Ragini Chawla is a visual artist based in Delhi. She pursued her studies at Maharaja Sayajirao University, Vadodara (2018) and later at the Glasgow School of Art (2020), where she was awarded an honorary graduate fellowship from Glasgow Sculpture Studios. Notably, she has held solo exhibitions at the Koppel Project (2024), David Dale Gallery (2023) and the Goethe-Institut, Glasgow (2022). Her work has been featured in various group exhibitions both locally and internationally, including Kiosk, Glasgow (2023), House Show, Glasgow (2023), and The Flying Goat, Goa (2022).

Chawla’s artistic practice encompasses painting, sculpture, and textual exploration, with a thematic focus on Punjabi culture, familial dynamics, interpersonal power struggles and collective cultural histories. Her practice has been featured in Artforum’s Critic’s Pick (2023), Stir World (2023), The Skinny (2022), and MAP Magazine (2022). Her book ‘Don’t Pick Your Nose’ is a part of permanent collection at Zine Library at Asia Art Archive, Hong Kong.

Beyond her individual artistic pursuits, Chawla’s practice extends to community education through a meaningful collaboration with Rumpus Room (Glasgow), an artist-led initiative that fosters play, art, and learning within the local community. Under the banners of various projects – ‘Our Restaurant at the End of the Universe,’ ‘You drop, You sow, You Gather’, and ‘Sticky Luminous Fruit For All’ – she has facilitated commuity workshops for groups of young adults and their families in exploring themes like the politics of sustenance and its future, leveraging South Asian heritage for societal change, and preserving intergenerational cultural wisdom.