Ashwini Bhat

Her work focuses on California’s ecology in this time of climate change and shifting habitats.

• Name — Ashwini Bhat • Birthplace — Puttur, India • Awards — United States Artists Fellowship and The Howard Foundation Fellowship for Sculpture • Website — https: ashwinibhat.com/

Born in Puttur, Karnataka, India Ashwini Bhat has a master's degree in literature from Bangalore University. She studied classical dance (Bharatanatyam) for seventeen years and traveled internationally as a professional dancer in the Padmini Chettur Dance Company before beginning a career as a visual artist. Coming from dance to sculpture, Bhat sees a close relationship between her own body and the sculptural body she creates. Since 2015, she has lived in the USA. Bhat lives in a small unincorporated town in Northern California with poet, writer Forrest Gander. In 2023, Bhat became a certified Naturalist at the Fairfield Osborn Preserve, a research site for Sonoma State University’s Center for Environmental Inquiry. She is represented by Shoshana Wayne Gallery, Los Angeles, USA, and Project 88, Mumbai, India.

• “Her Nature,” Project 88, Mumbai, India • “Bay Area Now 9,” Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, San Francisco, CA, USA • “In Your Arms I’m Radiant,” Shoshana Wayne Gallery, Los Angeles, CA, USA • “Imprinted,” American Museum of Ceramic Art, Pomona, CA, USA • “Ritual Encounters,” a collaborative installation, Mondavi Center for the Performing Arts UC Davis, CA, USA • “Earth Took of Earth,” Newport Art Museum, Newport, RI, USA