Shreya Alok is a full-time ceramic artist living and working in Dharamsala.

Her practice draws deeply from the artistic and architectural sensibilities of Indian history, particularly from the 16th to 18th centuries. With a profound fascination for Islamic geometric patterns, Shreya carves delicate, intricate surfaces that invite the viewer into a quiet space of unity — where a skilled hand, a reflective mind, and an open heart converge in what she describes as a kind of subliminal spirituality.

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Shreya’s work is an evocative exploration of India’s architectural past, reinterpreting the fading grandeur of havelis, palaces, and sacred spaces. Through clay, she challenges the notion of utopian perfection, finding beauty instead in the imperfect geometries and quiet irregularities that mark real life — where godly symmetry coexists with human imperfection. Her sculptures become meditations on time, memory, and decay, capturing the layered histories and textures of a world in transition.

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At the heart of her practice is an inquiry into the coexistence of the social and environmental, and the urgent question of heritage preservation within sustainable, natural materials like clay. She reflects on the sacred geometry of nature, using it not only as ornament but as a metaphor for interconnectedness and impermanence.

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In a time when artificial intelligence challenges the boundaries of human creativity, Shreya’s works stand as tactile, contemplative spaces — sanctuaries of curiosity and contemplation. As she says, “I like to see history from the lens of the present, emulating the past in the way it is today if I were to give it a physical form.”