Ketna Patel

Ketna Patel interweaves multiple cultural narratives through her signature use of vivid, dynamic colour. Informed by a life lived across continents, her practice reflects on the complexities of identity, migration, and globalization, drawing connections between personal histories and collective memory.

Working across painting, collage, and installation, Patel reconstructs and recontextualizes popular icons—from political leaders and mythical archetypes to divine figures—placing them in visually charged, multilayered compositions. Her works often employ humour and irony as devices to unsettle familiar imagery, inviting viewers to look again at symbols they may think they understand.

Through this playful yet incisive visual language, Patel creates spaces where tension and harmony, past and present, the sacred and the everyday coexist. The result is an immersive, thought-provoking experience that encourages audiences to reflect on cultural hybridity and the shifting landscapes of contemporary life.