Bhavani Esapathi

Bhavani Esapathi’s transdisciplinary practice uses digital storytelling, speculative fiction and participatory media to explore issues including invisible disability rights, immigration, climate, and health. She was the 2022 President of the Science and the Arts Section of the British Science Association, has presented her work at COP27 in collaboration with the World Health Organisation, and won the WIRED Japan Creative Hack Award in 2016. Her work has been exhibited widely, including Athens Digital Art Festival, Science Gallery London, the V & A, and Phoenix Art Space Leicester. Recent collaborations include Wohl Cellular Imaging Lab at Kings College London, and she was the recipient of Collective Imagination Fund exploring the notions of climate refugees. She is currently a Fellow at the Institute of Advanced Studies, University of Surrey.