Hello!

I am a creative practitioner working across drawing, textiles, jewellery and graphic design living in Koblenz, Germany. Currently, I am developing a craft based artistic practice, research, writing and curation at the Academy of Fine Arts, Munich as part of the Jewellery and Hollowware program. My research (Project Bawra) focuses on contemporary body ornament in a global South Asian context.

I grew up in a family of traditional jewellers in India, surrounded by conversations on dowry and investments. My uneasy relationship with jewellery got me circling back to it as an artist - to poke it, play with it and allow it to misbehave.

I received my MFA in 2D Design from Cranbrook Academy of Art, Michigan, USA, BA in Visual Communication from BIAD, UK and a graduate diploma in fashion and technology from NIFT, Delhi. I have been the co-founder of Jain&Kriz, a design company in collaboration with Krystof Kriz, offering unique, artistic textiles that combine spontaneous playful scribbles and doodles with various old and new techniques, often in collaboration with artisans in Europe and India. I have also been Associate Lecturer of Graphic Design at Prague City University, Czech Republic.

Get in touch with me at jain.anvita@gmail.com