Neha Vedpathak: Many Moons, Same Sky

Neha Vedpathak: Many moons, same sky
September 7 – October 26, 2019

Neha Vedpathak:
Many moons, same sky
September 7 – October 26, 2019

Matéria is pleased to present Many moons, same sky, Neha Vedpathak’s first solo exhibition with the gallery.

Vedpathak’s upbringing in India has played a vital role in shaping her understanding and approach as an artist. Growing up, rituals and meditation were a prevalent part of her life. In 2009, Vedpathak invented a technique she calls plucking, where she separates the fibers of Japanese handmade paper using a tiny pushpin. The resultant paper resembles lace fabric, which she then uses to create individual works. The plucked paper is also saturated with paint, sewn, and collaged to create a single complete work. Plucking is a slow and repetitive process that Vedpathak embraces as a form of meditation.

Neha Vedpathak currently lives and maintains a studio in Detroit.

I can see through this, Continuum (Installation)

2019, Japanese handmade paper, acrylic paint, thread. 52 x 84 in

I can see though this (Detail)

Continuum (Detail)

Familiar Strings

2019, Japanese handmade paper, acrylic paint, thread. 29 x 29 in

Painted silences 1

2019, Japanese handmade paper, acrylic paint, thread. 52 x 50 in

Painted silences 2

2019, Japanese handmade paper, acrylic paint, thread. 54 x 52 in

Moonlit

2019, Japanese handmade paper, acrylic paint, thread. 39 x 36 in

Six Clouds

2019, Japanese handmade paper, acrylic paint, thread. 76 x 104 in

Cloud 2

2019, Japanese handmade paper, acrylic paint, thread. 32 x 32 in

On the Path 2

2019, Japanese handmade paper, acrylic paint, thread. 32 x 32 in. framed

On the Path 1

2019, Japanese handmade paper, acrylic paint, thread. 33 x 25 in

Floating thoughts

2019, Japanese handmade paper, acrylic paint, thread. 40 x 33 in. framed

NEHA VEDPATHAK

Neha Vedpathak (b. 1982, Pune, India) is an interdisciplinary artist known for her rigorous and inventive process-based practice. Vedpathak has been an invited artist-in-residence at Skopelos Foundation for the Arts, Greece, Bharat Bhavan Graphic Studio, India, Anderson Ranch Art Center, Colorado, CAMAC, France and Fountainhead Residency, Miami. Vedpathak’s works have been shown at ASU Art Museum, The Weatherspoon Museum, The Poetry Foundation, and the Detroit Institute of Arts (DIA) among other local and national institutions and galleries. Her work has been recently acquired for the permanent collection of the Detroit Institute of Arts.