Ekta Kaul
Ekta Kaul is a London based award winning textile artist known for her narrative maps that explore place, history and belonging through stitch. Her work is held in several permanent collections including at the Crafts Council, Liberty of London, the Gunnersbury Museum and those of private collectors. She has received awards from the Crafts Council and was the winner of 2021 Cockpit Arts Textile Prize. Her work is currently on display at ‘Eternally Yours’ an exhibition exploring ideas of repair and mending at Somerset House, London.
‘My practice is focused on creating narrative cartographic textiles that explore place, history and belonging through stitch. I am drawn to making maps not only because they are beautiful objects in their own right but also because they are repositories for meaning. A pared down aesthetic coupled with a highly considered use of graphic marks and lines form the core elements of my work. I work on public and private map commissions taking inspiration from the history, architecture and personal narratives of place. “
