Sharmistha Ray

Sharmistha Ray (they/them) is a visual artist and Estella Loomis McCandless Assistant Professor of Art at Carnegie Mellon University.

Their artistic practice delves into the complex inheritance of multiple cultures through their queer identity and modes of historical and contemporary abstraction. Working primarily in painting and drawing, they have also made work in sculpture, installation and electronic media, curated projects in India and the United States, and written prolifically for significant publications and journals on critical and theoretical frameworks in contemporary art practice.