Seattle artist Garima Tripathi's latest commission will be christened this week during Downtown Redmond's Art Walk at Redmond Downtown Park this Thursday from 4 to 7 pm. Titled "Turning Vessels" Tripathi reimagines reclaimed objects to produce a colorful and interactive piece inspired by Tibetan prayer wheels.

According to the University of Oxford, where Tripathi earned her Masters in Fine Arts, "... Tripathi works in sculptures, public art installations and prints. She earned her MFA from the University of Oxford, UK, on the Charles Wallace Scholarship. Garima learned pottery from traditional potters in Dharavi, Mumbai and sculpting in the US at the School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. She has created permanent installations for Harvard University’s ceramic studio, Anneberg Kulturpark in Denmark and IIT Bombay, India. Garima’s work addresses gendered struggles in India and the agential possibilities within that system. Her practice is in the service of healing the gendered wounds of familial neglect and unrecognised emotional/physical labour. She questions the notions of home, rest, and access to play through intimate objects from the everyday, such as doormats or pan scrubbers, as well as large-scale installations inspired by the Banyan Trees. She sees the Banyan trees as a feminist ecology that expands horizontally and interconnectedly through a large system of aerial roots. Garima works between Lucknow, India and Seattle ..."

Tripathi has also trained at the School of the Museum of Fine Arts and has taught at the Ceramic Studio at Harvard. Most recently, she is teaching charcoal drawing classes at ArtLove Salon through the end of the month.