Kanishka is an NYC-based conceptual artist and writer, who works with non-human biological systems to further her research in feminist-futurism. She is pursuing a Master of Fine Arts in Photography at Parsons School of Design, where she is developing her practice to produce multimedia interdisciplinary work.

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Parsons School of Design, The New School, New York, NY
(MFA) Masters of Fine Art, 2025
Major: Photography, Minor: Anthropology and Design

University Institute of Engineering and Technology, Panjab University, India
(BE) Bachelors of Engineering, 2016
Electrical and Electronics

William Randolph Hearst Scholarship, 2024
Graduate Student Research Travel Fund, 2024
50% Merit Scholarship, Parsons School Of Design, 2023
Rukhmabai Grant, 2023
Honorable Mention in MMEG’s second annual photo competition, 2022
Full Scholarship awardee for Photography workshop by Deepti Asthana, 2022

Omnibus, Photoville Festival (Upcoming) 2025
Correspondence, Baxter St at the Camera Club of New York, NY 2024
Transcending Perspectives, 13th Annual Photoville Festival, New York, NY 2024
American Center for Photographers, Wilson, NC 2024
Printmaking and Artists’ Books End-of-Year Exhibition, Sheila C. Johnson Design Center 2024

“Everything Reminds me of You”, Lighting course, The New School, NY 2025
Saas-Fee Summer Institute of Art, The Brain Without Organs: Planetarity, Plasticity and Eco-cosmotechnics in Cognitive Capitalism, Paris, FR 2024