About
Ananth Udupa (he/they) is a dancer, designer, and artist based in Boston, MA. With a background in Bharatanatyam and architecture, his work aims to nurture diasporic communities through socially engaged art. Ananth’s current focus is the relationship between emotion-based movement, South Asian rituals, and narrative in space explored through performance, drawing, and sculpture. He currently works as an Associate Arts and Culture Planner at the Metropolitan Area Planning Council. Ananth was a part of the 2023 aMASSit choreography cohort at the Dance Complex and is an Early Career Fellow for Natura Network.
Contact
email: audupa00@gmail.com
Instagram: ananth._udupa
Awards/Prizes/Scholarships
2024 - Godine Gallery, MASS Art Solo Exhibition
2023 - Dance Complex, aMASSit Choreography Cohort
2022 - Arizona State University, Moeur Award
2022 - School of Architecture, 4th year Design Excellence Award
2021 - The Resilient Urban Latin America International Research Experience for Students (RULA IRES) Fellowship Awardee
2021 - School of Architecture, 3rd year Design Excellence Award
2021 - Arizona Regional Multiple Listing Service (ARMLS) Honors Fund Recipient
2020 - UREx Sustainability Research Network Fellowship Awardee
2019 - Bidstrup Foundation Fellowship Recipient
Publications
"Blueberries and Myrrh." The Downtime Review, Cover Art. Digital Print. Oct 2023.
Ariane Middel, Matthew Huff, E. Scott Krayenhoff, Ananth Udupa, Florian A. Schneider, “PanoMRT: Panoramic infrared thermography to model human thermal exposure and comfort,” Science of The Total Environment, Volume 859, Part 2, 2023, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.160301.
Ananth Udupa, Duvan Hernan-Lopez, Matthieu Feagan. “Democratizing Visualization for Climate Justice.” Resilient Futures Podcast. NATURA. Sept 2022. https://futurecities.buzzsprout.com/125676/11428128-democratizing-visualization-for-climate-justice
Ananth Udupa, Liz Lerman, Erin Donohue. "Wicked Bodies." Liz Lerman LLC. Print. June 2022.
Ananth Udupa. “Integrating Community Voices in Practice.” Shift, The Design School. Print. p. 76. May 2022.
Ananth Udupa. “Exhibitions on Erasure.” Connection, The Design School. Print. p. 100. May 2021.
Education
2018-2022 - BS Architectural Studies, Barrett Honors College, School of Architecture, Arizona State University