awareness on the transgender issue in India.
Description: The mixed media miniature art is a combination of painting and print-making - Cyanotype inspired by Mughal miniature art of Persian theme from Padshahnama. With motifs being inspired by Akshaya's favorite flower 'LOTUS' symbolizing Purity, Rebirth and Strength in mythology of ancient India.
Medium: Oil, Screen printing, Digital painting, Cyanotype.
Size: Canvas - 26'' x 19''
Akshaya miniature art - 4.5" x 6"
Diary - A5
FUTURE EDEN
SOLARPUNK - Nature for Future
Description : Variegation of partially-detailed organic nature drawings and landscapes to plan a sustainable futuristic cityscape.
Medium: Charcoal, watercolor, resin, scratch paper.
FUTURE EDEN
Sustainable solutions for an ideal city inspired by Solar punk Architecture:
Description: An optimistic and futuristic approach to sustainable design that aims to create green cities powered by renewable energy sources.
Solutions: Renewable energy, green roofs and walls, integrated food production, efficient transportation, waste reduction and recycling, water conservation, community engagement, nature-based designs.
Medium: Linocut
FUTURE EDEN
Mood Board
Holistic vision for an ideal city that empowers communities, promotes social equity and fosters resilience in the face of climate change.
Digital collage
Size: A3
FUTURE EDEN
For the world to cope with climate change, we must burn the difference and be one with nature. I've divided my work into two parts, the backdrop is the forest that is protected by civilization and the foreground is a futuristic cityscape and in between there is a river of hope that divides them. This composition unfolds with multiple stories of the forest and of the city of Utopia. The composition is inspired by materials on artists and architects : 'Archigram' by Peter Cook, Gulam Mohammed Sheikh and Grayson Perry's multiple portrayal style and the volume on 'strategies for sustainable architecture' by Paolo Sassi, hence guiding me to produce awareness art.
Medium: Linocut, photoshop, resin, watercolor, scratch paper.
Size: A3
TRANQUILITY AND SERENITY
The Movement of Bioluminescent Ocean
Description: Embark on a journey to understand a place (Goa) through a medium (Resin) therefore capturing the essence of the ocean and keeping it alive in various forms.
Artworks: Paintings, dairy, sculpture, wall art
Medium: Resin
TRANQUILITY AND SERENITY
Interpretation of Rural Goa
Description: Rough sketching and research drawing around rural Goa inspired by glance of complexion of humankind in relation with nature.
Medium: Oil, watercolor, pen.
TRANQUILITY AND SERENITY
Goa Caderno
A collaborative project with the Museum of Goa.
Description: Hand stitched, screen printed, reusable diaries inspired by Goan-Portuguese architecture.
Medium: Linocut, screen printing
Size: Diary - A5, A6
TRANQUILITY AND SERENITY
Cyanotype Photographic Printing Process
Description: Documentation of experiences and places of Goa that can be revisited and shared with others using the Cyanotype process.
Photograph-negative-cyanotype
Size: A5
TRANQUILITY AND SERENITY
Diversity in Goa's Nature and Culture
Medium: Cyanotype
TRANQUILITY AND SERENITY
Goa - Collage art and Vertical Landscape
Description: Traditional collage with different compositions - dispersed and upright, using cyanotype process.
Medium: Cyanotype
Size: A1
TRANQUILITY AND SERENITY
Digital collage (Negative-)
Medium : Digital Collage, Pen
Size: A1
TRANQUILITY AND SERENITY
Coastal stories
Medium: Cyanotype
Size: A1
TRANQUILITY AND SERENITY
Frame - 1 "SERENITY"
Description: Oyster shell windows are a unique architectural feature found in traditional goan homes where windows are made up of small pieces of oyster shells pieced together in a vertical pattern to let the light and air into the homes while maintaining privacy.
Medium: Mixed medium (resin, acrylic)
TRANQUILITY AND SERENITY
SERENITY - Beach Installation
Medium: Mixed medium (resin, acrylic)
Size: 24'' x 35.5''
TRANQUILITY AND SERENITY
Organic nature illustrations on Oyster shells from Goa/Portuguese colonial era
Medium: Mixed medium (resin, acrylic)
TRANQUILITY AND SERENITY
TRANQUILITY - Beach Installation
BEACH INSTALLATION
Description: A symbol of blending culture and nature.
Medium: Mixed medium (resin, acrylic)
Size: 34'' x 44''
TRANQUILITY - Beach Installation
