Assistant Professor, Pratt Institute
Swati Piparsania (b. Bhilai, India) is an industrial designer and educator based in New York City, currently working as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Industrial Design at Pratt Institute. She holds an MFA in 3D Design from Cranbrook Academy of Art and a BFA in Furniture and Spatial Design from Srishti School of Art, Design, and Technology in Bangalore, India. Swati’s practice is rooted in justice-centered community engagement, using design to amplify underrepresented voices of identities and socio-economic backgrounds. Through participatory pedagogies, equity-driven methods, and creative collaboration, she works with public school teachers, attorneys, environmental activists, and community organizers to develop design interventions that support social and environmental change. She has participated in residencies and programs including the Santa Fe Art Institute, the School of the Alternative in Black Mountain, NC, the (Un-)Learning Place workshop at Haus der Kulturen der Welt in Berlin, and the IMPACT 18 symposium at PACT Zollverein in Essen, Germany. She has recently presented her work at the University of Buenos Aires (Argentina), RMIT University (Melbourne, Australia), the School of Form (Poland), and the Kansas City Art Institute. As a co-curator, she has co-organized critically engaged exhibitions such as Undoing the Border Fantasy, Public Food, Public Water, and FIELD: Site in Process at Pratt Galleries. She is also a grant recipient of The Laundromat Project, the Faculty Development Fund, the Academic Initiative Fund, and the SEED Research Grant at Pratt Institute.
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