Artist Statement “Coloured in curiosity, I am on a journey with material to explore our synergetic potential. Within a culture of perpetual minimalist consumerism, my designs aspire to be balanced with a slow baroque aesthetic.”

Gautirya’s practice feeds from the disconnect of their lived reality of social expectations. Born in Sydney to immigrant Tamil Sri Lankan parents, Gautirya’s first year of glass experience was concurrent with a late diagnosis of neurodivergency and a personal inquest into gender identity. Facing the realities and conflict of skin color and white culture, Gautirya’s practise has lead to an acute awareness of external perceptions and the desire to dissect liminality. Their practice ergo is intrigued with the relationship of interior and exterior space; activating and responding to boundaries possible within material.