Kaanchi Chopra (b. 1999, India) is an artist and designer whose practice is rooted in the care of living and discarded plant matter and natural fiber. Guided by research into ethnobotany and circular design, she reintroduces intimacy with nature into everyday life through objects, textiles, and installations. At the centre of her practice is an ongoing inquiry into plant blindness: the tendency to overlook the plant life that sustains us. Chopra has foraged, pressed, and documented over 140 plant species from South Asia, Western Europe and North America, developing a material language that bridges artistic inquiry with botanical study. She sees her practice as an invitation to pay attention.

Through her social enterprise Kohinoori, she collaborates with farmers across North India to repurpose agricultural waste into paper and biochar. Growing up in Northwest Delhi with limited access to green spaces, Chopra became acutely aware of environmental inequity, which continues to inform her practice. She seeks to make environmentalism joyful, tactile, and inviting, rather than solely crisis-driven. Her work brings together field research, scientific observation, and craft practices, treating flowers and fibers as collaborators. She examines how ecological knowledge can be activated through public participation, grounded in the belief that repair begins with emotional reconnection.

Chopra holds a BFA from the Rhode Island School of Design (RISD) in Industrial Design and a minor in Nature, Culture and Sustainability Studies.  At RISD, she developed an interdisciplinary approach to material innovation and systems thinking. She has held residencies at Mobilier National in France (supported by the French Embassy), Fondazione Pistoletto Cittadellarte in Italy (supported by the Inlaks Shivdasani Foundation), and Goethe-Institut and Jaipur Rugs in India.  These residencies have deepened her engagement with textile traditions and place-based knowledge. Across her practice, she approaches artmaking through a design lens, embracing modularity, reuse, and material sensitivity.

Her solo exhibition The Earth Laughs in Flowers (2026) was presented at Jaipur Art Week. Her work has been exhibited internationally at Triveni Kala Sangam, Delhi with India Art Fair (2026); the RISD Museum and Brown University, Rhode Island (2021); the United Nations Climate Change Conference COP28, Dubai (2023); Lincoln Center, New York (2018); Ki Smith Gallery, New York (2024); Mozilla Festival, Barcelona (2026); TERRA, Burgundy (2026); and No Vacancy Gallery, Melbourne (2025).

Her work has been featured in Architectural Digest, Grazia, Mint, Design Pataki, Mashable, Buzzfeed, Times of India, Hindustan Times, and ABC News. She has spoken on the power of artivism as a TEDx speaker and is a recipient of the We Are Family Foundation Creatives Fund, The One Club’s COLORFUL Grant, and the Maharam Fellowship. Previously, she led design at Remake, a global advocacy organization working at the intersection of human rights and climate justice in the fashion industry.

For commissions and queries, contact - kaanchichopra@gmail.com