Meenakshi Garodia is a multimedia artist, a storyteller, a ceramicist, a writer/director and an experimental filmmaker working in digital, installation, and 16mm film. She has written and directed multiple well received plays and short films with an emphasis on women’s agency. Her work explores women’s lives within the patriarchy and the immigrant experience. In addition to exploring these themes, elements of nature: earth, water, and fire, are recurrent in her work. She is passionate about working with analog cameras that shoot with physical film that you can touch. She is Affiliate Faculty at Rhode Island School of Design and has an MFA in Film and Media Arts from Emerson College. She is on the boards of Saheli, a non-profit helping survivors of domestic violence, the Brookline Interactive Group (Brookline access TV) and the Brookline Commission for Women. Her ceramics have been exhibited at MassArt and non-profit fundraisers. Meenakshi holds an MBA from the Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore and previously worked in corporate strategy at a fortune 500 company.
You can learn more about her films and ceramics at www.meenakshigarodiafilms.com and www.meenakshigarodia.com