YUKTI V. AGARWAL

EDUCATION

Brown | RISD Dual Degree Program, Dec 2024
Honors Recipient, GPA 3.95
Dual Degree Capstone Presentation

Brown University
B.A. Psychology
B.A. Contemplative Studies

Rhode Island School of Design
B.F.A Textiles
Minor: Theory and History of Art and Design (Museum Track)

Harvard Business School Online, 2020
Full Scholarship Recipient
CoRE: Business Analytics, Financial Accounting, and Economics for Managers

EXPERIENCE

Project-Based Managing Editor, Brown Alumni Magazine
Special Programming Manager, India Art Fair
Curatorial Consultant, Jammu & Kashmir Government & UNESCO Creative Cities Network
Co-Founder and Consultant, desi-gned Magazine

User Research Intern, Code and Theory
Knits and Sweater Intern, Ralph Lauren
Design Intern, Pavitra Rajaram Design
Innovation Intern, Yog Love

Research Assistant, RISD Museum
Researcher, Virtual Textiles Research Group
Knitting Software Teaching Assistant, Anna Gitelson-Kahn
Foundational Drawing Teaching Assistant, Masha Ryskin
Foundational Design Teaching Assistant, Yvegeniya Baras
Language Tutor, Arts and Language Center

RECOGNITION

Honor’s Recipient, Brown | RISD, GPA 3.95, 2019–2024
Associate Member, Phi Beta Kappa, Brown University Chapter, 2024
Associate Member, Sigma Xi, Brown University Chapter, 2024
Student Exhibitior, Salone del Mobile, Milan, 2024
Representative, Alliance of the Arts in Research Universities Summit, Washington D.C., 2022

AWARDS

Catherine Kerr Award for Best Capstone, Contemplative Studies Department, Brown University, 2024
Collaborative Work Award in the Fine Arts Division, Rhode Island School of Design, 2024
Casey Shearer Award for Creative Non-Fiction, English Department, Brown Univerisity, 2024

Special Collections Library Purchase Prize, John Hay Library, 2021
Baker & Whitfield Prize, The Fleet Library, 2020 & 2021
Academic Excellence, Bombay International School, 2019
150th Anniversary Pillo Pochkhanwala Prize, J.B. Petit Association, 2017

GRANTS

Industrial Design Health and Wellness Fund, 2024
Barbara L. Kulhman Foundation Scholarship for the Fiber Arts, 2024
Brown Arts Institute (BAI) Student Grant, 2023
Nelson Center for Entrepreneurship Explore Grant, 2023
Research at Brown (RAB) Undergraduate Grant, 2023
Saxena Center for Contemporary South Asia Grant, 2023
Pembroke Center for Teaching and Women Grant, 2023
Center for the Study of Slavery and Justice Grant, 2023
History of Art and Architecture Grant, 2023
Student Provisional Ubiquitous Research Grant, RISD Research, 2021
Global Brown Fellowship, Brown University, 2021

PUBLICATIONS
desi-gned, Issue 1
Tactile Texts—Sensory Speculations, desi-gned, Issue 2
Sensory Silhouettes, RISD Museum
The Knit Wiggle, Harvard Undergraduate Art Journal
The Knit Wiggle, RISD Viewbook v.12, 2024-2025 (pg. 110)
The Anthropophagic Effect, Garment no. 1, RISD Museum
How To Pretend To Be Dead (A Manual), The College Hill Independent
Proximity, The College Hill Independent
In our focus on viruses, we underestimate the risk of the deadly bacteria, Brown Daily Herald
Why I Love Art: My Nani’s Tijori, Museum of Art & Photography
Why Are My Country’s Treasures Sitting In Your Glass Cases?, The College Hill Independent
Flights of Fancy, Brown Alumni Magazine

PERMANENT COLLECTIONS
ten days (give or take), Museum of Art, Rhode Island School of Design
Yukti V. Agarwal Collection, John Hay Library
Period (Note) Pads, The Fleet Library
The Woman’s Way, The Fleet Library
Oral History Project, Pembroke Center

NEWS
Meet Yukti V. Agarwal, Canvas Rebel
At Milan Design Week, the Power is in the Collection, The New York Times
Putting the “Desi” in Design: A Pioneering Mag on South Asian Culture, Brown Alumni Magazine
Brown, RISD Students Launch New England’s First Publication for South Asian Diaspora, (Print Issue), Brown Daily Herald
20 Unmissable Exhibitions at Milan Design Week, Dezeen
RISD’s Exhibition Offered a Woozy Vision for Our Domestic Future, Sight Unseen
A Constellation of Innovations, Stir World
SPUR-Funded RISD Student Research Advances Sustainability and Social Equity, RISD News
RISD Makes a Splash at Milan Design Week, RISD News
SPUR-Funded Research Underway, RISD News
Launching New England’s First Publication for the South Asian Diaspora, RISD 1877
Post by RISD’s President, Crystal Williams
Brown-RISD Dual Degree students hold ‘fantastical’ art exhibition, Brown Daily Herald
2022 Emerging Creatives Students Summit Recap, The Alliance for the Arts in Research Universities
RISD Textiles Students Weave Personal Narratives, RISD News
Students Make Marvelous Books, RISD News
6th and 7th Baker & Whitehill Student Artist’s Book Content 2021, RISD News

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