I mainly work in the field of installation and utilize materials found in my immediate environment, such as spices, dried fish, ash and discarded things that I find on my walks. Metal plays an important part in my work, and I often integrate copper, iron or bronze in my installations.

I see myself as a cultural “bridge-builder” who understands myself and others within constantly shifting realities. The different paths that have shaped my life and contributed to this perception are: being exposed to art from early childhood onwards; choosing to study comparative religion and anthropology; writing books and teaching students; engaging deprived children in India through art; living in different cultures, and marrying an Indian writer. In many ways, my body of work emerges from these engagements and from my academic base in anthropology.

 To summarize: I perceive my art as a confluence of my work and life-choices of the past 20 years