Dway Lunkad

a Multi-Disciplinary Storyteller

Bringing forth sculptures, experiences and films created to connect us to the empathy in all materials and what they can teach us

Rhode Island School of Design

BFA (Sculpture) | BFA (Film, Animation, and Video)

a Sculptor

Focussing on material knowledge and a curiosity about process and craftsmanship, he brings an empathetic approach to making and materials infused into artworks ranging from site-specific installations to material rich conversations.

An Installation Designer

I conceptualise and execute sculptural installations, experiences, and interactions as an individual and a collaborator for institutions and organisations.

a Filmmaker,

Exploring documentary and experimental live-action film techniques and forms of storytelling

an Artist,

using drawings and the two dimensional form as a space of formative exploration of ideas

a documenter of stories and thoughts

Through writing I explore the many ways stories can be harnessed and shared as part of the process of exploration, or the outcome of intensive research and curiosity.

the creator of

With a focus on a multi-faceted approach to art and design practices, SHAPESHFT, a design and research-based practice, researches plastic waste stream impact upon the world and the power of art and design has in influencing the narrative.

Dway Lunkad (b. 2000, Delhi) is a multi-disciplinary artist interested in the relationships between the built environment, its past and future, as it relates to ours as those that live within it. With a specific eye on material historicity and critiquing cultural norms of chronocentrism, he explores narratives of urban/natural, monumental/individual, past/future, iterative/unchanging and the boundaries that lie between all. Exhibiting through sculpture, films, writings, drawings, creative direction, design , performance, and site-specific installation to create experiences that reflect the needs and wants of the narrative.

He uses medium and meaning to communicate emotions of grief, loss, curiosity, belief, and their routes to empathy. His work finds grounding in research methods drawing from material knowledge, craftsmanship, linguistics, architecture, the archeological, and patterns of being while weaving narratives that connect the contemporary to the historical.

He holds a dual BFA from the Rhode Island School of Design from the departments of Sculpture and Film, animation, and video (FAV).

Based out of New York | New Delhi

Connect with me

I am open to collaborations, commissions, projects and experimental approached to making.

Looking forward to hearing what you would be excited to dream into reality.

  • All projects and commissions are spaces to create something new and original, or perhaps further an existing tradition or narrative. I am open to building these with you or for you wherever the journey takes us!

  • I work across a variety of mediums and skillsets ranging from craftsmanship-intensive artworks, research projects, personalised commissions, and speculative presentations for future work.

    Stone, Bronze, Cinematography, Video Editing, Writing, Drawings, Digital rendering, Furniture Design, Narrative building, and Workshops for children or students.

    Always expanding on the possibilities of creative expression for whatever fits the need.

US: +1(401) 632 3304

India: +91 96437 14687