Welcome back to our third episode of Chewing Gum!

Our next guest is the lovely Rudra Manani! Rudra is an interdisciplinary artist with a focus on painting.

THIS EP'S CHEWY TOPICS:

her relationship to her name, etymology, experiencing a duality of identities where either can feel like home, making mistakes and the importance of taking the time to learn a person’s name

ABOUT THE ARTIST:

Rudra Manani (she/her) is an artist of Indian heritage living and learning on the unceded lands of the Lekwungen-speaking peoples, also known as Victoria B.C. She is an honours graduate with a BFA in Visual Arts from the University of Victoria. Rudra exhibited her first solo exhibition, Tunnel Vision, in 2023.

At the moment, her work is informed by Hindu ideologies of yoga, karma and reincarnation, and the liminality within these principles. Also fascinated by the cultural appropriation of Hinduism in the West, she investigates her biculturalism using themes of tradition, alienation, and spirituality.

WHERE TO FIND THEIR WORK:

ig: @ rudramanani

website: rudramanani.ca

BONUS GOODIES!! (if you wanna learn more about this episode's topics, the following are provided by today's guest!)

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