studio.kashi

I’m Kashi, a New York-based artist whose work bridges design, upcycling, and creative technology. My practice centers on repurposed and impermanent materials.

I create community spaces and advocate for art as activism and foster community collaboration towards intersectional liberation.

I’ve led workshops and classes focused on jewelry, research processes, fine arts, architecture, & digital design, among many other topics. My teaching emphasizes experimentation, interaction, and being present while creating.

I have also published written work reflecting on interdisciplinary collaboration and social justice.

Find me @kashi.archive on instagram.

Email me kashinanavati@gmail.com. To see my design work click here.

EXPERIENCE

Teaching & Workshops

Teaching Artist at the People’s Forum
Teacher at One River School of Art & Design
Recpient of SUNY Dr. Pettigrew Women’s History Research Fellowship
Guest Lecturer & Workshop Leader at the Fashion Institute of Technology
Guest Workshop Leader at the City College of New York
Guest Workshop Artist at Playground Bk

Exhibitions

American Museum of Natural History
Cosmic Splendor: Van Cleef & Arpels
American Museum of Natural History
Impact: The End of the Age of the Dinosaurs
Fashion Institute of Technology
Collective Threads | In-Person & Digital Exhibit
Fashion Institute of Technology
Picturing Light

Publications

Apogee Journal, Issue 20
Asian American Writer’s Workshop Poetry Feature in The Margins
Same Faces Collective Solar Flare Issue
Collective Threads published via Museum of Chinese in America

Graphic & Experiential Design

New Balance LA Grey Days
Heidi Klum Halloween
Luar NYFW Party
Display Copy Magazine Typography
Squishables: The Comfort of Design

SELECT CLIENTS

American Museum of Natural History
City College of New York
Display Copy Magazine
Fashion Institute of Technology
Heidi Klum
New Balance
Squishables
Van Cleef & Arpels

Education

Bachelor’s of Fine Arts in Experience Design
Double Minor in Art History & English
Fashion Institute of Technology, 2025

Assosiates Degree in Communication Design
Fashion Institute of Technology, 2025

Pettigrew Women’s History Research Fellowship, SUNY FIT , 2025

Next Gen Educators Program
Columbia University Earth Institute, 2020