Inaara Vishnani (b. 1999, Ohio) is a South Asian American visual artist and writer currently based in Chicago, Illinois. She holds a BFA in Photography and Printmedia from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. In her current work, Inaara researches the realities of inheriting trauma, healing and the effects of misogyny within family dynamics. She uses the language of memory, desire and photography in relation to one another to clarify identity by transforming and dis/placing the family archive.


Email: inaaravish@gmail.com

Instagram: @ivfoto


EDUCATION

BFA Photography, School of the Art Institute of Chicago (SAIC) 


DUAL EXHIBITIONS

2023     Downtown500 | Can She Hear the Cars at Night?, Chicago, IL


SELECTED EXHIBITIONS

2022     Filter Photo | we like small things v.5, Chicago, IL

2022     SITE Galleries | Allure of the Abject, Chicago, IL

2022     SAIC Galleries |The Undergraduate Exhibition, Chicago, IL

2022     Bezalel Academy of Art and Design | Dedication Page, Jerusalem

2022     FLOAT | New Seeds, Online Exhibition


SELECTED PRESS

Department of Photography Catalog 2022, School of the Art Institute of Chicago


CURATORIAL

ON VIEW | Online Exhibition Space


PUBLIC COLLECTIONS

Joan Flasch Artist Book Collection, Chicago, IL


Using Format