Jahnavi Pradeep is an interdisciplinary creative based out of India. She is an alum of Mount Holyoke College, where she double majored in English and Film Media Theater. After her undergraduate studies in the States, she returned to be based out of India for her work in the arts and education space. She was a fellow for an Open Space Documentary Arts Program, working with spaces such as Auroville Film Institute, University of Ladakh, and the Himalayan Institute of Alternatives, Ladakh.

Jahnavi’s practice as an artist is a parallel development to her search for roots and identity. Her curiosities have found direction through ongoing experimentations with writing, film, photography, archiving, and new media formats such as installations. Her projects have taken her across landscapes – Karnataka, Ladakh, Pondicherry, Tamil Nadu – reiterating her creative journey as an ongoing process of remembering and building connections across time and space. For example, in a project titled Mudiyil Mallipoo, she considers the jasmine flower as a means to see Tamil rituals, expressions of gender, and the intersection of personal and collective memories. All her works attempt to push the boundaries of the multimodal quality and educational potential of any art form.

Jahnavi also works as a freelance consultant. Her professional experience spans creative direction, writing and editorial work, research and content development, and curricular design. She liaises with diverse clients such as Literary Safari, Svarnim – Sri Aurobindo Society, Smart Studio and more. She looks to continue finding herself in spaces of critical inquiry, whether in publishing, pedagogy, media or otherwise. 

In her free time, Jahnavi can be found building an archive out of local chocolate wrappers she collects on travels and supporting Indian women and nonbinary filmmakers through Bitchitra Collective.

Please contact Jahnavi if you require access to her professional resume.