Akshata Prabhu

I am a Mumbai-based visual artist-researcher and Illustrator. My path functions as a continuous decoding of visual perception, cognition, and the foundational blueprints of existence.

My creative ethos centres on a lifelong parsing of my immediate reality, visual perception, cognition, and the fundamental patterns of existence. Every concept evolves across diverse media, spanning digital configurations, embroidery, traditional paints, textiles, and reclaimed paper clay.

My work delves into the intersection of the conscious and subconscious, often manifesting as surreal diagrams and biomorphic forms. I am deeply intrigued by panpsychism, the idea that a collective unconscious permeates all life, and I explore this through the lens of anthropomorphism and Pareidolia (the human tendency to see faces in the inanimate).
Presently, my focus zeroes in on the "hidden codes" of the Toroidal shape and its recurrence in human and plant morphology. Through the upcoming fantastical world of Dendruh, I contemplate the synchronicity and interconnectedness of all organisms, using art to decode the surreal dialogue between the observer and the observed. I am deeply drawn to the medium of paper clay. When dry, its stone-like, organic and wooden t...

2021 - MOOC (Massive Open Online Course)
'Words Spun out of Images - Visual and Literary Culture in the Nineteenth Century Japan' by University of Tokyo at Coursera

2020 - MOOC (Massive Open Online Course)
'What is Contemporary Art?' by MoMA at Coursera

2020 - Bachelor of Fine Arts in Painting from Sir J. J. School of Art, Mumbai

2015-16 - Foundation Diploma Course from Mumbai Kala Mahavidyalaya, (Indian Art Institute) Charni road, Mumbai

2021
Featured under the pseudonym 'Axa Pra' on a digital platform Homeostasis Lab, among many other artists around the world.

"KSHATAKSHATAKSH"

2020
A group show titled 'Habitat', in Kala Ghoda Arts Festival, 2020, curated by the Indian curator Sonal Motla, Hirji Jehangir Gallery, Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai.

2020
One of the initial works got featured in an online activity feature, ‘Mirror Image’ by the Jehangir Nicholson Art Foundation, Mumbai for 'Akbar Padamsee: A Tribute' exhibition, 18 May 2020 on the account of International Museum Day on their website.