Radhika Krish

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Radhika Krish is a Graduate of Fine Arts from Ohio State University who made the transition from being a database programmer in information technology to a glass artist. She has over fifteen years of experience in the field of glass art. She founded Goli Soda Glass Studio in Chennai to offer a unique learning experience with a mission to make recycled glass useful and our art practice sustainable. She has been an assistant teacher at O.S.U and has had her work shown at Urban Arts Space, Glass Axis among other galleries in Ohio. She has participated in prestigious Glass Fashion Shows in Murano and Toledo, where she fashioned her own wearable art from glass, a material that is not normally used on the body. Her work has been featured in several local and national publications in India including The Hindu, Deccan Chronicle and others. She is a regular speaker at Art symposiums, NFIT and local educational institutions. Radhika has had several installations including at TEDX Chennai, The Spoken Wave Festival for mental health awareness, and at Apex Pharmaceuticals corporate headquarters.

The Alchemy of Broken Bangles Glass bangles have a long and fascinating history in Indian society, tracing their origins to the ancient times of the Indus Valley Civilization. These delicate adornments, symbols of femininity, marital status, and auspiciousness also carry the weight of societal norms placed on women. The deliberate act of breaking, melting and reshaping bangles, symbolises a personal journey to undo societal conditioning and reclaim individual choice. The vessel forms created serve as a metaphor for the female body, while the prominent circle represents the bindi -another marker of married women. Through this transformative process, I seek to challenge and redefine the narratives woven into these seemingly simple objects, inviting viewers to reconsider the complexities of societal conditioning.