Ragini Chawla is an artist from Delhi and is currently based in Glasgow

After completing a bachelor’s in visual arts from the faculty of fine arts at the Maharaja Sayajirao University, Vadodara in 2018 she moved to Glasgow to study for a master’s in fine arts at Glasgow School of Art in 2020.

She is interested in the formalistic use of different tools and mediums encompassing painting, sculpting, and publications and has recently taken an interest in web coding and design. At the crux of these different expressions lies her intention to make narratives and visuals around structures of power inherent in gendered roles in family and surroundings around her. Her recent paintings and sculptures closely look at the women in her family and the knowledge they’ve parted on through personal stories.

In her work intimate depictions of the family are often placed in stark contrast alongside painted portraits of politicians, looking critically at how politicians use themselves to create images of power to influence voters almost rendering people into consumers. Both the family and political subjects scrutinize the power structures inherent in society, often ridiculing them.

She has been supported by and awarded an honorary graduate fellowship by Glasgow Sculpture Studio in 2020. She has recently shown work in India and Glasgow and her publications can be found in many different institutions including Asia Art Archive in Hong Kong.