Arpita Akhanda
Visva-Bharati University Santiniketan, West Bengal.
Multidisciplinary Artist
Event Description
Arpita Akhanda is a prominent Indian multidisciplinary artist born in 1992 in Santiniketan, West Bengal. She is widely known as a "memory collector" because her work explores historical trauma, displacement, and intergenerational memories, specifically rooted in her family’s history following the 1947 Partition of India.
Summary
Arpita Akhanda is a visionary multidisciplinary artist whose practice serves as a vital bridge between the historical archive and the living body. Through her signature technique of paper weaving, she meticulously deconstructs documents of displacement and trauma, reassembling them into "woven memories" that challenge the permanence of borders and the erasure of personal histories.
Award Details
Sovereign Asian Art Prize (Grand Prize, 2025)
Institution Details
Visva-Bharati University Santiniketan, West Bengal.
Educational Institution