My Vocabulary

I find myself deeply intrigued by the pictorial languages of ancient civilizations like Harappa and Mesopotamia. These early scripts, rich with symbols and imagery, provoke a sense of wonder,how did humans begin to communicate? How did abstract marks on clay or stone come to represent ideas, emotions, and stories? These questions compel me to delve deeper, inspiring an attempt to create a language of my own.

The act of drawing becomes my method of inquiry, a way to explore how visuals can transcend the spoken or written word. Each mark I make, whether a line, shape, or texture, carries the potential to be a symbol. Drawing, for me, is both an intimate conversation with my subconscious and a rigorous process of distillation. It allows me to collect, refine, and articulate ideas that form the building blocks of a personal pictographic language.

To create my own visual vocabulary, I approach my drawings as an archive of ideas, segregating them based on form, texture, and context. I group similar shapes, like geometric patterns or organic lines, and classify them further by their emotional or conceptual resonance. Context plays an equally vital role: some drawings stem from subconscious memories, while others are direct responses to my surroundings. By identifying these connections, I begin to organize and synthesize the drawings into a coherent system of symbols.Over time, my drawings transition from spontaneous sketches to an intentional, evolving pictorial language. They become a reservoir of symbols, each one holding the potential to communicate ideas that transcend words. I aim to construct a language that is both deeply personal and universally accessible, one that invites others to interpret, connect, and find meaning within its evolving symbols.

Exhibition History 

Winter Residency I Space Studios Baroda I 2023

Only Drawing will Remain I Curated by Sanjana Srinivasan I Terrain.art I 2023