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

CURRENTLY

Senior Manager, External Relations and Outreach, India Art Fair
Head of Strategy, India Art Fair Young Collectors’ Programme

Founder, LIBRARY OF PRINTED THINGS
Co-Founder, Continnuum, Brown | RISD Dual Degree
Co-Founder, desi-gned Magazine

Strategic Planning Steering Committee Member, Rhode Island School of Design

Asian Alumni Reunion Advisory Board Member, Rhode Island School of Design

Club Lead, RISD Club of India
Co-President, Brown Club of India

PAST EXPERIENCE

Project-Based Managing Editor, Brown Alumni Magazine
Curatorial Consultant, Jammu & Kashmir Government & UNESCO Creative Cities Network
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

Eddie Award (One of the top national awards in the magazine business), Brown Alumni Magazine, April/May 2025
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
Conscious Creativity, desi-gned, Issue 3
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

EXHIBITIONS

Textiles Triennial / Woods Gerry Gallery / Providence, RI, USA / 2024
Sensory Silhouettes / Aldrich Gallery, RISD Museum / Providence, RI, USA / 2024
Textiles Senior Show / Woods Gerry Gallery / Providence, RI, USA / 2024
Graduate Thesis Exhibit / Amica Convention Center / Providence, RI, USA / 2024
Objects May Shift / Salone Satellite / Milan, Italy / 2024
While The Sap Flows / Cohen Gallery, Granoff Center / Providence, RI, USA / 2024
Majnun by Jaipur Rugs x Pavitra Rajaram Design / Salone del Mobile / Milan, Italy / 2023
Major Survey Show / Gelman Gallery / Providence, RI, USA / 2023
The Witching Hour / Cohen Gallery, Granoff Center / Providence, RI, USA / 2023
Inherent Vice: Hidden Narratives / Donghia Gallery, RISD Museum / Providence, RI, USA / 2023
Inherent Vice / Donghia Gallery, RISD Museum / Providence, RI, USA / 2022
translat[] / Cohen Gallery, Granoff Center / Providence, RI, USA / 2022
Chai Tea Latte / Gelman Gallery / Providence, RI, USA / 2021
Journey of the Jamawar / Aldrich Gallery, RISD Museum / Providence, RI, USA / 2021
Many Years Later / Cohen Gallery, Granoff Center / Providence, RI, USA / 2020
Pre-College Show / Woods Gerry Gallery / Providence, RI, USA / 2018

NEWS

At Milan Design Week, the Power is in the Collection, The New York Times
20 Unmissable Exhibitions at Milan Design Week, Dezeen
RISD’s Exhibition Offered a Woozy Vision for Our Domestic Future, Sight Unseen
Putting the “Desi” in Design: A Pioneering Mag on South Asian Culture, Brown Alumni Magazine
RISD Museum Acquires Collaborative Work by Yukti V. Agarwal (BRDD 2024.5) and Ethan Hoskins (BRDD 2024), BRDD
Brown, RISD Students Launch New England’s First Publication for South Asian Diaspora, (Print Issue), Brown Daily Herald
Cloth looms, poetry and portraits: RISD Museum viewing day shows newly acquired pieces, (Print Issue), Brown Daily Herald
A Constellation of Innovations, Stir World
Meet Yukti V. Agarwal, Canvas Rebel
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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