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Her practice explores the intersections of South-Asian aesthetics and her Bengali cultural heritage, using storytelling as a means to navigate identity, memory, and belonging. Drawing from South-Asian visual traditions, Reya engages with colour, patterns, printmaking, and symbolic forms, reimagining these elements through a conscious stylisation and an evolving methodology. In doing so, she attempts to uncover global cultural linkages, positioning her work within a broader conversation about heritage, transformation, and the contemporary nature of cultural identity.
Over the past five years, she has worked with several publishers, creative agencies, and cultural institutions and has been featured in international exhibitions.
EXHIBITIONS
2023-2024 I Said Fruit Salad, Hypha Studios, Group Exhibition & Art Fair, Hypha Gallery HQ, London
2024 gFest Kochi x Kerala Museum, reFrame Institute of Art and Expression, Group Exhibition, Kerala Museum, Kochi, India
2024 gFest Gurugram, reFrame Institute of Art and Expression, Group Exhibition, Museo Camera, Gurugram, India
2023 ELO MELO Festival, Oitij-jo x Whitechapel Gallery, Group Exhibition Screening, Whitechapel Gallery, London
2023-2024 Heavy, In Your Arms, curated by Kallol Datta, Kolkata Queer Arts Month Festival, Group Exhibition, Kolkata Centre for Creativity
2022, India Takes Flight, Google Arts and Culture, Online Exhibition (Group)
Awards
2022 Nominated for Atta Galatta – Bangalore Literature Festival Book Prize - Cover Design, Shortlisted
EDUCATION
MA Graphic Communication Design — Central Saint Martins, UAL
CLIENTS
Snapchat, Google Arts & Culture, Meta, The Natural History Museum, WPP, Penguin Random House UK, Macmillan, Hachette, Simon & Schuster, Cosmopolitan Magazine, Bloomberg Businessweek, W+K London, Cutter & Squidge, Dishoom, UAL, Courier Magazine, Verve Magazine, Acacia Magazine, Kiblind Agence, National Survivor User Network, The Queer Muslim Project, Maslaha Org, ODI
PRESS
It’s Nice That, Homegrown, Platform Magazine, Design Week