Richa Arya

Richa Arya is an accomplished sculptor known for her intricate work with repurposed scrap metal, reflecting the domestic worlds of women in urban Haryana and the labor of migrant women in Delhi. She earned her BFA in Sculpture from Kurukshetra University in 2018 and her MFA in Sculpture from the College of Art, University of Delhi in 2020.

Arya's poignant installations, which transform industrial materials into symbols of feminized labor, have been featured in solo exhibitions like "I Sew My Life Against My Own" at the Serendipity Art Festival (2023) and "Stitched" at Triveni Art Gallery. She was the recipient of the EEA+ Emerging Artists Award from FICA in 2024. She has participated in notable residencies such as the Serendipity Art Residency (2023), Dotwalk Ajitara Art Residency: OF BARRIERS AND DISTANCES” with Swiss artists (2023), and the KHOJ Peers Residency (2022). Her work has been showcased at prestigious venues including the India Art Fair with Vida Heydari Contemporary (2023), Art Incept Gallery (2023), STIR (2023), and Vis-A-Vis Gallery (2023). Arya's contributions extend to outdoor workshops like the Ceramic Studio at Bharat Bhavan and the Wood Carving Workshop at the National Gallery of Modern Art. Recognized with numerous accolades, including the Imaginarium Emami Art Award (2023) and the Prafulla Dhanukar All India Merit Award (2021).

Arya continues to explore and critique the gendered dimensions of labor through her art. Her studio is located in Greater Noida.