I am uncovering the relationships and narratives between individuals and their surroundings, creating works as sculptural dialogues, where sculpted human figures are arranged in an architectural urban setting of imagination. These sculptures address themes of cross-cultural narratives within modern cultures through a migrant’s experience; an experience of assimilation, acceptance and belonging.

The public is invited into the artworks, to enter and interact with the component parts, to feel empowered. There is an invitation to ask more: why is it there, does it mean anything, how does it relate to the viewer? This research proposes an alternative public art space, asking how modern-day life might be encapsulated in public sculptures depicting modern people in their current conditions.

As a British-Indian of Zoroastrian heritage, I ask through the practice of sculpture: what can be learnt about human interaction in the urban environment through a migrant’s experience?

I draw on my former practice as an architect in creating theatrical settings inspired by the forms and scales of the city in which to place my alienated sculpted human figures – playing with proportion and position, gesture and expression. I transform the familiar into the unfamiliar. Through the sculpted figures’ gestures, life-like colour and expressions, I invite the viewing audiences into these settings which I place in London, providing a place of reflection on past legacies and offering a place for healing.