“I enjoy the investigative process of creation most deeply when my glass does un-glass-like things. For I am interested not in what is, but what can be.”
Anjali Srinivasan’s background in creative practice stems from collaborations with traditional glass artisans in India on research and design initiatives aimed at socio-economic empowerment since 1996.
Srinivasan studied Accessories Design at the National Institute of Fashion Technology, New Delhi and received a BFA cum laude from the New York State College of Ceramics at Alfred University. She earned an MFA with honors from Rhode Island School of Design in 2007 with a keen interest in glass and digital media.
Her work has been recognized through the 2016 Swarovski Designer of the Future Award, the 2017 Jutta Cuny-Franz Memorial Award, the 2017 Irvin Borowsky International Prize in Glass Arts and the 35th Rakow Commission by the Corning Museum of Glass in 2020. She is also the recipient of an Andy Warhol Foundation Grant for Art Writers from Creative Capital as well as grants from the American Association for University Women. In 2023, she was named a Brother Thomas Fellow.
Srinivasan lives and works between Bengaluru, India, as Director of ChoChoMa Studios, and Boston, MA, where she is Associate Professor, Fine Arts 3D at Massachusetts College of Art and Design.
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