Parvathi Nayar is a Chennai based artist, writer and poet, well known for her videos and complex drawing practices. She also engages with installations, painting, text and photography. Her black-and-white graphite drawings are multifaceted works that look at the internal/intimate spaces within our bodies, and the external/public spaces in which we live, often through the prism of science and technology. Her works have been shown around the globe, and include exhibitions at the Kochi Muziris Biennale, The Singapore Art Museum, the CP Biennale in Jakarta; as well as largescale installations in public places such as the Mumbai airport and the Chennai Mathematical Institute.
Her solo exhibitions include Atlas of Re-Imaginings (2018, Chennai), At the Heart of the Question (2018, Singapore), Haunted by Waters (2017, Chennai), Dissonant Images: Drawing in Time, (2016, New Delhi), The Ambiguity of Landscapes(2014, Chennai), I sing the body electric (2008, Mumbai), Win Lose Draw (2007, Singapore) Drawing is a Verb (2006, Singapore) Journey(1998, Jakarta).
Films on Parvathi include "Artists of Chennai: Parvathi Nayar" by Saravana Kumar.
Parvathi is a TEDx speaker and commentator on contemporary culture. Parvathi received her Masters in Fine Art from Central St Martins College of Art and Design, London, on a Chevening scholarship.
Deep Waters, Hand Drawn graphite and Mixed media with 3-D elements, 18 x 37 x 3 inch
At the beginning of Time, Hand Drawn Graphite and mixed Media on wooden panels, Diptych Each of the pieces are 18 x19 inch
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