Aicon Contemporary is proud to present Domestic cadence of unraveling, the first solo exhibition by interdisciplinary artist Shradha Kochhar. A landmark in Kochhar’s evolving practice and a significant moment in her ongoing relationship with the gallery, the exhibition offers a deeply tactile meditation on grief, inheritance, and labor—materialized through handspun cotton and sculptural form.

Comprising textiles, sculpture, and archival gestures, Kochhar’s process-intensive works transform familial memory and mourning into a language of thread, gesture, and ritual. Dedicated in part to the memory of her late father, Domestic cadence of unraveling is also a tribute to the often invisible labor of South Asian women—a lineage of care carried forward through cloth.

Each work is slow-made using kala cotton, an heirloom fiber spun on a peti charkha once owned by her father. As writer Anisa Jackson notes, “To make thread from raw cotton by hand is to slow down time. It is an act of resistance against disposability and speed, but also a means of mourning.”

Kochhar’s material choices are not symbolic but embodied. “The thread itself becomes a kind of journal,” Jackson writes, “at times violently twisted, uneven, tense; at others, smooth and flowing.” These gestures build what she calls “a living archive… where grief and invisible labor are made tangible.”

This exhibition marks Kochhar’s first solo presentation—a culmination of years of intimate making and a bold step in her growing dialogue with Aicon Contemporary. The gallery and artist share a commitment to platforming practices that are materially rigorous and historically grounded. Domestic cadence of unraveling positions Kochhar as a vital new voice in contemporary art—rooted in ancestral knowledge, diasporic memory, and feminist craft.