Divya is an interdisciplinary artist interested in exploring femininity, memory and bending binaries around gender and cultural identity. Her work touches on gender based violence, the abuse of the individual and more broadly, feminism and human rights. Exploring personal states and ideas of self-representation, the work encompasses text, drawing, painting, bronze sculpture and video.
Education
2016 – 18 MA Contemporary Art Practice, Critical Practice Pathway - Royal College of Art (Distinction)
2013 – 16 BA (Hons) Fine Art - Central Saint Martins, University of the Arts London
2011 – 12 Foundation diploma in Art and Design - University of the Arts London
2010 BA in Odissi Classical Dance - Pracheen Kala Kendra, India (Distinction)
Exhibitions
2021 Sheroes-Revoluciones 2.0, London, UK (virtual)
2020 Exit, Ugly Duck, London, UK
Women’s Herstory Month Sheroes - Revoluciones, Ugly Duck, London, UK (Initiative by Lon-art,
funded by the Arts Council England, The National Lottery Community Fund)
Artist Against Abuse, The Shoe Factory Social Club, Norwich, UK
Pratibimb, Open Palm Court Gallery at India Habitat Centre, New Delhi, India
2019 Sheroes - Revoluciones, Ugly Duck, London, UK
(Funded by the Arts Council England, The National Lottery Community Fund)
2018 Contemporary Art Practice Degree Show, Royal College of Art, London, UK
2017 WIP Show, Royal College of Art, London, UK
2016 Show 1, Central Saint Martins, London, UK
2015 Wayfinding, supported by Bridget Riley Art Foundation, British Museum, London, UK
CSM Come, Central Saint Martins, London, UK
2014 Psychoanalysis and Art: Freud’s interpretation of dreams, Central Saint Martins, London, UK
2012 Foundation Diploma in Art and Design Show, Camberwell College of Arts, London, UK
Awards, Publication & Residency
2021 'Sheroes Prize' Winner (organised by Lon-art Creative, funded by the Arts Council England)
2020 Cel del Nord, Spain
2019 Women: Inspiring Quotes & Artistic Responses by Nicola Wild and Andy Wild
2018 Distinction for the dissertation, “Representation of genitalia in Visual Art; Indian and European Art Culture” (Royal College of Art)
2016 Big Dance, Trafalgar Square, London, UK
(Dance choreographed by Akram Khan, music composed by Nitin Sawhney)
2015 Modelled for Mondcivitano Project by Jamie McCartney, UK
Relevant Work Experience
BBC World Service English, Royal Commonwealth Society, Royal Academy, Tate Modern, Somerset House,
London Art Fair, India Art Fair