Worn Smooth Ananth UdupaMixed-Media Collage 7” H x 5” W 2023
Ananth Udupa (he/they) is a dancer, designer, and artist based in Boston, MA. With a background in Bharatanatyam and architecture, his work aims to nurture diasporic communities through socially engaged art. Ananth’s current focus is the relationship between emotion-based movement, South Asian rituals, and being in space explored through performance, drawing, collage and sculpture. He has an BS in Architectural Studies from Arizona State University and is currently pursuing a Masters in City Planning at MIT. His work has been exhibited in MassART’s Godine Gallery and Mills Gallery at the Boston Center for the Arts. He was part of the 2023 aMASSit choreography cohort at the Dance Complex and is a part of the Early Career Network for Natura Network.