Yukti Agarwal

Providence, RI, USA

Work Experience

Ira Yoga Wellness

Design Consultant

May 2020 - August 2020 India

The College Hill Independent

Staff Illustrator

Worked at The College Hill Independent (a Providence-based weekly newspaper run by Brown and RISD students, with close to a circulation of 2000, it is the largest weekly newspaper in South New England) in the position of a Staff Illustrator
March 2020 - Present Providence, Rhode Island, United States

Brown RISD Dual Degree Exhibition

Executive Committee Member

The Brown|RISD Dual Degree exhibition is an annual event celebrating work made by students currently enrolled in the Dual Degree Program. As a member of the executive committee, I was part of the jurying, curating and management of the entire event. I was also the head of sub-committees such as the installation committee.

Exhibitions:
12th Annual Brown|RISD Dual Degree Exhibition "Many Years Later"
November 2019 - Present Providence, Rhode Island, United States

Intercity Traders

Independent Designer

/ Intercity Traders in a fashion house and export center based in Noida, India. I worked in the creativity and sustainability department creating unique bags out of waste fabrics and dyes. Each bag is 100% sustainable and has a conceptual basis. The collection attempts to invoke a sense of self-questioning in the consumer and guide them towards living a sustainable, eco-friendly life. These bags were sold under Intercity Traders’ subunit ‘I Am For You’ to raise money for the primary education of the underprivileged daughters of the workers at the factory.
May 2017 - July 2017 New Delhi, India

Handmaking Hope

Founder | Director

I founded an NGO to help support goals for increased education for the girl child in India. Many projects have been successful under this initiative such as Avant-Garde Ahimsa, Yog Yearbook, Tea Tales, and Bag-it
March 2016 - Present

ThINKing Pencil

Founder

thINKing pencil is a sketching club veered to guiding high-school students who are interested in fine art. The team of peer advisors help emerging artists figure out their own style of art and discourage students from following the conventional means of art, and rather teach them to look at art as a process-based conceptual journey, therefore, enabling them to make their art more compelling.
March 2016 - March 2019 Mumbai, India

Education

Rhode Island School Of Design (RISD)

Bachelor of Fine Arts

Pursuing Textiles / Drawing in the Brown RISD Dual Degree
August 2019 - Present Providence, Rhode Island, United States

Brown University

Bachelor of Arts

Pursuing Biology / Contemplative Studies in the Brown RISD Dual Degree
August 2019 - Present Providence, Rhode Island, United States

Harvard University

Diploma

Financial Accounting | Business Analytics | Managerial Economics
May 2020 - August 2020 Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States

Languages

English (Fluent),
Hindi (Native),
Spanish (Conversational),

Awards

Harvard University

Best Delegate (Security Council)

2017

The Pembroke Centre At Brown Univeristy

Oral CoVID History Contributor

2020

ArtProf

Prize Winner (What is Home?)

2020

J. B. Petit

Pilloo Pochkhanwalla Prize for Creative Art in the field of debating

2017

J. B. Petit

Mehzabeen Palgharwala Prize for Excellence in Yoga

2017

Exhibitions

Group Shows

Can You Hear Me? / 2020 / Online @ Makarj Art
Nature in Times of CoVID / 2020 / Online @ Edna Lawrence Nature Lab
BFA Show 2020 / Online @ Serving the People
Color My Land / 2020 / Gelman Gallery, Providence (USA)
Many Years Later / 2019 / Cowen Gallery at Granoff, Providence (USA)
In and Of this Body / Carr Haus, Providence (USA)
Colour / Colour Lab, Providence (USA)
Sectional Musings / Fleet Library, Providence (USA)
EFS Triennial / 2019 / Woods-Gerry Gallery, Providence (USA)
Majors Exhibition / Woods-Gerry Gallery, Providence (USA)
Showcase / 2017 / Sullivan Gallery, Chicago (USA)


Solo Show

Peregrination / 2019 / BIS / Mumbai (India)


Permanent Collections

The Fleet Library Special Collections @ Rhode Island School of Design
John Hays Special Collections for the Pembroke Centre @ Brown University