About

Preetika Rajgariah is a multidisciplinary artist whose work uses culturally specific materials to examine the nuanced intersections of cultural + queer identity, belonging + otherness, and consumption + erasure while referencing her nuanced upbringing as an Indian born, Texas raised American. Notable residencies attended include the McColl Center (NC), the Golden Foundation (NY), the Momentary at Crystal Bridges (AR), Oxbow School of Art (MI), and the Vermont Studio Center (VT). Performances at the Asia Society Texas and Untitled Art Fair Miami, installations at Galveston Art Center, Women & Their Work, Material Fair in Mexico City, and a large-scale public art commission at Rice University have all shaped her multimedia practice. Her work has been reviewed in the Brooklyn Rail, and she was the recipient of an Artadia Award and Idea Fund grant in 2021. She received her MFA from the University of Illinois Urbana Champaign and currently lives and works in Houston, TX.