Kia Ora! Ko Ruby tōku ingoa. 

 
Born in the tropical island of Sri Lanka, I have called Aotearoa New Zealand home since 2008. My practice weaves together folk-art traditions, contemporary feminist thought, and queer reclamation through the lens of a Sri Lankan immigrant. Working through personal and cultural storytelling, I explore how identity is layered, inherited, and continuously reshaped.

Influenced by intersectional feminist frameworks, my work considers how histories of gender, immigration, and culture intersect in everyday life. Pattern and ornamentation - often overlooked as purely decorative - become central to this exploration.

In my practice, ornamentation isn’t just decoration; it carries meaning. Intricacy becomes a quiet act of resistance. Pattern holds memory, and queer joy, vibrant and unapologetic, is resistance too.