Reevah Agarwaal is an artist from New Delhi, India, currently based in Chicago, IL. She received her MFA from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago (SAIC) in 2024. Working primarily with textiles and print media, her practice explores themes of girlhood, nostalgia, and intergenerational domestic relationships. Using repurposed textiles with personal histories, she creates quilts and collages that reference childhood, intimacy, and coming of age. Through material memory, intuition, and inherited knowledge, she reclaims and reimagines narratives of women and girls.
Her work has been exhibited at The Plan, Parlour and Ramp, EXPO Chicago, Citrus Gallery, Bridgeport Art Center, among other venues. She received the New Futures Award from The Other Art Fair in 2024 and is currently an Artist in Residence at the Chicago Artists Coalition.
Headshot: Inaara Vishnani
Image: Lost Page, 2024, Satin bedsheet, canvas, repurposed brassiere, press-on nails, felt, thread, sequins, and acrylic paint, 16 x 12.5 in
(updated 2025)
CAC Residency
