AARTI KATHURIA
ARTIST/ ARCHITECT

“This piece is electric it draws you in, this piece should be installed all over the city. If I could have my way, I would have it in every window in the city. We need this ever more in todays times” Jan Brodie Jury Member, Windows on Pawtucket. In a juried competition, this architectural texture was chosen to be displayed on Main Street in Pawtucket. This 2020 pandemic has emphasized the need to get outdoors, stroll individually and enjoy the artwork that can spark joy, reflection and inspiration. This piece, and its sculptural quality with use of layering, color and movement aims to do just that. Map for all artist work displayed till May 2021 included in the images. Get the map, get outdoors!

Ocean State Center for Independent Living, Pawtucket, Rhode Island

Hap-took, is an architectural texture. This playful piece, that is both three dimensional and interactive enriches a space with color and texture.The piece gets its sculptural quality with use of layering, color and movement. Fondly referred as “Tactile Stars” it can be applied as a layer to a blank wall, a blank glass or hung in space to change the visual rhythm of the space.There is so much blank glass in our buildings, this textural layer can augment the space with material presence and textural feel and add to the experiential quality of space. 

Greenspace Gallery, T.F. GREEN AIRPORT, Warwick, Rhode Island

Panoply, is a physical construct that defines interior in the exterior allowing the protagonist to engage with the city in a creative way. It is a small-scale installation that explores the unfolding of its context as a series of frames from its one edge to another. Each frame captures a moment in time, unfolding new perceptions that lend themselves to an enhanced experience in the public realm.

Parcel 1A, I-195 Redevelopment District, Providence, Rhode Island

Regeneration, artwork created in collaboration with School One Students on former route I-195 land to activate urban space in the interim. The  artwork by students, exhibits the idea of space taking on a new form & purpose and in doing so with future thinking, specifically for City of Providence.
Collaborator: Kristen Jones
Art Coordinator, School One/ Students (year 2014) School One/ Jennifer Borman, Head, School One
Fabrication: Functional Aesthetic

I-195 Redevelopment District, Providence, Rhode Island