Ruhee Maknojia

Ruhee Maknojia (b. 1993, Houston) is a painter, animator, and installation artist based in Houston. Her work explores how literature, philosophy, history, and legal systems undergo fragmentation when transferred across new frameworks. She earned her MFA in Visual Arts from Columbia University in 2019, and was recently appointed Dean at Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture for the summer of 2025. In 2024, she was the Artist-in-Residence at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, where she also served as visiting faculty. She has exhibited at institutions and galleries including the Lenfest Center for the Arts (New York), Subliminal Projects (Los Angeles), LeRoy Neiman Center for the Arts (New York), and Rice University Moody Center for the Arts, Asia Society Texas, and Anya Tish Gallery (all Houston).

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