Ayushi Ojha b. 1999
Ayushi Ojha (b. 1999, Muzaffarpur, Bihar, India) completed her BVA, Painting, Maharaja Sayajirao University, Vadodara, 2022 and is pursuing a MAVA, Dr. B. R. Ambedkar University, New Delhi. Her work has been exhibited in group shows at ArtIncept, Gurugram, 2025, 2023; India Art Fair, 2024; Dhoomimal Gallery, New Delhi, 2022 and Space Studio, Vadodara, 2022.
She has been an artist in residence at Space Studio, Vadodara, 2022, the Grass Court/Incubator Residency, 2022 and German Embassy, New Delhi, 2024. She was awarded the Inception Grant by ArtIncept in 2023. She has worked as a Research Associate and Coordinator for Jogen Chowdhury, 2023 and assisted curator and writer Jesal Thacker, 2024.
Ayushi’s practice explores ecological bodies and more-than-human relationships through drawing, movement, and embodied engagement with natural forms. Working primarily with large-scale charcoal drawings, she approaches drawing as both ritual and inquiry, creating immersive spaces where body, materiality, and ecological presence intersect.
Ayushi Ojha lives and works in New Delhi, India.
Mentor:
Jayashree Chakravarty
Proposed Project:
Shamiana installation and Body Projection (Interactive Mapping) Project
Project Overview:
Project explores the relationship between ecology and the body through a Shamiana-inspired installation based on the Aravalli landscape and an interactive body-mapping project using drawings of her eczema. Together, the works examine ideas of care, coexistence, and porous boundaries between humans and nature.