Malavika PC

Malavika PC is an interdisciplinary visual and performance art practitioner with a strong call for abstractions. She holds a BFA in Industrial Design in Ceramics (Government College of Fine Arts, Chennai 2004). Alongside her independent practice and consistent solo showcases, she has associated intensively across years in varying capacities with collectives and institutions like Adishakti Laboratory for Theatre Arts, Perch Theatre Collective, Ranga Shankara Theatre and 1Shanthiroad Studio/Gallery. Her illustrations and graphic design have been published by several houses like Karadi Tales, Tulika, Blaft, Timeout, Times of India, The Hindu and Duckbill.
Among many recognitions for her work, she was the recipient of the year-long Arts Practice Grant from the India Foundation for the Arts (2016), a production grant from Basement 21 (2021) the BeFantastic International Fellowship in AI for Artists (2022), a Student of the Year in Department of Ceramics - Government College of Fine Arts Chennai (2004) and is currently part of the City as Stage International Cohort of the Serendipity Arts Festival (2024). ‘The Ringarotus’ and ‘Favourite Things’ are crucial examples of her cross-disciplinary performances. In 2018, she apprenticed with David Lance Goines in Linocuts and Calligraphy at St Hieronymus Press, Berkeley.