Alka Dass
AVA Exhibitions: As Natural As Daylight: Plants, Memory & The Edge of Belonging (Group Show) 20.11.25 - 24.01.26 & Tell me about a day you don’t remember (Group Show) 26.06.25 - 31.07.25
Alka Dass (b.1992) is a transdisciplinary artist based in Cape Town, South Africa. Her practice is grounded in memory work and the poetics of belonging, drawing from personal and collective histories of migration, trauma, and inherited knowledge. Working primarily with cyanotype, thread, found materials, and family archives, her process leans into modes of making often dismissed as craft or domestic labour—such as embroidery, beading, and textile-based assemblage.
Rooted in slowness and sensitivity, her process becomes a form of quiet resistance, making room for what is often unspoken or discarded. Each work becomes a site where memory, myth, and personal history are gently reconfigured.
Instagram: @alka_the_artist
