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I am a multi/interdisciplinary creative with experience spanning architecture, art, food, and community building. Currently, I am exploring and building a practice around food, storytelling, community gatherings, and ceramics. I am an intentional collaborator, curious about collective spaces, memories, and lived experiences. My journey has taken me from India to various urban settings in the US, where I've engaged in projects that meld creativity with culture. My recent initiatives in Detroit focused on Indian food and communal experiences that celebrate home and comfort through shared meals and stories. I aim to take these projects and events further across the US, and beyond.…I am a multi/interdisciplinary creative with experience spanning architecture, art, food, and community building. Currently, I am exploring and building a practice around food, storytelling, community gatherings, and ceramics. I am an intentional collaborator, curious about collective spaces, memories, and lived experiences. My journey has taken me from India to various urban settings in the US, where I've engaged in projects that meld creativity with culture. My recent initiatives in Detroit focused on Indian food and communal experiences that celebrate home and comfort through shared meals and stories. I aim to take these projects and events further across the US, and beyond.

shubalakshmi shekar

Interior Designer, Architectural Illustrator, Creative Director, +5

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I am a multi/interdisciplinary creative with experience spanning architecture, art, food, and community building. Currently, I am exploring and building a practice around food, storytelling, community gatherings, and ceramics. I am an intentional collaborator, curious about collective spaces, memories, and lived experiences. My journey has taken me from India to various urban settings in the US, where I've engaged in projects that meld creativity with culture. My recent initiatives in Detroit focused on Indian food and communal experiences that celebrate home and comfort through shared meals and stories. I aim to take these projects and events further across the US, and beyond.…I am a multi/interdisciplinary creative with experience spanning architecture, art, food, and community building. Currently, I am exploring and building a practice around food, storytelling, community gatherings, and ceramics. I am an intentional collaborator, curious about collective spaces, memories, and lived experiences. My journey has taken me from India to various urban settings in the US, where I've engaged in projects that meld creativity with culture. My recent initiatives in Detroit focused on Indian food and communal experiences that celebrate home and comfort through shared meals and stories. I aim to take these projects and events further across the US, and beyond.

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I am a multi/interdisciplinary creative with experience spanning architecture, art, food, and community building. Currently, I am exploring and building a practice around food, storytelling, community gatherings, and ceramics. I am an intentional collaborator, curious about collective spaces, memories, and lived experiences.

My journey has taken me from India to various urban settings in the US, where I’ve engaged in projects that meld creativity with culture. My recent initiatives in Detroit focused on Indian food and communal experiences that celebrate home and comfort through shared meals and stories. I aim to take these projects and events further across the US, and beyond.

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Work Experience

Designer & PM at ARXARCH

April 1, 2025 - Present

Part-time/freelance designer on select commercial, retail and luxury brand projects, along with project managing with Principal Architect as needed.

Junior Architectural Designer at Arcsine

November 1, 2017 - May 1, 2023

Worked on numerous hospitality and commercial projects ranging from restaurant design and hotel renovations, to office-space TIs with Senior and Principal Architects. Managed independently with consultants as needed and worked through various stages of permit processes across Bay Area.

Gallery Assistant/Project Coordinator at Chatterjee & Lal

October 1, 2015 - December 1, 2016

Leading contemporary art gallery in the heart of Mumbai. Projects ranged from assisting gallerists, exhibition install to commission interior and art projects for select clients.