TAWOOZ.VISUAL ARTIST 

I do not paint to decorate walls; I paint to disturb them. 

I am a visual artist and BFA gold medallist from Jamia Millia Islamia based in Delhi working in a multidisciplinary practice that exists in the liminal space between personal memory and political resistance. My work springs from personal, painful, political memories and spans oil painting, charcoal, performance art and socially engaged murals. I paint because silence nearly killed me. My practice is born from a desire to expose what is concealed: the unspoken truths of sexual trauma, the violence that has become commonplace, the obscenity not in the nude body but in the mind. I actively contest a gaze of society that shames the victim, not the perpetrator.

Through my ongoing series, I stage a visual revolt against the brutality of rape culture in India (The Woman-Eater). Each canvas is a raw composition, where bodies are not aesthetic objects but war zones of survival. Through expressive distortion and symbolic colour, I force the viewer to see what society would rather not see. I am more than a passive spectator; I set my figures as witnesses devoured, distorted and torn but defiantly present.

Currently my work is moving toward conceptual and minimalist approaches to exploring themes such as child abuse and invisible labour. What I am interested in is how silence, space and shadow can convey the burden of trauma.

My vision ultimately extends beyond the canvas. I aim to establish an art centre for survivors of abuse, where creative expression functions as both therapy and revolution. For me, art is not just expression; it is resistance, remembrance, and reclamation.

As an artist, I do not seek to comfort; I seek to confront.