Ruchika Nambiar is a miniaturist, book artist, designer and writer who creates experimental, interactive stories. She is an alumnus of RISD with a research MA in Global Arts & Cultures (2023). Formally trained as a graphic designer, she completed her undergraduate studies at Srishti Institute of Art, Design & Technology in India, with a major in Visual Communication Design (2014). Her work is interdisciplinary and ranges across media, from artist books and graphic memoires to dioramas and interactive social-media stories. She publishes most of her book projects independently, such as her graphic memoire The Breadcrumb (2020). Many of her book projects take on visually rich forms and are often produced as limited edition/one-off pieces. Her work plays with the relationship between content, form and interaction, finding new ways to combine image-making, writing, research, miniature-making and more to create experimental narrative objects.
She is the creator of The Dollhouse Project (2017-present), an interactive miniature storyverse that has been featured in Architectural Digest, Marg Magazine, India Today and other publications. She works on experimental art commissions across miniature making and book art, with brand collaborations like Samsung and several publication design clients. She does talks and speaking engagements—most recently at TEDxRISD—and is also developing a mentorship program, The Creative Finishing School, for young artists and designers.
Also a researcher, she writes on themes of cultural philosophy and media studies. Her writing has previously been published in the Journal of Contemporary Thought. Her interests lie in studying media and its relationship to knowledge production and the formation of our conceptual frameworks, with a special focus on mainstream media, new media and pop culture. Her thesis at RISD, Memes for the Soul: The Internet and its Phantasmic Global Citizen (2023), is currently being translated into an interactive artist book as well as an exhibition.
Times: W | 1:10 PM - 2:40 PM; TTH | 8:00 AM - 9:00 AMInstructor(s): Ruchika NambiarLocation(s): Washington Place, Room 018; Auditorium, Room 132Enrolled / Capacity: 20Status: Open
SECTION DESCRIPTION
This is a required course for all first year and transfer students to introduce them to global modern and contemporary art, architecture and design in the period between 1750 and the present. The course addresses modernism as a global project, presenting several case studies from across the world that unfold to show how multiple kinds of modernism developed in different times and distant places. By presenting alternate, sometimes contradictory stories about modern and contemporary art and design, along with a set of critical terms specific to these times and places, the class aims to foster a rich, complex understanding of the many narratives that works of art and design can tell. With this grounding, students will be well positioned to pursue their interests in specialized courses in subsequent semesters.
Registration process:
First-year students are registered into sections by the Liberal Arts Division.
Incoming transfer students and sophomore, junior, and senior undergraduates should register into section 27.
Major Requirement | BFA
THAD H101-27 - THAD I: GLOBAL MODERNISMS
LevelUndergraduate
UnitTheory + History of Art + Design
Subject Theory & History of Art & Design
Period Fall 2024
Credits 3
FormatLecture
Mode In-Person
Start date
End date
THAD H101-27
THAD I: GLOBAL MODERNISMS
LevelUndergraduate
UnitTheory + History of Art + Design
Subject Theory & History of Art & Design
PeriodFall 2024
Credits3
FormatLecture
ModeIn-Person
Start and End2024-09-04 to 2024-12-11
Times: TTH | 8:00 AM - 9:00 AM; W | 7:00 PM - 8:30 PMInstructor(s): Ruchika NambiarLocation(s): Auditorium, Room 132; College Building, Room 434Enrolled / Capacity: 20Status: Closed
SECTION DESCRIPTION
This is a required course for all first year and transfer students to introduce them to global modern and contemporary art, architecture and design in the period between 1750 and the present. The course addresses modernism as a global project, presenting several case studies from across the world that unfold to show how multiple kinds of modernism developed in different times and distant places. By presenting alternate, sometimes contradictory stories about modern and contemporary art and design, along with a set of critical terms specific to these times and places, the class aims to foster a rich, complex understanding of the many narratives that works of art and design can tell. With this grounding, students will be well positioned to pursue their interests in specialized courses in subsequent semesters.
Registration process:
First-year students are registered into sections by the Liberal Arts Division.
Incoming transfer students and sophomore, junior, and senior undergraduates should register into section 27.
