Manavi Singh is a multidisciplinary artist working out of Northern Virginia. Her practice engages photography, film, and material processes where the concept of identity and its evolving nature captivate her creative exploration.
Born in India, raised in between, her work dives into the profound impact and underlying causation of feeling alienated, disconnected from one's roots, and the resulting loss of self. She received her MFA in Photo and Film from Virginia Commonwealth University in 2023 and is currently a 2026–2027 VMFA Visual Arts Fellow.
Singh investigates the role of silence, both personal and collective. Her work considers what is carried forward across generations: gestures, rituals, images, and absences that persist even when their origins become obscured. These traces often appear through repetition - of forms, materials, and actions - suggesting both an attempt to preserve and a quiet acknowledgment of change. Singh’s practice embraces contradiction, tension, and in-betweenness. Her works operate as spaces of negotiation, where memory, loss, and belonging intersect. Through this approach, she reflects on the emotional landscapes of living between cultures, where adaptation and resistance exist simultaneously.