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Emotions in Monochrome
Black-and-white photography Exhibition | 2009
Emotions in Monochrome explored the universality of human emotion beyond labels of gender, caste, creed, or status. Working exclusively in black and white, the series focused on stripping away visual distraction to arrive at emotional honesty. Love, fear, joy, frustration, compassion, and resilience were presented without hierarchy or judgment. The exhibition comprised 22 signed, limited-edition black-and-white photographs, printed on acid-free, archival fine art paper.
Gauland
Digital paintings on archival media | 2017
Gauland is based on an imagined future. Set in the year 5017, the series proposes that archaeologists unearth a small body of artworks from a place once known as India. The figures in these works appear human, placed in everyday situations and rendered against bright, stylised backgrounds. What unsettles the experts, however, is that the figures all have cow heads. Dated approximately to the year 2017, the unearthed works raise questions about symbolism, belief, identity, and cultural memory. Through satire and speculation, Garland reflects on how societies are read, misread, and reconstructed long after they have disappeared.
Podcast
Celebrate: The Podcast with Ambalika Rayan | 2026
Artist Sudha Pillai, founder of Lines By Su, was featured on Celebrate: The Podcast, hosted by Ambalika Rayan. In this wide-ranging conversation, Sudha speaks about choosing an unconventional creative path, the often misunderstood relationship between art and money, and the ideas that shape her artistic practice. The episode explores the origins of her solo exhibition “Gauland,” the presence of nostalgia, quirkiness, and everyday memory in her work, and her ongoing project “Once a Month With Su,” a quiet ritual that invites people to pause and reconnect through art. The discussion also touches on larger questions around creativity, storytelling within families, the influence of colour and pattern on our emotional states, and the evolving relationship between art, science, and technology in shaping the future of creative practice. Listen to the episode