We’re thrilled to announce the 3 selected residents for the Odisha Craft Odyssey Residency Programme 2026. This year, the residency focuses on the Dokra craft traditions of Odisha, bringing together three practitioners with diverse approaches to art, research, and visual practice.
Tejal Kawachi, a visual artist and photographer whose practice explores identity, belonging, memory, and everyday life through photography, installation, and print. Her practice is grounded in fieldwork, exploring documentation, migration, labour, and the social contexts that shape identity and memory.
Dr. Reema K is an independent researcher and writer specialising in visual culture, art ethnography, and South Asian art. Her practice combines visual ethnography, photography, sketching, and curation to explore craft, caste, identity, and cultural histories.
Muskaan Singh is a Delhi-based artist whose practice draws on literature, humour, and vernacular idioms to examine women's labour, using village life and cultural heritage to reflect on contemporary social and political realities.
