Vrinda Seksaria founded Metis in 2019. Vrinda graduated from the Faculty of Architecture, CEPT; was an Erasmus student at ETH, Zurich, did a PG Diploma in Indian Aesthetics from Philosophy Dept of Mumbai University, an MA Photography and Urban Cultures from Sociology Dept of Goldsmiths, University of London and a Fellowship at KRVIA, Mumbai. With over 10 years of architectural experience at leading design firms in Mumbai like Bijoy Jain + Associates, Rajiv Saini + Associates, Serie Architects, ANL Associates and Studio Mumbai; Vrinda simultaneously works with Alternative Photographic processes. Her work explores links between architecture, urban studies, sociocultural theory and photographic practice with a focus on cultural archaeology of urban space and the politics of architectural memory, materiality, construction and decay. Vrinda set up a dimroom for alternative photo-printing at Kala Ghoda, Mumbai in 2012 and her architectural studio in Khar West, Mumbai in 2019. A member of the International Urban Photographers Association (UPA), she has exhibited her photographic work as part of group shows in Mumbai, London, Bogota, and Portugal. Vrinda has been a visiting faculty at various architectural colleges and is currently associated with Sir JJ CoA.
Vrinda Seksaria founded Metis in 2019. Vrinda graduated from the Faculty of Architecture, CEPT; was an Erasmus student at ETH, Zurich, did a PG Diploma in Indian Aesthetics from Philosophy Dept of Mumbai University, an MA Photography and Urban Cultures from Sociology Dept of Goldsmiths, University of London and a Fellowship at KRVIA, Mumbai. With over 10 years of architectural experience at leading design firms in Mumbai like Bijoy Jain + Associates, Rajiv Saini + Associates, Serie Architects, ANL Associates and Studio Mumbai; Vrinda simultaneously works with Alternative Photographic processes. Her work explores links between architecture, urban studies, sociocultural theory and photographic practice with a focus on cultural archaeology of urban space and the politics of architectural memory, materiality, construction and decay. Vrinda set up a dimroom for alternative photo-printing at Kala Ghoda, Mumbai in 2012 and her architectural studio in Khar West, Mumbai in 2019. A member of the International Urban Photographers Association (UPA), she has exhibited her photographic work as part of group shows in Mumbai, London, Bogota, and Portugal. Vrinda has been a visiting faculty at various architectural colleges and is currently associated with Sir JJ CoA.
2019 - Interview and Photographic work published in Monsson [+ other] Waters. Publication by Monsoon Assemblages, it arises from a symposium held at the University of Westminster, 2018. It fosters interdisciplinary conversations between the environmental humanities, the natural sciences and spatial design to further understandings of the impacts of changing monsoon climates and rapid urbanisation in South Asian cities and beyond. Publication edited by Lindsay Bremner. Article in collaboration with Carla de Utra Mendes and David Kendall
