VASUDEV VASHISHT
visual artist/ photographer
Vasudev Vashisht is a socially & ecologically engaged visual artist of Indian origin based in New York.
Vashisht’s work has been exhibited by the New York Foundation for the Arts, CreateCOP29, Photoville Festival, and Baxter St, Camera Club of NY and internationally, by Jaipur Art Week, India & Lishui Photography Festival, China. He was recently awarded the En Foco Artist Fellowship & NYFA’s Immigrant Artist Program Fellowship in 2026.
Vashisht has shared his artistic research through talks at the MASS MoCA, Society for Photographic Education annual conferences, and Urban Soil Institute NY, among other venues. He holds an MFA in Photography from Parsons School of Design, NY.
Currently, in Harlem, he is working with compost in a community garden as a studio, subject, and co-creator.
When not covered in soil or chemistry, he is often found explaining to airport security why his luggage is full of soil labeled 'art supplies.’
Vashisht’s work has been exhibited by the New York Foundation for the Arts, CreateCOP29, Photoville Festival, and Baxter St, Camera Club of NY and internationally, by Jaipur Art Week, India & Lishui Photography Festival, China. He was recently awarded the En Foco Artist Fellowship & NYFA’s Immigrant Artist Program Fellowship in 2026.
Vashisht has shared his artistic research through talks at the MASS MoCA, Society for Photographic Education annual conferences, and Urban Soil Institute NY, among other venues. He holds an MFA in Photography from Parsons School of Design, NY.
Currently, in Harlem, he is working with compost in a community garden as a studio, subject, and co-creator.
When not covered in soil or chemistry, he is often found explaining to airport security why his luggage is full of soil labeled 'art supplies.’
Summer 2026 - Summer 2027
Van Lier Fellowship, Snug Harbor Cultural Center, Staten Island, NY
Last Update: July 2026
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Instagram: @wahsodev
vasudev26vashisht@gmail.com