Education

2024   Bidri craft apprenticeship with Rajkumar Nageshwar, Bidar, Karnataka, India
2023   Light the Trees with Kelsey Fernkopf and Steve Gilbert, Pilchuck Glass School, WA, USA
2020   Experiments with ingredients of glass with Mark Peiser and Henry Halem, Sonoran Glass School, AZ, USA
2018Whats your problem? with Daniel Clayman,The Studio at Corning Museumof Glass, NY, USA 2007   MFA with Honors, Rhode Island School of Design, RI, USA. Areas of interest: Glass, Digital + Media
2002   BFA cum laude, School of Art and Design, New York State college of Ceramics, Alfred University, NY, USA Concentrations: Glass Sculpture, Digital Printmaking / Expanded Media, Ceramics
2002 Glassblowing apprenticeship with Gunne Brandstedt, Pukeberg Glasbruk, Nybro, Sweden
2001   Advanced Glass Blowing with Kait Rhoads, Alfred University, NY, USA
1998   Accessories Design diploma, National Institute of Fashion Technology, New Delhi, India

Selected Recent Exhibitions 

2025 India Art Fair @ Aicon Gallery, New Delhi, India 
2024 The 35th MassArt Auction (Live), Boston MA, USA 
2023 Hourglass: Pouring the Past into the Future Cur. Kristine Michael, Bikaner House, New Delhi, India 
2023 Reiterations in Glass, Cur. Erika Diamond, Weeks Gallery, Jamestown Community College, NY, USA 
2023 Art Mumbai @ Aicon Gallery, Mumbai, India 
2023 Contemporary Glass Sculpture, New Bedford Art Museum, MA, USA 
2023 Interconnected: A Celebration of the ALANNA Faculty, Massachusetts College of Art and Design, USA 
2023 The Glass Menagerie : Contemporary Practices in Glass, Bikaner House / ArtSpeaks, New Delhi, India  
2022 Saans, Public debut of the 35th Rakow Commission, Corning Museum of Glass, NY, USA 
2022 XIV International Glass Symposium, North Bohemian Museum, Czech Republic 
2021 Re-Formation, Cur. Erica Rosenfeld, Heller Gallery, NY, USA 
2021 Aurora (solo), Ken Saunders Gallery, IL, USA 
2021 XIV International Glass Symposium, Nový Bor Glass Museum, Czech Republic 
2021 Voice of Glass Collaborative, National Museum of Riga, Latvia 

2020 Saying Glass, Cohen Gallery. Alfred University, NY, USA 
2019 Sculptural Objects and Functional Art (SOFA) @ Ken Saunders Gallery, IL, USA 
2019 Original Voices, Ken Saunders Gallery, IL, USA 
2018 Abu Dhabi Festival, Abu Dhabi, UAE 
2018 Inflorescent Rhapsody, Third Thursdays Performance, Chrysler Museum of Art, VA, USA 
2017 Hangzhou International Contemporary Glass Exhibition, China Academy of Art, China 
2017 Abwab, Dubai Design Week, Dubai, UAE 
2017 Selections, Bakalar and Paine Galleries, Massachusetts College of Art and Design, MA, USA 
2017 Jutta Cuny-Franz Memorial Award Exhibition, Museum Kunstpalast, Dusseldorf, Germany 
2017 Art and Environment, Abu Dhabi Festival, UAE 
2016 Through the Lens, Galleries Lafayette for Dubai Design Week, UAE 
2016 Swarovski Designers of the Future Award, DesignMiami, Basel, Switzerland  
2016 Wasl, Design Days, Dubai, UAE 

2015 Colours, Cur. Susanne Joker Johnsen, Hempel Museum, Denmark  
2015 Masters of the Indian sub-continent, Alserkal Avenue, Dubai, UAE 
2014 Squaring the Glass Circle : Art and Artisanship, (solo), Dakshina Chitra / Art Chennai, India 
2014-13 Wheaton Glass: The Art of the Fellowship, Museum of American Glass, NJ , USA 
2013 of clocks and clouds, (solo), Heller Gallery, NY, USA 
2013 Knotted Narratives, Cur. Sushma Bahl, Art Positive Gallery, New Delhi, India 
2013-11 India Art Fair (formerly Indian Art Summit), Apparao Galleries, Aicon Gallery, India 

Exhibitions : Other 

2012: The Skoda Prize for Indian Contemporary Art 2011 Exhibition, Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi, India • Art Dubai, Aicon Gallery, Dubai, United Arab Emirates • 2011: Depths of Field (solo), Apparao Galleries, Chennai, Bangalore, India • Glass in All Senses, Brattleboro Museum and Art Center, VT, USA • Reprise, Aicon Gallery, NY, USA • Art Dubai, Aicon Gallery, Dubai, United Arab Emirates • Superposition, Hyperopia Projects, Seattle, USA • Living Cultures in Glass (solo), Research Gallery, Sydney College of Arts, Australia • Women in Art, National Museum, Riyadh , Kingdom of Saudi Arabia • Of Shifting Natures, (solo), Apparao Galleries at Shridharani Gallery, New Delhi, India • 2010: Glass Dress @ NYC’s Fashion Week’s NightOut, Heller Gallery, New York, NY, USA • Malleable Memory, Aicon Gallery, NY, USA • Erasing Borders, Visual Arts Center, NJ, Twelve Gates Gallery, PA, The Guild Art Gallery, NY, USA Fete de Verre, Urbanglass Auction and Glassblowers Ball, New York, NY, USA • Particulate Behaviors, (solo), 707 Penn Ave,  Wood Street Gallery + Pittsburgh Cultural Trust, PA, USA • 2009: {untitled: indeterminacy}, Roy G Biv Gallery, Columbus, OH • Guest Act, Cirque de Verre, Toledo Museum of Art, Toledo, OH • Capturing Motion and Contemporary India, The Gallery Project,  Ann Arbor, MI • Impact 2009, Gallery of Fine Craft at WheatonArts, Millville NJ  • 2008: Questioning Functionality 2, Glenn & Viola Walters Cultural Arts Center, Hillsboro, OR • Erasing Borders, Queens Museum of Art, Hammond Museum, The Guild Gallery, Manhattanville College Art Gallery, Tabla Rasa Gallery, NY • Urbanglass Auction and Glassblowers Ball, New York, NY • 2007: The Anti-Thesis Show, Wolcott Street, Providence, RI • RISD Annual Graduate Thesis Exhibition, RI Convention Center, Providence, RI • Rain or Shine, Sol Koffler Gallery, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence RI • How is this Glass?, Hillel Gallery, Brown University, Providence RI  • 2006: Graduate Glass Bienniel, Sol Koffler Gallery, Providence RI • RISD Trienniel, Woods Gerry Gallery, Providence RI • Sambandh – Indo-Swedish Glass, Norkopping, Sweden & New Delhi, India • 2005: International Handicrafts Fair, New Delhi, India • Surajkund Crafts Mela, Haryana, India • 2004: Art for Vision, Lalit Kala Academy, New Delhi, India • 2003:  Tisch Galleries, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City NY • History of the World Gallery, WA • Pilchuck Glass School Silent Auction, Seattle, WA • 2002: BFA exhibition, Robert Turner Gallery, Alfred University, Alfred NY • 2001: I love a good piece of Glass, Whitehouse books, Corning NY • 1998 : Showcase’98 – Design for Business, Hotel Ashok, New Delhi, India  

Selected Experience : Teaching 

2023 Visiting Faculty – National Institute of Design,  Ahmedabad, India  

• Introduction to kiln-formed glass within the scope of interior architecture, product design to MDes candidates.

2023 Instructor – glassFAB: digital fabrication and glass processes, Haystack Mountain School of Crafts, ME 

• Blow and cast glass using tools developed in the digital fabrication lab. 

2023 Awarded tenure by the Board of Trustees, – Massachusetts College of Art and Design, MA, USA 
2021 – Associate Professor – Massachusetts College of Art and Design, MA, USA  
2021- 2017 Assistant Professor – Massachusetts College of Art and Design, MA, USA 

• Tenured position in the Fine Arts 3D department (glass program) teaching undergraduates & graduates.
• Program Area Chair 2019-21. 

2019, 2017 Instructor – Glass as Social Practice, Pilchuck Glass School, WA, USA (Co-teacher : Carmen Montoya)• Engaged with climate change and local communities in socially engaged practice that is informed by glass craft.  

• Guided students on how to craft a socially engaged practice, informed by the materiality of glass, its historical and     contemporary craftsmanship, and its physical phenomena, in combination with sensor-based digital technologies. 

2017 – 2015 Instructor – ChoChoMa Studios Dubai, UAE                        

• Conducted workshops in Sculpture : moldmaking, casting, paper forming, flameworking and screenprinting for adults, teens, artisans and individuals under emotional distress or with learning disabilities.

2014 Instructor – Spontaneous Control, Pilchuck Glass School, WA, USA (Co-teacher : Aimee Sones)                

• Introduced kiln-formed glass, at the beginner-intermediate level using a cross-disciplinary, ArtScience approach.

2013 Visiting Faculty – National Institute of Design,  Ahmedabad, India                       

• Imparted foundations in kiln-formed glass within the scope of interior architecture, product design and visual 

   communication to undergraduate students. 

2012 Director – ‘Reclaiming Heritage’ Workshops, AAUW Educational Foundation, Chennai, India             

• Trained 8 women from migrant labour families and/or artisan families in the craft of glass as well as its business  

    and technologies.  Aimed at socio-economic empowerment through creative practice.  

2011 Instructor – Princess Noura University and King Saud University, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia              

• Introduced 20 young women educators to fundamentals of casting, moldmaking, and flame-working.

Teaching experience : Other 

Visiting Scholar – Glass department, College of the Arts, The Ohio State University, OH, USA, 2010-07 • Instructor – Summer program, Graduate Studies + Writing Center, Rhode Island School of Design, RI, USA, 2007 • Visiting Artist Assistant, Rhode Island School of Design, RI, USA, 2007-06 • Teaching Assistant, Rhode Island School of Design, RI, USA, 2006-05 • Writing Tutor and Theses Reader – Writing Center, Rhode Island School of Design, RI, USA, 2007-05 • Studio Coordinator – Session 4-5, Pilchuck Glass School, Stanwood, WA, USA, 2006 • Instructor – Workshops, Development Commissioner Handicrafts,  New Delhi, India, 2005-04.

Selected Experience : Professional 

Current Artist + Educator, Boston USA & Bengaluru, India                                

• Undertake cross-cultural & collaborative projects, craft-based research and art commissions.

2017 – 2012 Founder and Director – ChoChoMa Studios, Dhabi, UAE 

• Led the Middle East’s only artist-run handcrafted hot glass studio.

2010-07 Projects Manager – Ann Hamilton Studio, Columbus OH, USA

• Coordinated production, communications and exhibitions of projects by the installation artist Ann Hamilton.
• Researched & developed concept and technology, troubleshot and archived media (A/V, text, material).

2005-04 Artist and Researcher – New Delhi, India  

• Published a documentary feature and article on historical traditions and contemporary glass art in India. 
• Collaborated with artisans across various media to develop personal artistic vocabulary.

2004-03 Production Manager – Jewelry Reproduction, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York          

• Managed product development – research, design, prototyping, production – based on the museum’s collection. 
• Responsible for archive research, vendor communication, production schedule, museum-wide jewelry database.

Professional experience : Other 

Librarian – Session 1, Pilchuck Glass School, Stanwood, Washington, 2003 • Consultant designer: India Fashion Week, New Delhi, 2005  • Intern: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 2003  • Assistant: UrbanGlass Auction and Glassblowers’ Ball, New York, 2003 • Assistant: Richard Meitner, Amsterdam, 2002  • Apprentice: Gunne Brandstedt, Pukeberg Glasbruk, Nybro, Sweden. 2001 • Multimedia lab assistant: Alfred University, 2000-02  • Art History Tutor: Alfred University, 2000-02  • Intern – Education and Outreach, Creative Time Inc., New York City, 2000 • Design Intern: Anand Jon Ellemens Inc., New York, 2000  • Consultant designer: Tribal Federation of India, New Delhi, 1999 • Press and Media management: Showcase ‘98 – Design for Business, India 1998 • Jewelry Designer- Amrapali Jewels, Jaipur, India, 1998 • Craft research and documentation: West Bengal, India 1996  • Designer (Bags and packaging): Ogaan Inc., New Delhi, India, 1997 • Contributing designer : World Gold Council’s Jewelry Trend Book for South East Asia, India, 1996

Selected Lectures and Demonstrations

2023 Lecture, Panyu Polytechnic, Guangzhou, China 
2023 Artist Talk, MFA Colloquium: Art,Craft+Identity, Massachusetts College of Art and Design, USA  
2022 35th Rakow Commission Lecture,The Corning Museum of Glass, NY, USA
2022 Speaker, Sustainability Worldwide Teach-In, USA 
2022 Artist Lecture, Glass Education Exchange (GEEX) Talks, USA 
2021 Panelist, Wheaton Conversations, WheatonArts, NJ, USA 
2020 Panelist, The Glassmakers Club (Series 1), ArtSpeaks India, New Delhi, India 
2020 Lecture and workshop, Laurie Wagman Visiting Artist Series, Temple University, PA, USA 
2020 Panelist, Community Conversation : Studios after COVID (part 1 and 2), Glass Art Society, USA 
2019 Visiting Artist Lecture, Hampshire College, MA, USA 
2019 Visiting Artist Lecture, Glass Department, Rhode Island School of Design, RI, USA 
2019 Instructor Talk : Session 4, Pilchuck Glass School, WA, USA 
2018 Panelist, Intangible Cultures, Glass Nexus Forum,  North Lands Creative, Caithness, Scotland 
2017 Lecture and workshop, University of the Arts, PA, USA 
2017 Visiting Artist Lecture, Virginia Commonwealth University, VA, USA 
2017 Demonstration, Museum Kunstpalast, Dusseldorf, Germany 
2017 Panelist, Art of Nature, Abu Dhabi Festival, UAE 
2016 Demonstration and Masterclass, Glenfiddich Experimental Competition, Dubai, UAE 
2016 Jury member talk, jumpthegap competition by ROCA, Dubai, UAE 
2015 Speaker (Hand-crafted Glass in Interior Architecture), DesignTalks, INDEX, Dubai, UAE 
2014 Artist Lecture, Museum of Glass, Tacoma, WA, USA 
2014 Instructor Talk : Session 5, Pilchuck Glass School, Stanwood, WA, USA 
2014 Panelist, The Future of Tradition, Art Chennai 2014 Conference, India 
2013 Visiting Faculty lecture, National Institute of Design, Ahmedabad, India  
2013 Artist Presentation, Centre for Development of Glass Industries, Ferozabad, India 
2011 Speaker, Peripheral Visions, AusGlass, Sydney, Australia 
2009 Studio Talk, Asian Contemporary Art Week, Asian Contemporary Art Consortium, NY 
2009 Fellow Presentation, Creative Glass Center of America, Millville, NJ 
2008 Masterclass demonstration, International Festival of Glass, Ruskin Glass Center, Stourbridge, UK 
2007 Visiting Scholar lecture, Glass department, College of the Arts, The Ohio State University, OH 
2005   Glass Art in India- Lost and Living traditions, Glass Art Society conference, Adelaide, Australia 

Residencies 

2022 HaystackLABS, Haystack Mountain School of Crafts, ME, USA 
2021 XIV International Glass Symposium, Nový Bor Glass School, Czech Republic 
2018 Open Studio Residency, Haystack Mountain School of Crafts, ME, USA 
2014 Museum of Glass, Tacoma, WA, USA 
2011 Sydney College of the Arts, University of Sydney, Australia 
2010-07 College of Arts, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, USA 
2009 Creative Glass Center of America (now WheatonArts), Millville, NJ, USA 
2008 Belluard Bollwerk International, Fribourg, Switzerland 

Curatorial Projects and Writings

2017 Juror’s Statement, Juror’s Choice images, New Glass Review 39, Pub. Corning Museum of Glass, NY, USA 
2015-12 Catalog, ChoChoMa Studios, India / UAE 
2011 Strange Attr- / Inter- Actions, Superposition, Pub. Hyperopia Projects, Seattle, USA 
2011-10 Co-curator, The Post-Glass Video Festival {travelling: NY, Sydney, Seattle} (catalog)  
2010-09 Howisthisglass.blogspot.com, funded by Andy Warhol Foundation Grant for Arts Writers  
2009 Co-curator, How is this glass? Of Post-Glass artists / Glass Guerillas, Corning NY (catalog) 
2007 Particle Activism, MFA Thesis, Pub. Rhode Island School of Design, Providence RI, USA 
2005-04 Glass Art in India- Lost and Living traditions (DVD + Print), Ed. S. Frantz, Pub. Glass Art Society Journal 

Awards and Grants

2025 United States Artist Fellowship, USA
2024 Grant: Artist Resource Trust (A.R.T), Berkshire Taconic Community Foundation, MA, USA  
2023 Brother Thomas Fellowship, Boston Foundation, MA, USA 
2020 35th Rakow Commission, Corning Museum of Glass, NY, USA 
2018-19 MassArt Foundation Faculty Fellowship 
2017 Irwin Borowsky International Prize in the Glass Arts 
2017 Jutta Cuny-Franz Memorial Award 
2016 Swarovski Designers of the Future Award  
2012-11 International Project Grant, American Association for University Women Education Foundation 2009-08 Creative Capital / Andy Warhol Foundation Grant for Arts Writers  
2007 Grant: The Ruth Chenven Foundation  
2007, 02   Glass Art Society Conference Scholarship, Pittsburgh and Amsterdam  
2007 Tarakhnath Das Foundation Scholarship  
2007-05 Graduate Fellowship, Friends of Glass and Chirrona Scholarship, Rhode Island School of Design  
2006-05 International Fellow award, American Association for University Women Education Foundation  
2005 Grant: Technical Development, Ministry of Science and Technology, Government of India  
2005 Grant:Integrated Design Project,Development Commissioner(Handicrafts),Government of India 
2004  Grant: Technical Development, Ministry of Science and Technology, Government of India  
2002 Award for Excellence, Student Exhibition, Glass Art Society Conference, Amsterdam  

Selected Bibliography 

2023 : Through the looking glass : A world of inspiration at Indian glassmakers exhibition, The National (Dec 22), UAE • Curators’ Perspectives, New Glass Review 43, Pub. Corning Museum of Glass, NY, USA • Post-Disciplinary Practices (Glass and Performance: Voices of a new era series), Samantha DeTillio,  glass: the UrbanGlass Art Quarterly 173, USA • Contemporary glass sculpture Review by Alexander Castro, glass: the UrbanGlass Art Quarterly 173, USA • The Glass Menagerie: Contemporary Practices in Glass exhibition catalog (Jan), India • Anjali Srinivasan: 35th Rakow Commission Recipient video documentary (Mar), Pub. Corning Museum of Glass, NY, USA • 2022-09 : New Glass Review 30 / 31 / 32 / 33 / 42, Pub. Corning Museum of Glass, NY, USA • 2022 : 35th Rakow Commission curators’ perspective, New Glass Review 42, Pub. Corning Museum of Glass, NY, USA • 2021 : Re-Formation announcement, Heller Gallery (Nov), USA • Aurora Exhibition Catalog, Ken Saunders Gallery (Nov), USA • Voice of Glass Collaborative Exhibition Catalog, IRMA Collaborative, Latvia • 2020 : Saying Glass announcement, Glass Quarterly (Jan 23), USA • 2019 : Original Voices Exhibition Catalog, Ken Saunders Gallery, USA • Dubai Sustainability Week, BBC Travel Show (week 13), UK  • 2018 : Limited Editions, Abu Dhabi Festival catalog, UAE • Meet Trailblazer Anjali Srinivasan, Boston Voyager (Jul 2), USA • Impure thoughts, Alexander Castro, glass: the UrbanGlass Art Quarterly 150, USA • 2017 :  Hangzhou International Contemporary Glass Exhibition catalog, China • Abwab exhibition catalog, Dubai Design Week (Oct), UAE • Hot Sheet, Joseph Modica, Glass Quarterly (Oct 31), USA • Jutta Cuny-Franz Award, Neues Glas, #3, Germany • A love affair with glass, Gulf News (Apr 21), UAE • Blowing life into glass, Khaleej Times(Feb 25), UAE • The innovators, Architectural Digest Middle East (Jan/Feb) • The Art of Nature, Pub. Abu Dhabi Music and Arts Foundation, UAE • 2016 : Glass of 2015, Live Mint (Oct 28), India • Dubai Design Week Catalog (Oct), UAE • Inner Alchemy, Prism Vol 1 (Jul), India • Bright future ahead…., Jennifer Beynar, Frame (#110 / Jun 23), The Netherlands • Interactive crystal sculptures… Dezeen (Jun 14), UK • Crystal Clear… Rosa Bertoli, Wallpaper (Jun 13), UK • All for one, Architectural Digest (Mar/Apr), UAE • A Glass Act, Krithika Reddy, The Hindu (Mar 22), India • Wasl exhibition catalog, Dubai Design Days (Mar), UAE • Innovator Fair catalog, (Feb), UAE • 2015 : Dubai Design Week Catalog (Oct), UAE • Artist blows new life…., Vesela Todorova, The National (Aug 26), UAE • Al Bayan newspaper feature, Auth. Mohamed Baida (May 29), UAE • Colours, Exhibition Catalog, Hempel Museum, Denmark • New Glass Review 36, Pub. Corning Museum of Glass, USA • (Im)Perfectionists,  Hamish Jackson, Glass Quarterly 138, USA • 2014 : Art Chennai catalog, India • 2013 : Opening: Anjali Srinivasan’s meditation…., The GLASS Quarterly Hot Sheet (Apr 4), USA • First NY Solo exhibition…, Art Daily (Apr 7), USA • ‘Knotted narratives’ show, Vandana, Cart an Art (Feb 5), India • 2012 : Glass Dresses – Dare to Wear,  Jennifer Scanlan, Neues Glas (2/12), Germany • The Skoda Prize Twenty 2011-2012, Auth. Zeenat Nagree, Pub. Popular Prakashan, India • Reflective Art : Breaking the Ceiling, Megha Pai, Khaleej Times (Apr 6) UAE • 2011 : Signs of a Struggle, Catherine McMahon, Superposition, Pub. Hyperopia Projects, Seattle, USA • Reflection, Grace Duggan, Glass Quarterly 122, USA • Sculpt, paint, preserve, Neelam Raaj, Times of India: the Crest edition (Oct 11), India • Material whirled, Time Out Bengaluru (Nov 25), India • Mirrored Illusions, Archana Shenoy, Hi! Blitz, Vol 9, Issue 11, India • Glass, Art and Science, Hema Vijay, Deccan Herald (Nov 6), India • No ceiling on glass, Krithika Reddy, The Hindu (Oct 6), India • Women in Art, Auth. Nazneen Shafi, National Museum, Riyadh , Saudi Arabia • Creative vocabulary in glass, Pushpa Chari, The Hindu (Apr 22), India • Art Dubai : Our Best Bits, Art in the City (Mar 17), UAE • Sensual Glass : Museum Exhibition, Grace Duggan, The GLASS Quarterly Hot Sheet (Aug 12), USA • 2010 : A Glass Apart, Nakul Rajkumar, Economic Times (Sep 10), India • The Medium of Memory, Vibhuti Patel, The Wall Street Journal (Sep 4), USA • I Diva, Times of India (Feb 26), India • Yukanjali, ABJ Seattle Glass Online (Jan 22), USA • 2009 : Selected works from the Jutta Cuny-Franz Memorial Award 2009, Neues Glas #3, Germany.