Artist Talk with Rajyashri Goody “On Art, Caste, and the Everyday”

Rajyashri Goody (1990) b. Pune, India, lives and works in India and the Netherlands.

Goody has a B.A in Sociology from Fergusson College, Pune and an M.A in Visual Anthropology from the University of Manchester, UK. She has had two solo shows – with Galleryske, New Delhi and Clark House Initiative, Mumbai, and group shows across the world. She was a resident at the Rijksakademie van Beeldende Kunsten, Amsterdam from 2021-2023.

Goody’s art practice is informed by her academic background and her Ambedkarite Dalit roots. She is interested in creating space and time for thinking through everyday instances of caste-based violence and Dalit resistance, and how elements like food, nature, language and literacy are actively used as tools to enforce caste rules for generations.

Goody incorporates various mediums in her practice – text, voice, paper pulp, ceramics, photography, printmaking, video and installation.