Recognitions
AWARDS- Columbia Global Center Mumbai, $1,500 [2023]
- GSAPP Triennial Grant, $15,000 [2023]
- Tamer Center for Social Enterprise Fellow, $8,000 [2022]
- Columbia Technology Ventures BioEarth Fabric Patent [Pending]
CONFERENCES + INVITED TALKS
- ‘Tacit Knowledge and Explorations in a Natural Material Kitchen’: Material Kitchens, Cultures, Formulas, Mix Designs, Erroneous Imitations: Columbia University Graduate School of Architecture. New York, New York (Invited Speaker) [2024]
- ‘Reflections on Transcorpeal Feminism: Our Practice at the Natural Materials Lab’: Indian Ceramics Triennial Symposium. New Delhi, India (Invited Speaker) [2024]
- ‘Emerging Feminist Art Landscapes: 3D Printing with Mud’: Mumbai Columbia Global Affairs. Mumbai, India (Invited Speaker) [2024]
- ‘Developing and Characterizing a Typology of Soil Fabrics’: BioCalibrated Tools and Techniques of Biodesign Practice, Central Saint Martins (Conference) [2023]
- ‘Changing Cultural Systems Towards Sustainable Fashion’ CSR: Unraveled The Loose Threads of Fast Fashion (Invited Speaker) [2023]
PUBLICATIONS
- Developing and Characterizing a Typology of Soil Fabrics; Research Directions: Biotechnology Research. Published online by Cambridge University Press [Forthcoming 2024]
RESIDENCIES
- Cottonwood Gulch; Albuquerque, New Mexico [2024]
- Woodward Residency; Ridgewood, New York City [2024]
- Art Ichol; Maihar, India [2024]
EVENTS ORGANIZED BY SENSEI MAI
- Terreform ONE // HE3AT Sustainable Design Career Panel. Speakers: Josse Gee, Head of Community Growth at Green Jobs Board; Aaron Nesser, Co-Founder of Keel Labs + Partner at BioDesign Jobs; Cat Betances, Program Manager at Urban Design Forum. [2024]
PEER REVIEWER
- ‘Material-Energetic Assemblages for a Curious Climate’, Technology | Architecture + Design Journal
PRESS COVERAGE
EXHIBITIONS
- Indian Ceramics Triennial, New Delhi, India (Installation) [2024]
- Rituals of Making: Earth Figurines (Performance): Indian Ceramics Triennial, New Delhi, India [2024]
- BL Heart to He(art) + Artist Talk (Sculpture) Brooklyn, NY [2022]
- Climate Imaginations: SOIL, PioneerWorks (Sculpture) Redhook, NY [2022]
- Serigraphy Futures, Elm Foundation (Serigraphy) Brooklyn, NY [2022]