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Painting by Padma Rajendran titled "Hidden Cave & The Blue Comb" - 1.

Hidden Cave & The Blue Comb Padma Rajendran

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Using resist and dye on shaped and sewn silk, Padma's paintings utilize a recurring library of symbols that represent time, memory, and the body.
Materials Resist, dye, and stitching on silk

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A simplified flower motif becomes the surface form and holds the narrative of hiding place and tending in this painting. Layering the mix of warm and cool dyes and having some areas more indistinguishable was a nice challenge to work with.

Padma Rajendran

About the Artist

Primarily working in a textile-based practice, Padma Rajendran paints dye and resist onto silk in order to craft representational paintings that reflect on immigrant storytelling, womanhood, and the concept of home as a tended space.

News and Notables
  • Solo exhibition, Unfamiliar Thresholds, SE Cooper Contemporary, 2022
  • Artist in Residence at Erie Arts & Culture, 2021
  • Interviewed in Off Canvas, A Woman's Thing, 2020