Riya Bhartia is an artist and designer from Calcutta, India.
Her work explores emotional landscapes of being and becoming through material inquiry and play.
Her practice is a tangible study of the human condition, weaving together ecology and psychology to make sense of our place in the world while seeking a path toward a sustainable way of living. There is a conscious slowness to her process – a desire to sense, respond to and grow with the materials rather than extract from them – uncovering hidden intelligence in nature through observation and time. A student of nature, she considers matter as kin and making as an act of care, with her work becoming a medium for the quiet stories nature is trying to tell us.
Her work explores emotional landscapes of being and becoming through material inquiry and play.
Her practice is a tangible study of the human condition, weaving together ecology and psychology to make sense of our place in the world while seeking a path toward a sustainable way of living. There is a conscious slowness to her process – a desire to sense, respond to and grow with the materials rather than extract from them – uncovering hidden intelligence in nature through observation and time. A student of nature, she considers matter as kin and making as an act of care, with her work becoming a medium for the quiet stories nature is trying to tell us.
With a background in Product Design, she founded Engram in 2020 — a creative studio + shop for material and process-led explorations of everyday objects and art for living spaces.
EMAIL riya@engram.in
INSTAGRAM @riyabhartia
2023
VOGUE, pg196: Botanical Numbers in Nov-Dec
MIDDAY, pg16: Botanical Reflections Workshop at Method
EDUCATION
2014-17 BA Product Design; Lasalle College of the Arts, Singapore