Yash Vyas, a sculptor from Saurashtra, Gujarat, holds both Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees in Visual Art (Sculpture). His practice explores memory, space and cultural identity through the interplay of construction and deconstruction. He has exhibited at Dhoomimal Gallery, Bikaner House, The Lexicon Art Gallery, Khoj Studios and Gallery XXL, among others. Recipient of the Mrinalini Mukherjee Artist Grant (2021), he has also participated in Khoj Peers Residency and Elephant in the Room- a collaboration between Conflictorium Museum and Stroom Den Haag, Netherlands.

His installation “Makaan Se Maqbara Tak” reimagines tombs as vessels of memory and transformation rather than symbols of finality. Constructed from wood, fibreglass, PVC and resin, the work merges historical architecture with speculative forms, exploring the tension between permanence and impermanence. The structures evoke the fragility of existence while reflecting on how memory and material shape identity.

For Vyas, this work is both philosophical and emotional, a contemplation of mortality, time and renewal. By working at an intimate scale, he invites viewers to see these structures as living archives that dissolve the line between life and afterlife, reminding us that remembrance itself is a continuous act of becoming.