About Medha Khosla
Medha Khosla's practice focuses on hand weaving, mixed media and fiber arts. Through her textile works, she seeks to question the objectification of discarded materials and their connection to histories, communities and geographies, while investigating the intersection of materiality and the act of hand weaving, revealing a dynamic interplay between the two.
She is captivated by how different fibers, textures and weights respond to the weaving process and how these responses shape the final piece, questioning the base state of the material she finds and deconstructing them into a state of complex unraveling. By using alternative weaving techniques, she challenges each element to transform beyond their expected reality, pushing the boundaries of what is possible with materials and process.
While researching waste management practices in the context of community and identity politics, Khosla aims to disrupt the linear logic of production and waste by rendering the object as beautiful and the peripheral as central. Her weaves do not seek resolution; they fray, tangle and resist smoothness, evolving into complex architectures of entanglement.
Born in 1983 in New Delhi, Medha’s interest in textile weaving developed early on in high school art class where she began weaving her first tapestry. Following her BFA from Pratt Institute, Brooklyn in 2005, Medha pursued a decade – long career in fashion at notable American fashion companies in New York.
She then transitioned to sustainable design with her brand Anomaly, ultimately dedicating her practice to hand woven textiles. Through her work, Medha focuses on researching and exploring the transformative power of discarded materials extracted from the immediate environment, reconfiguring them into intricate weaves.
Education
2001 - 2005
Pratt Institute, Bachelor of Fine Arts, Brooklyn NY