Sangeeta Sandrasegar works within a research-based practice, building narratives across projects in various forms spanning, drawing, painting, sculpture and installation. Her artworks consolidate postcolonial thinking, exploring life in Australia and the relationship between migrant communities and homelands, using her biographical experience as a lens and position of perspective.

Her practice has consistently engaged with shadow as a formal and symbolic motif in her exploration of postcolonial and hybridity theory. Best known for her delicate paper cut-outs, Sandrasegar’s practice includes watercolour, drawing, sculpture, video, embroidery and printmaking. Drawing from her upbringing in Australia and Malaysia, and her Indian and Malaysian ancestry, Sandrasegar explores the relationship between migrant communities and homelands, giving voice to the identities of people caught on the margins of society.

In 2004 Sangeeta Sandrasegar completed a Doctorate of Philosophy at the Victorian College of the Arts and the Australian Centre at the University of Melbourne. She has exhibited throughout Australia and her work has been featured in public exhibitions including at the Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney; the Australian Centre of Contemporary Art, Melbourne; and the Gallery of Modern Art, Brisbane; in addition to major international exhibitions and biennials in New Zealand, Korea, India and the USA.

The Open Call Artists in Residence will undertake their residencies from 10 February to 17 April 2025 and receive a $500 stipend. They will present their work in an exhibition in the ATW Project Space Gallery during their residencies.

Sangeeta Sandrasegar is represented by Niagara Galleries