Archana Pathak

Archana's practice is of British and Indian heritage and specialise in stitch and fine art textiles.

She collects and works with found memory artefacts such as old photographs, postcards, letters, diaries and maps. Through these, she is been exploring the notion of home and belonging also the interplay of memory, place and identity in it. Often these artefacts are old maps that bring forth the evolving nature of boundaries – both physical as well as psychological. Along with these constantly evolving boundaries, are the identities that are being re-shaped.

.The collected artefacts are the starting point and the most important material which eventually takes shape of the thread that she uses. She prints these artefacts on a fabric and cut very fine laces out of these to make her threads. She, then, recreates a visual art piece by very slow, repetitive almost meditative hand-sewing.

2014 MA in Sustainable textile design from Chelsea College of Arts and Design.

2003 Masters (PGDP) in Apparel and
textile design from National Institute of Design, India.

2023 London Craft Week, Lunchtime Lightning Talks, Buckle Street Studios, London, E1 8DB

2023 Cockpit Arts Open Studios: June 22-24th

2023 Collect Art Fair, Somerset House, London, 3-5 March ( PV dates 1-2 March,)

2023 London Art Fair , Business Design centre, London (18-22nd January)

2022 The Other Art Fair London, King's Cross (30 June - 3 July)

2022 Solo show at The Textile Galleries, The Knitting & Stitching Show, Alexandra Palace (6-9 October 2022)

​2022 Solo show at The Textile Galleries, The Knitting & Stitching Show, Harrogate (17-20 November 2022)

2022 Collect Art Fair, Somerset House, London, UK ( February)

2021 Artefact Craft Fair, London, UK (22nd - 29th June)

2021 Collect Art Fair, London, UK (26 Feb- 2 March)

​2020 Rising Stars Exhibition, New Ashgate Gallery, Surrey, UK (March 7th-13th June 2020)

2019 Handmade in Britain, Oxford ( June 27-30th)

2019 Ashmolean Museum, Identity exhibition, Handmade in Britain, Oxford ( June 14-16th)

2019 Cluster Art & Craft Fair, London ( May 2-5th)

2019 Group Exhibition at Seventeen Gallery, London (18-20th Jan)

2018 - Transformation 10: Contemporary Works in Found Materials , United States,
Pittsburgh (September 14, 2018-March 9, 2019)

2018 - Kingsgate...