Rachna Garodia British, b. 1975

Works
  • Rachna Garodia
    Enquire
  • Rachna Garodia
    Enquire
  • Rachna Garodia
    Enquire
  • Rachna Garodia, Honesty 1, 2023
    Honesty 1, 2023 Sold
  • Rachna Garodia, Honesty 2, 2023
    Honesty 2, 2023 Sold
  • Rachna Garodia, Seed pods, 2023
    Seed pods, 2023
    Enquire
  • Rachna Garodia, Deep Time 1, 2024
    Deep Time 1, 2024
    Enquire
  • Rachna Garodia, Lunaria Annua/honesty, 2024
    Lunaria Annua/honesty, 2024 Sold
Overview
Rachna Garodia

Rachna Garodia trained at the prestigious National Institute of Design in India and The Royal School of Needlework in London. Her work predominantly involves hand embroidery and weaving. Her visual language continues to evolve, combining echoes of her life in India with the experience of living in London for the past 15 years.  

Her commissioned pieces are held in private collections in India, London and America. Rachna’s book ‘Contemporary Weaving in Mixed Media’ published by Batsford, is out this September. 

Rachna Garodia’s work is informed by observing the natural world, constantly changing, yet still. Her tapestries seek to bring the “outside” in, evoking the simple pleasures of a woodland walk, changing seasons or just inspiration from nature around me. The intricately woven textures are akin to viewing a landscape, capturing the atmosphere, tone, and emotion from her daily walks. Material exploration - bringing unexpected textures together in a warp has always been the starting point for her work. She juxtaposes cotton, linen, silk, nettle, hemp and wool with found materials like paper, bark, seedpods, twigs etc. All the weaves are unique and bespoke; each one takes shape slowly in her studio in west London and is later crafted into screens, space dividers and framed textile art.

Download Artist's CV (PDF, opens in a new tab.)
Biography
Rachna Garodia

Education

Royal School of Needlework: Technical Hand Embroidery, London. 2011.
National Institute of Design: Textile Design, Ahmedabad, India. 1997-2000.
M.S University: BSc Clothing and Textiles, Baroda, India. 1994-1997.

Exhibitions

‘Woven Walks’, Solo exhibition, One Paved Court, Richmond, Nov 2022
‘ING Discerning Eye’, exhibition Mall Gallery, November 2022
‘Contemporary on the mezzanine’, The Decorative Fair, represented by Ruup & Form, October 2022
‘The London Art Sale’, for National Youth Arts Trust, September 2022
‘London Design Festival’, Material Matters with Ruup & Form, September 2022
‘Clerkenwell Design Week’, Light + Rising Stars, May 2022
‘Felt, Collection 1’ , Safehouse 1, Peckham, October 2021
‘Circle’ , 44, Great Russell Street, October 2021
‘Reconnecting Exhibition’ , Bermondsey Project Space, July 2021
‘Here I made this, dialogues of distance’, One Paved Court, Richmond, May 2021
‘Virtual Artists at Home’, London, June 2020
‘Restless Elements’, Thames Wharf, London, March 2020
‘London Design Festival’ ‘Raw’ at Mint, London, December 2020
‘100% Design’ Selected by Barbara Chandler for ‘Design Fresh’, Olympia, London, September 2019
‘Tamesis’ , Thames Wharf, London, September 2019
‘New Designers: One year in’, London Business Design Centre, June 2019
‘Imbyou’, West Elm store, Westfield, London 2019
‘Chiswick Creatives’, The Old Cinema, London 2018
‘Winter Open Studio’, Kindred Studios, London 2018
Solo show: ‘Secret Life Of Meadows’ The Gallery at Lexi Cinema, London, July 2018
‘Artists at Home’, Chiswick, London, June 2018
‘Open Studio’, Kindred Studios, London, June 2018
‘Artists at Home’, Chiswick, London, June 2014, 2017
‘Autumn Art Fair’, Landmark Art Centre, London, October 2008
‘Summer Show’, Landmark Art Centre, London, June 2007
‘Harmony’, Mumbai, 2006
Solo show: ‘Entwined Ecstasy’, National Gallery of Modern Art, Mumbai, 2001


Awards
‘Sustainability Art Prize’ , Shortlisted artist, September 2021
‘Sustainability First Art Prize’ , Shortlisted artist, top 19, July 2020
Selected for LCN, Cockpit Arts, London, March 2018

Download Artist's CV (PDF, opens in a new tab.)
Exhibitions
Events
Enquire

Send me more information on Rachna Garodia

Please fill in the fields marked with an asterisk
Receive newsletters *

* denotes required fields

In order to respond to your enquiry, we will process the personal data you have supplied in accordance with our privacy policy (available on request). You can unsubscribe or change your preferences at any time by clicking the link in our emails.