Echoes of Dissent

Disruptve Studio and vignette are pleased to present Echoes of Dissent, a group exhibition on display

from November 13–15, 2025, at 109 Broadway, Brooklyn, NY 11249. Bringing together the work of 20 South

Asian artists, the exhibition explores how communities navigate identity, migration, and belonging amid

the dual forces of nationalism and cultural erasure. Echoes of Dissent traces how South Asian artists have

long used art as a tool for resistance and collective expression. From the poetry of anti-colonial

movements to the visual languages challenging caste, patriarchy, and imperialism, dissent has been

integral to South Asian creativity. Through their practices, these twenty artists reflect on the

complexities of diasporic life, seeking ways to remain rooted while in constant motion.

From translating displacement into material form to reclaiming the body as a site of defiance, the artists

in Echoes of Dissent trace how memory, heritage, and resistance intersect across geographies and

generations. Their works turn everyday gestures—quilting, painting, documenting, collecting—into acts

of preservation and protest. Through fabric and form, color and care, they confront systems that silence

and give shape to histories that endure through the quiet labor of survival. Whether invoking the legacy

of Amrita Sher-Gil, stitching fragments into living archives, or transforming artifacts carried across

borders into gestures of defiance, these artists reveal dissent not as rupture but as reverberation, a

steady rhythm that challenges silence and power alike. At its core, Echoes of Dissent is not a memorial to

past struggles, but a living record of how art continues to mobilize.

Echoes of Dissent includes work by Zahra Ahmad, Advaitha Bhavanasi, Ananya Chandra, Bela Chauhan,

Parth Ghawghawe, Jasjot Kaur Gill, Amna Kakal, Roopa Kosuri, Aditi Mylavarapu, Avani Patel, Alvi

Qaium, Minahil Qazi, Manisha Rohoo, Sona Selvamani, Sukhyog Singh, Iman Usmani, Vasudev Vashisht,

Sheryl Wadehra, Ashima Yadava, and Sehr Yaqoob.

Disruptive Studio is a civic media lab founded by Neil Potnis and Rohit Vaidyula dedicated to amplifying

South Asian voices through original creative work and public programming. vignette is a creative

initiative founded by Sophie Collinet that aims to create opportunities where early-career visual artists

can connect directly with their intended audience.