Artist Bio

Ritu Arya [b. 1991] is a multidisciplinary artist currently based in Glasgow. A textile de- sign graduate, she worked in the lifestyle & music industry for about a decade before joining the MFA programme at The Glasgow School of Art. Working in conjunction with materials, their textures & mood, her work entails inspecting, dissecting, and attempting to voice the lingering [psychological and physical] remains of untended trauma in day-to-day life. Ritu has exhibited at art events & shows in Cologne and Glasgow over the past few years and was recently awarded the RSS Gilbert Bayes Grant [2023].

Statement

Working in conjunction with materials, their textures & mood, my practice entails inspecting, dissecting, and attempting to voice the lingering [psychological and physical] remains of untended trauma in day-to-day life. While I also work with films, images, and several other mediums, my primary mode of communication is clay. My sculptures are primitive and archaic in nature, and with visible hints of anatomy, they contain cracks, cavities, and openings, along with fragments of my agitation and void, all the while also holding space – space for individual interpretation and analysis.