Life is all about making choices. The choices you make will determine the final picture on your canvas. So after 23 years of a growing banking career, I exercised the ‘reset’  button. My exploratory nature and love for art and what it can do, led me to deep dive into my interest in ceramics.

 

Numbers, targets, presentations, timelines, business cycles had its own excitement but, I wanted to see the patterns beyond the closed business boardrooms. Suddenly, the lump of clay with all its unknown properties, taking shape of an idea, the trial and errors with glazes and the awe of opening the kiln and the unpredictable wonder when it evolves into a beauty felt very enriching. I was also sure that I would be able to use this medium to communicate change, besides contributing to environment and social causes.I specifically like working on bees, rickshaws, architecture and landscapes and have a lot of work in that line.

 

That was the beginning ( ori ) of this creative journey.  Orikiad was created.

 

The  first show was in November, 2018 at Birla Academy of Art and culture. That was followed with a show in Arts Acre in Dec 2018 and Ice Skating Rink in March 2019. Since then I have exhibited my work in Pottery shows in Kolkata, Baroda, Mumbai Kala Ghoda, besides being selected in India Story 5th Edition, Dec 2019, and, ICAF show in Kalakriti Gallery, March 2023. My work has travelled ha also travelled overseas to Singapore, London besides being available in TGS, The Gallery Store, Kolkata. My work was also featured in the India Story 5th Edition in Dec 2019.