BIO

Moochhala has exhibited in galleries such as Beacon Gallery (Boston), CAA (Cambridge), and the BWAC Gallery (Brooklyn), among others. In contrast, her public art installations have included street typography, wheat-pastes, and community interviews. Her 6-month artist-in-residence project Reflecting on Our Pandemic Experience included over 100 ‘meditation storytelling’ flags installed at Menotomy Rocks Park. She was part of Fountain Street Gallery in Boston’s SoWa Arts District till 2023, where she curated their final winter exhibit Limitless Translations. In 2025, her 250 th anniversary project connected the history of the American Revolution with contemporary stories, and was installed along the same route that Paul Revere rode in 1775. Nilou is an award recipient of numerous grants including the Massachusetts Cultural Council, MA250, National Park Service, and NEFA, and her work has appeared in the Boston Globe, WBUR, PBS, Artscope, India New England, Art Outdoors, and Big, Red & Shiny, among others.

ARTIST STATEMENT

Originally from Mumbai, Nilou Moochhala’s visual practice has been channeled into examining issues of cross-cultural change and transformation. She has been inspired to juxtapose found objects, memorabilia, and use of language to create social and political narratives, be it in public street spaces or private art galleries. Moochhala investigates the space “in-between” - the shift in narrative that we experience as we cross between diCerent ‘real’ or ‘imagined’ spaces: whether it is our country, our culture, our sense of identity, or ourselves. These visual instances can provide a unique perspective on what connects or divides us as individuals, as a society, and beyond – and provide a view into how we can further understand the human condition.