Karishma D’Souza

Artist Statement

These fourteen paintings, from a time-period of ten years (2008-2018), subtly represent the theme Connection, more directly in the works with people in conversation. They speak of connections of family, ancestry, stories and views passed on, stitching and mending, a person and their memories, ecology: the connections between the natural world around us reaching out – perhaps especially noticeable to me when the human world seems broken. This presentation moves through the places I’ve lived in, stringing them together in a kind of running stitch! Mumbai, Goa, Vadodara (Gujarat), Amsterdam, Lisboa. The compilation brings back memories of people in my life. Many of these works are odes to people I know.

Time Stitches

Karishma D’Souza is a visual artist based in Goa. Her recent solo exhibitions include ‘Invocation’, Xippas Galerie, Paris (2020), ‘Midway mark’, Baronian-Xippas Galerie, Bruxelles (2019), and ‘History Routes’, Lisboa Open Studios, Atelier Concorde, Lisboa (2018). Curated group exhibitions include ‘Endless State’, Skowhegan Alliance (2020); ‘Distance’, curated by Betsy Alwin and Steve Locke, Dorsky Gallery, New York (2019); The Scape and the Scope’, curated by Tao Art Gallery, Mumbai (2016), ‘New Dawn’, curated by Leidy Churchman, Silberkuppe, Berlin (2014), and ‘Incredible Travel Experiences’, Central Museum (CBK), Drenthe (2014). She was a resident artist at the Rijksakademie van Beeldende Kunsten (2012-13) and the Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture (2017).