Sculptor Priyanka Rana on Wood, Ritual, and Repair

On listening to wood and the meditative gestures of care that run through her practice

Sculptor, Priyanka Rana, in her studio

Priyanka Rana’s work struck me immediately because I rarely encounter sculpture that feels this formally modern while still carrying the symbolic, ritual, and ecological textures I associate with South Asian ways of seeing. Her practice moves fluidly between ritual and climate consciousness, memory and material inte…