About This Artwork

Chaos, joyous or painful, bright or dim, obscure the mind’s way as foliage obscures the forest trail. Yet the sunbeams find little fissures in the canopy to illuminate the path ahead. Often, gaps and cracks in the heart’s forestscape become the doorway to greater clarity. In the words of Rumi, “The wound is the place where the light enters you.”

About the Artist

Bonobithi Biswas

A multidisciplinary Indian visual artist, curator and researcher based between Paris and Mumbai, Bonobithi’s synesthetic arts practice interweaves diverse analogue and digital media, chiefly mixed reality, painting and multilingual creative writing to create multisensory storytelling experiences. A multidisciplinary Indian visual artist, curator and researcher based between Paris and Mumbai, Bonobithi is obsessed with trespassing figurative borders. Her synesthetic arts practice interweaves diverse analogue and digital media, chiefly mixed reality, painting and multilingual creative writing to create multisensory storytelling experiences. The thematic focus of her arts practice is the South Asian post-colonial historic-cultural landscape, synesthetic multilingualism, identity of the female body of colour, and intercultural dialogue through shared safe spaces. She has a Master of Fine Arts in Transdisciplinary New Media from Paris College of Art, Paris, France. Having participated in various artist residencies and group and solo exhibitions internationally, Bonobithi’s works have been extensively displayed in cities across Europe and Asia, including the 59th Venice Biennale of Art. She is a member of the multicultural artist collectives COMEX-ARC and WE Collective.