Ashwini Bhat

Born in Puttur, Karnataka, India Ashwini Bhat has a master's degree in literature from Bangalore University. She studied classical dance (Bharatanatyam) for seventeen years and traveled internationally as a professional dancer in the Padmini Chettur Dance Company before beginning a career as a visual artist. Coming from dance to sculpture, Bhat sees a close relationship between her own body and the sculptural body she creates.[4]

Since 2015, she has lived in the USA.[5] Bhat lives in a small unincorporated town in Northern California with poet, writer Forrest Gander.[6]

In 2023, Bhat became a certified Naturalist at the Fairfield Osborn Preserve, a research site for Sonoma State University’s Center for Environmental Inquiry. She is represented by Shoshana Wayne Gallery, Los Angeles, USA, and Project 88, Mumbai, India.

• USA Fellowship[7]

• The Howard Foundation Fellowship for Sculpture (2013–14)[8]

• McKnight Artist Residency Fellowship[9]

• “Her Nature,” Project 88, Mumbai, India[10]

• “Bay Area Now 9,” Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, San Francisco, CA, USA[11]

• “In Your Arms I’m Radiant,” Shoshana Wayne Gallery, Los Angeles, CA, USA[12]

• “Imprinted,” American Museum of Ceramic Art, Pomona, CA, USA[13]

• “Ritual Encounters,” a collaborative installation, Mondavi Center for the Performing Arts UC Davis, CA, USA[14]

• “Earth Took of Earth,” Newport Art Museum, Newport, RI, USA[15]

• Official Website