Neeraj Patel

Neeraj’s visual language often echoes industrial and architectural processes: repetitive, structured, and mechanical. Yet through the act of making, he introduces imperfection and tactility, allowing space for rupture, disorder, and unexpected forms of expression. This tension between machine-made precision and human gesture has become central to his artistic inquiry. During his time at JResidency, Neeraj immersed himself in the intimate worlds of weavers and their craft, travelling to artisan communities and engaging deeply with their process. Observing how artisans are interacting with loom and juxtaposing their rhythms with visits to other textile industries in Jaipur and Bikaner, he began to reimagine weaving as both an algorithmic act and a breathing, embodied practice. The residency allowed him to extend his process beyond drawing and industrial reference points, into a dialogue with threads, materials, and indigenous craft techniques. For Neeraj, weaving became a lens to explore the balance between structure and spontaneity, between the rigor of mechanical order and the intuitive gestures of the hand. This encounter not only expanded his material vocabulary but also offered new ways of questioning how spaces, histories, and communities continue to shift, decay, and transform.

About the Artist