Silver Eye

Join exhibiting artist Priya Suresh Kambli in conversation!

This informal exhibition tour and talk will explore Kambli's exhibited work in detail and broader themes present in Passages. This includes reflection on the formation and erasure of identity as part of the migrant experience, and the role of the family archive and memory.

Image: Priya Suresh Kambli, Objects of Worship from the series Devhara, 2024. Courtesy of the artist

Participating Artist

1. Priya Suresh Kambli received her BFA at the University of Louisiana in Lafayette and an MFA from the University of Houston. She is currently Professor of Art at Truman State University in Kirksville, Missouri.

   Kambli’s work inadvertently examines the question asked by her son Kavi at age three; did she belong to two different worlds, since she spoke two different languages? The essence of his question continues to be a driving force in her art making. In her work, Kambli has always strived to understand the formation and erasure of identity that is an inevitable part of the migrant experience, exploring the resulting fragmentation of family, identity, and culture.

   Kambli’s artwork has been exhibited, published, collected and reviewed in the national and international photographic community. The success of Kambli’s work underlines the fact that she is engaged in an important dialogue and reinforces her intent to make work driven by a growing awareness of the importance of many voices from diverse perspectives and the political relevance of our private struggles.