Anjali Srinivasan’s background in creative practice stems from collaborations with traditional glass artisans in India since 1996, on research and design initiatives aimed at socio-economic empowerment.

She studied Accessories’ Design at the National Institute of Fashion Technology, New Delhi and holds a BFA cum laude from the New York State College of Ceramics at Alfred University. She earned the terminal degree of her field, a Masters in Fine Arts degree, with honors, from Rhode Island School of Design in 2007 with a keen interest in glass and digital media.

Her work has been recognized by the 2016 Swarovski Designer of the Future Award, the 2017 Jutta Cuny- Franz Memorial Award, the 2017 Irwin Borowsky International Prize in Glass Arts and the 35th Rakow Commission by the Corning Museum of Glass in 2020. She is also recipient of a Creative Capital / Andy Warhol Foundation Grant for Art Writers and grants from the American Association for University Women Education Foundation. Most recently, she was named a Brother Thomas Fellow in 2023 and a United States Artist Fellow in 2025.

Anjali lives and works between Bengaluru, India and Boston, USA, where she is Professor of 3D Arts at Massachusetts College of Art and Design. As an educator, she guides students on how a rigorous investigation of matter speaks to creative sustenance. As artist, she remains invested in inter- disciplinary research and cross-cultural interventions that build original knowledge and empathy. Currently, her research is invested in notions of ‘biological craftspersonship’, ‘crowd-created’ entities and ‘earth-based’ fabrication in the fields of sustainability and social engagement.

Recent Exhibitions

• 2025 India Art Fair @ Aicon Gallery, New Delhi, India
• 2024 The 35th MassArt Auction (Live), Boston MA, USA
• 2023 Hourglass: Pouring the Past into the Future Cur. Kristine Michael, Bikaner House, New Delhi, India
• 2023 Reiterations in Glass, Cur. Erika Diamond, Weeks Gallery, Jamestown Community College, NY, USA
• 2023 Art Mumbai @ Aicon Gallery, Mumbai, India
• 2023 Contemporary Glass Sculpture, New Bedford Art Museum, MA, USA
• 2023 Interconnected: A Celebration of the ALANNA Faculty, Massachusetts College of Art and Design, USA
• 2023 The Glass Menagerie : Contemporary Practices in Glass, Bikaner House / ArtSpeaks, New Delhi, India 
• 2022 Saans, Public debut of the 35th Rakow Commission, Corning Museum of Glass, NY, USA
• 2022 XIV International Glass Symposium, North Bohemian Museum, Czech Republic
• 2021 Re-Formation, Cur. Erica Rosenfeld, Heller Gallery, NY, USA
• 2021 Aurora (solo), Ken Saunders Gallery, IL, USA
• 2021 XIV International Glass Symposium, Nový Bor Glass Museum, Czech Republic
• 2021 Voice of Glass Collaborative, National Museum of Riga, Latvia 

Selected Lectures and Demonstrations

• 2023 Lecture, Panyu Polytechnic, Guangzhou, China
• 2023 Artist Talk, MFA Colloquium: Art,Craft+Identity, Massachusetts College of Art and Design, USA
  
• 2022 Artist Lecture, Glass Education Exchange (GEEX) Talks, USA
  
• 2021 Panelist, Wheaton Conversations, WheatonArts, NJ, USA
  
• 2020 Panelist, The Glassmakers Club (Series 1), ArtSpeaks India, New Delhi, India
  
• 2020 Lecture and workshop, Laurie Wagman Visiting Artist Series, Temple University, PA, USA
  
• 2019 Visiting Artist Lecture, Glass Department, Rhode Island School of Design, RI, USA
  
• 2018 Panelist, Intangible Cultures, Glass Nexus Forum,  North Lands Creative, Caithness, Scotland
  
• 2017 Visiting Artist Lecture, Virginia Commonwealth University, VA, USA
  
• 2017 Demonstration, Museum Kunstpalast, Dusseldorf, Germany
  
• 2017 Panelist, Art of Nature, Abu Dhabi Festival, UAE

Awards

• 2025 United States Artist Fellowship, USA
• 2024 Grant: Artist Resource Trust (A.R.T), Berkshire Taconic Community Foundation, MA, USA 
• 2023 Brother Thomas Fellowship, Boston Foundation, MA, USA
• 2020 35th Rakow Commission, Corning Museum of Glass, NY, USA
• 2018-19 MassArt Foundation Faculty Fellowship
• 2017 Irwin Borowsky International Prize in the Glass Arts
• 2017 Jutta Cuny-Franz Memorial Award
• 2016 Swarovski Designers of the Future Award