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Maithili Rajput is an interdisciplinary practitioner whose work demands movement, attention, and engagement with the complexities of human experience. Her practice interrogates themes of endurance, resistance, and the fragile boundaries—both physical and emotional—that shape our daily lives.
Rooted in labor-intensive processes and intimate gestures, Rajput reinterprets everyday objects and materials to expose the tension between allure and danger within the mundane. Working across sculpture, performance, video, and installation, she constructs spaces where the familiar and the unsettling converge. Through cryptic arrangements and uncanny juxtapositions, her work invites viewers to confront discomfort and ambiguity.
Rajput’s practice contemplates endurance not as triumph or defeat, but as a condition of existence; where endurance is neither victory nor loss, but simply existence. By foregrounding moments of unease and vulnerability, she challenges cultural and social norms, encouraging reflection on the unseen forces that shape our connections and experiences.
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Shaped by her experiences of cultural displacement and identity, Rajput's work reflects her ongoing negotiation of belonging and otherness. Born in India and currently based in Boston, Maithili Rajput is an MFA candidate in Boston University’s graduate sculpture program.
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Currently studying at Boston University, Boston, MA, MFA Sculpture
2021 Ohio Wesleyan University Delaware, OH, BFA painting and sculpture
2017 Pinewood American School, Thessaloniki, Greece
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EXHIBITION AND AWARDS
2024 Some of a Noneness, Boston, MA, USA
2024 Amalgamy, Piano Craft Gallery, Boston, MA, USA
2024 CAA, 2024 members Prize Show, Boston, MA, USA
2024 Titles are everything, Ramp show, Boston University, Boston, USA
2023 Creature Comforts, Ramp, Show, Boston University, Boston, USA
2023 Suspended Disbelief, Phoenix Athens Gallery, Athens, Greece
2023 Arte Laguna Prize Venice, 16th edition Finalist, Venice, Italy
2022 Art Vue Foundation Yearly Prize
2022 Enosis, Solo Exhibition, Phoenix Athens Gallery, Athens, Greece
2021 Interactive Art Installations, Sensistan, Museum of Goa, Panjim, Goa, India
2021 Awakened Voices, Issue 13: The Body Speaks
2021 Time Will Tell, Pop-Up Exhibition, Sofia, Bulgaria.
2021 Art Show International, Honorable mention award; Figurative competition award.
2021 Chasing the Bluebird, Online art Exhibition, 118 Art Gallery.
2021 Unprecedented, Senior Show, Ohio Wesleyan Delaware, Delaware, Ohio, USA
2021 Spring Show, Ohio Wesleyan Delaware, Delaware, Ohio, USA
2017 Make art, not war, Thessaloniki Greece.
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RESIDENCIES AND EXPERIENCE
Current Teacher's Assistant; Foundation sculpture, Boston University, Boston, MA, USA
2024 - Current Teacher's Assistant; Metals, Boston University, Boston, MA, USA
2024 Teacher's Assistant; Materials and Methods, Boston University, Boston, MA, USA
2023 Teacher's Assistant, Boston University, Boston, MA, USA
2022 Phoenix Residency, Athens, Greece
2022 Fish Factory Artist Residency, Stöðvarfjörður, Iceland
2021 Circle Residency, Sensistan, Goa, India
2021 IMAGO International Artist Residency, Tsarimir, Bulgaria
2020 COSI Externship, COSI, Columbus, Ohio, USA
2019 Publicity Assistant, Information Services, Ohio Wesleyan University, Delaware, Ohio, USA
2019 Teaching Assistant, Columbus Initiative, Columbus, Ohio, USA
2018 Teacher's Assistant, Early Childhood Center, Delaware, Ohio, USA
2018 Art Director Intern, Yash Raj Studio, Sui - Dhaga Movie, Mumbai, India
SELECTED PRESS
2024 BU Today, Interview; “How I made this” Link to article
2022 Fish Factory, Interview; featuring article about the approach to sculpture, Link to article
2021 Arte Laguna Prize Venice, 16th Edition Link to the page
2021 Ecstacy, featuring the installation at Museum of Goa, India, Link to article