Moksha Kumar

Moksha Kumar’s work traces the fluid boundaries between memory, identity, and digital decay. Informed by the transitions of her own life, her practice has evolved from a structural investigation of form into a deeply introspective exploration of cultural memory and myth.

Her early work engaged with the geometric language of Brutalism and Cubism, responding to their echoes in Indian Modernism. These pieces often sought to make sense of emotional and physical environments through architectural motifs—folded cranes, fractured staircases, and imagined blueprints—each a quiet act of internal mapping.

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As her lens shifted toward the digital, Moksha began documenting colonial-era homes in Kolkata—spaces steeped in forgotten histories and poised on the brink of erasure. These photographs, taken during her art history dissertation, became the foundation for an expansive digital series. In glitching, layering, and altering these facades, she created a vibrant archive that speaks to both loss and preservation, memory and mutation. The series now spans over 50 works and continues to grow as a long-form reflection on architectural disappearance and the fragility of urban memory.

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Currently, Moksha is turning her gaze toward myth as a living, reconfigurable force. Her recent work reimagines Hindu mythology through a contemporary lens, not as static iconography but as a constellation of stories continuously reconstructed by time, culture, and personal belief. These mythic explorations mark a conceptual shift in her practice—from structuring space to decoding narrative—and lay the groundwork for more immersive, experimental work in the coming years.

Across mediums, Moksha’s art remains rooted in the instinct to preserve, reinterpret, and complicate the past—glitched, layered, and constantly in transition