About — alishaduttislam

botanical illustrator and
artistic researcher

Born in Kolkata, India, botanical illustrator and artistic researcher Alisha Dutt Islam moved to Zurich in 2021. With a background in teaching art and design as tools for education and mediation, her work invites reflection on origins, identity, borders, belonging, and the deep interconnectedness of all life forms.
Dutt holds a BA in Design Communication from the Srishti Manipal Institute of Art, Design and Technology, and an MA in Fine Arts from the Zurich University of the Arts. She is currently pursuing an MA in Transdisciplinary Studies at the same institution.
She has taught as visiting faculty at École Intuit Lab in Kolkata and now works as a scientific assistant at the Sukkulenten-Sammlung, Zurich. She is also the co-founder of Terravibe: Flüstern aus der Erde, an eco-feminist collective exploring relationships between land, voice, and resistance.

mail: alishaduttislam@gmail.com
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