Ramya Ravisankar received a BA in Linguistics and a BFA in Painting from Ohio State University and recently earned an MFA in Painting at Pratt Institute. Her work has been exhibited at various galleries at Pratt Institute as well as McCaig-Wells Gallery and ZONE:Chelsea. Her work explores many themes including: mythology, folklore, family, South Indian cultural history, feminism and femininity.

Incorporating materials such as elephant dung paper, turmeric and kum kum powder she creates depth and a sense of mystery. She takes family stories and transforms, reshapes and combines them with mythology to create new myth-based images that combine Tanjore painting techniques with oil painting methods while also incorporating found objects to create surreal explorations of personal history.