Artistic expression of the Kodavas through artifacts, ritual and performance
Artist, Bangalore
The grant helped me to understand the ethnic culture of the Kodavas (Kodagu, Karnataka) and largely exposed me to the rural environment, paving the way to the use of natural materials, pigments, cloth for my growing practive of installation and site-specific work. I was awarded the Commonwealth Arts and Crafts Award and was artist-in residence at the University of Newcastle in 1997-8.