i wear my heart around my neck

Priya Kanji

Bachelor of Fine Arts with HonoursFine Arts

"for and by my hand", 2025. Graphite on papier-mâché.
"Tubby I" (worn), 2025. Graphite on papier-mâché.
"one for mum, one for me", 2025. Graphite on paper and papier-mâché.

Bachelor of Fine Arts with Honours

Fine Arts
Priya’s sculptural works explore the defunct objects that we retain due to their intangible ties to people, place and experience - do these objects weigh us down, or are they a tool for grounding ourselves in a fast-flowing contemporary world? “i wear my heart around my neck” investigates the potential for these objects to be re-activated by adorning the body with their likenesses in fragile paper and graphite jewellery form.
Exhibition location
Block 2 Level D and E