Gauri Torgalkar

Gauri Torgalkar is a visual artist of Indian origin working on Wallumettegal land (Ryde, Sydney), reimagining the Australian landscape through an Indian lens. Gauri Torgalkar is a visual artist of Indian origin based in Sydney, re-imagining Australian landscape as altered through the lens of personal memory and inspired by narratives including Indian textiles, folklore & miniature painting. As an artist who has relocated several times (India, USA & Australia), her practice explores the intrinsic need of immigrants to make cultural associations in new communities. Gauri’s work aims to bring her Indian aesthetic into the Australian contemporary art conversation and contribute to the perceptions of this land and its complex cultural narratives.