Tulika Ladsariya

Tulika Ladsariya is an interdisciplinary artist, frequently drawn to objects associated with traditional women’s work using domesticity and nurture to discuss fragility, femininity, identity, and personal history. Her practice evolved from painting to ceramics and mixed media installations as she began to focus on domestic objects in the feminine sphere. Handwork and gardening became totems of the small everyday rituals that ground and center women’s lives. Born in Mumbai, India and living in Chicago, USA, her work is an exploration of her layered identity – as an Indian-born woman, a first-generation immigrant, and a mother.

Ladsariya is a qualified Chartered Accountant from India, and her artistic practice has been self-driven, supported by workshops in art centers and residency programs. She has exhibited at the Hammond Museum NY, Ralph Arnold Gallery (Loyola University), O’Connor Gallery (Dominican University), Shingoethe Center (Aurora University), Woman-made Gallery, Expo Chicago, Riverside Arts Center, Jamaat Art gallery Mumbai and Art Heritage Gallery New Delhi. 

She has been a resident at the Hyde Park Art Center from 2019-2021. She is a 2022-23 recipient of the In-Session Fellowship for Threewalls Foundation and the Individual Artist Grant from the Department of Cultural Affairs in Chicago.