Sunanda Mesquita

A person sits or stands calmly in front of several large houseplants, looking directly into the camera. They have dark curly hair and are wearing a loose-fitting shirt with a bold black and pink pattern. On the right side of the image, the tall upright leaves of a snake plant frame the scene, while more large green leaves fill the background. Warm light highlights the person’s face and patterned shirt, while the background remains soft and slightly shadowed. The mood feels calm, open and attentive.

Sunanda Mesquita (they/them) is a Vienna based, Goan-Swiss transdisciplinary artist, dramaturgay and āyurvedic wellness practitioner. Mesquita studied at the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna and founded WE DEY x space and AMBi- the intersectional space for well-being and art in the 7th district.

At the center of Mesquita’s transdisciplinary artistic practice stands the envisioning of a radical, utopian, queer, feminist collectivity of BIPoCs and topics of community, solidarity and belonging.

Platforms:
decolonialkilljoy.com
ambi-space.com
@decolonial_killjoy
@ambi_space

Works at brut

NEW ENDINGS (2023, with Stefanie Sourial, Faris Cuchi Gezahegn, Hyo Lee, Patu, Janine Jembere)
City of Diaspora (2022)