Tanvi Waghela is a contemporary sculptor who holds a bachelor’s and master’s degree in fine arts from Maharaja Sayajirao University, Baroda. Her practice explores the intricacies of emotions, social causes and mental well-being, using art to spark meaningful dialogue. Through a narrative style, she highlights often overlooked aspects of mental health and the impact of social events on the human mind.

Her installation, “Fragments of Silence” is a potent piece that bravely gives tangible voice to what remains unspoken in society. The work explores the vulnerable emotional spaces where conventional language fails, where the complex processes of grief, fractured memory and healing painfully intertwine. The piece is constructed using ink, thread and intensely layered mark-making, transforming fragmented written text and internal thoughts into tactile traces of suppressed feeling.