Rachita Dutta b. 1993

In her practice, the artist looks at the world through a child’s lens—one filled with humour, honesty, and an instinctive ability to find joy or absurdity in the everyday. This perspective is not merely an aesthetic choice; it has become a form of survival. When expressing emotions directly feels too heavy, too sharp, or too risky, as it often does in adult life, particularly for women, humour becomes a way to soften the truth without diminishing its depth. It allows her to speak about what matters while holding things lightly.

Her work moves between two emotional spaces: the quiet, layered experiences of femininity in social settings, and the small, naïve moments that render the world unexpectedly childish. What distinguishes her practice is the tension between these realms—using an innocent visual vocabulary to reveal adult emotional realities. The characters and motifs emerge from a childlike world, yet they carry the weight of grown-up experiences. This contrast enables an engagement with deeper themes in ways that remain accessible, tender, and emotionally disarming.

Embroidery has become her language. She uses it not in a traditional sense, but intuitively, like drawing with thread. She builds textures, layers, and tactile narratives stitch by stitch, allowing the material to behave playfully rather than precisely. This approach lets spontaneity coexist with slowness, giving each work a handmade immediacy that feels both intimate and raw.

Through this body of work, the artist seeks to preserve a childlike spark within adult complexity, where vulnerability feels lighter, humour becomes resilience, and even difficult truths can be expressed with softness and sincerity.