Gopa Roy
B.
1990
New Delhi
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The pulp cycle
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Gopa Roy is a visual artist from Tripura, India, currently based in New Delhi. Her practice is deeply shaped by the landscapes, agrarian life, and cultural ecology of her home region, particularly the villages along the Indo–Bangladesh border. Working across drawing, paper-making, found objects, land art, and site-specific installations, Gopa draws from field surveys, photography, and lived observation to explore evolving landscapes, agriculture, ecological fragility, and the everyday lives of farmers.
Growing up in an agricultural family, her engagement with land is both intimate and experiential. Farming practices, seasonal rhythms, and the quiet labour of rural communities recur as central motifs in her work. Living close to a geopolitical border subtly informs her visual language—the border appearing less as a fixed line and more as a shifting borderland, where resilience, restriction, and adaptation coexist. Rather than overt political commentary, her work reflects how political boundaries permeate daily life, shaping movement, memory, and survival.
Recent works respond to severe flooding in Tripura, where prolonged rains devastated paddy fields and displaced thousands of farming families. Through sculptural forms and a narrative artist book, Gopa traces the emotional and material toll of this loss. Using fragile, organic materials such as tissue-paper pulp, straw pulp, natural fibres, jute, and ink, she mirrors the precarity of lives dependent on the land. Alongside her studio practice, she is actively engaged in community-based art initiatives in her ancestral village, working to preserve local memories and lived histories shaped by ecology and the border.
artworks
Echoes of Consciousness V, 5 (Set of 8)
2024
Straw Pulp, Paper Pulp, White Cement, GI Wire, Jute, Thread, Natural Objects, and Ink
19 × 90 × 81 in
Echoes of Consciousness V, 7 (Set of 8)
2024
Straw Pulp, Paper Pulp, White Cement, GI Wire, Jute, Thread, Natural Objects, and Ink
19 × 90 × 81 in
Untitled, 15 (Drawing – Set of 20)
2022
Pen and Ink on Acid-Free Paper
74 x 33 in (set of 20)
Untitled, 1 (Drawing – Set of 20)
2022
Pen and Ink on Acid-Free Paper
74 × 33 in (Set of 20)
The Line – You Can’t Cross 1 (Set of 3)
2023-24
Sugarcane and Straw Pulp, Dried Roselle, Tree Branches, Natural Fibers, and Ink
55 × 25 in
Untitled, 13 (Drawing – Set of 20)
2022
Pen and Ink on Acid-Free Paper
74 x 33 in (set of 20)
The Line – You Can’t Cross, 3 (Set of 3)
2023-24
Sugarcane and Straw Pulp, Dried Roselle, Tree Branches, Natural Fibers, and Ink
55 × 25 in
Untold V, 3 (Set of 18)
2023
Straw Pulp, Tea Leaf, GI Wire, Bandage, Iron Dust, Natural Fibers, Ink, and Watercolour
14 × 14 in
Untitled, 7 (Drawing – Set of 20)
2022
Pen and Ink on Acid-Free Paper
74 x 33 in (set of 20)
Untold V, 5 (Set of 18)
2023
Straw Pulp, Tea Leaf, GI Wire, Bandage, Iron Dust, Natural Fibers, Ink, and Watercolour
14 × 14 in
Untold V, 11 (Set of 18)
2023
Straw Pulp, Tea Leaf, GI Wire, Bandage, Iron Dust, Natural Fibers, Ink, and Watercolour
14 × 14 in
WHERE WILL WE GO? WHERE WILL WE STAY III (Set 2 with 5 works)
2025
Pulp of Wheat, Natural Objects, Pen and Ink on Ply Board
11.42 × 7.48 in (Set of 5)
WHERE WILL WE GO? WHERE WILL WE STAY IV (Set 2 with 5 works)
2025
Pulp of Wheat, Natural Objects, Pen and Ink on Ply Board
11.42 × 7.48 in (Set of 5)
Red Land (6 Pages, 12 Sides)
2025
Pulp of Wheat, Bark, Red Soil, Natural Fibers, Pen and Ink, Bound with Wooden Strips
Closed Book: 10.5 × 8.5 × 2 in
Echoes of Consciousness V, 2 (Set of 8)
2024
Straw Pulp, Paper Pulp, White Cement, GI Wire, Jute, Thread, Natural Objects, and Ink
19 × 90 × 81 in
Echoes of Consciousness IV
2024
Straw Pulp, Paper Pulp, White Cement, GI Wire, Jute, Thread, Natural Objects, and Ink
33 × 33 × 9 in
Untitled, 6 (Drawing – Set of 20)
2022
Pen and Ink on Acid-Free Paper
74 x 33 in (set of 20)
Untitled, 5 (Drawing – Set of 20)
2022
Pen and Ink on Acid-Free Paper
74 x 33 in (set of 20)
Untitled, 3 (Drawing – Set of 20)
2022
Pen and Ink on Acid-Free Paper
74 x 33 in (set of 20)
Untold V, 4 (Set of 18)
2023
Straw Pulp, Tea Leaf, GI Wire, Bandage, Iron Dust, Natural Fibers, Ink, and Watercolour
14 × 14 in
Untold V, 6 (Set of 18)
2023
Straw Pulp, Tea Leaf, GI Wire, Bandage, Iron Dust, Natural Fibers, Ink, and Watercolour
14 × 14 in
Untold V, 8 (Set of 18)
2023
Straw Pulp, Tea Leaf, GI Wire, Bandage, Iron Dust, Natural Fibers, Ink, and Watercolour
14 × 14 in
Untitled, 18 (Drawing – Set of 20)
2022
Pen and Ink on Acid-Free Paper
74 x 33 in (set of 20)
Echoes of Consciousness V, 4 (Set of 8)
2024
Straw Pulp, Paper Pulp, White Cement, GI Wire, Jute, Thread, Natural Objects, and Ink
19 × 90 × 81 in
Untitled, 10 (Drawing – Set of 20)
2022
Pen and Ink on Acid-Free Paper
74 x 33 in (set of 20)
Untitled, 8 (Drawing – Set of 20)
2022
Pen and Ink on Acid-Free Paper
74 x 33 in (set of 20)
Echoes of Consciousness V, 1 (Set of 8)
2024
Straw Pulp, Paper Pulp, White Cement, GI Wire, Jute, Thread, Natural Objects, and Ink
19 × 90 × 81 in
WHERE WILL WE GO? WHERE WILL WE STAY II (Set 2 with 5 works)
2025
Pulp of Wheat, Natural Objects, Pen and Ink on Ply Board
11.42 × 7.48 in (Set of 5)
WHERE WILL WE GO? WHERE WILL WE STAY V (Set 2 with 5 works)
2025
Pulp of Wheat, Natural Objects, Pen and Ink on Ply Board
11.42 × 7.48 in (Set of 5)
Untold V, 12 (Set of 18)
2023
Straw Pulp, Tea Leaf, GI Wire, Bandage, Iron Dust, Natural Fibers, Ink, and Watercolour
14 × 14 in
Untold V, 10 (Set of 18)
2023
Straw Pulp, Tea Leaf, GI Wire, Bandage, Iron Dust, Natural Fibers, Ink, and Watercolour
14 × 14 in
The Uninhabited (Set of 48)
2021-23
Tin Plate, GI Wire, Copper Wire, Bandage, Pulp of Natural Fibers, Tree Branches and Roots, Tissue, Ink, and Resin
48 × 72 in (Set of 48)
WHERE WILL WE GO? WHERE WILL WE STAY I (Set 2 with 5 works)
2025
Pulp of Wheat, Natural Objects, Pen and Ink on Ply Board
11.42 × 7.48 in (Set of 5)
Untold V, 2 (Set of 18)
2023
Straw Pulp, Tea Leaf, GI Wire, Bandage, Iron Dust, Natural Fibers, Ink, and Watercolour
14 × 14 in
Wild Turmeric (6 Pages, 12 Sides)
2025
Pulp of Sugarcane, Rice Hay, Paper Pulp, Coconut Fibers, Thread, Sanguine Powder, Pen and Ink
Display Book: 10.5 × 17 in
The Line – You Can’t Cross, 2 (Set of 3)
2023-24
Sugarcane and Straw Pulp, Dried Roselle, Tree Branches, Natural Fibers, and Ink
55 × 25 in
Untitled, 9 (Drawing – Set of 20)
2022
Pen and Ink on Acid-Free Paper
74 x 33 in (set of 20)
Untold V, 1 (Set of 18)
2023
Straw Pulp, Tea Leaf, GI Wire, Bandage, Iron Dust, Natural Fibers, Ink, and Watercolour
14 × 14 in
Untitled, 4 (Drawing – Set of 20)
2022
Pen and Ink on Acid-Free Paper
74 x 33 in (set of 20)
Untold V, 7 (Set of 18)
2023
Straw Pulp, Tea Leaf, GI Wire, Bandage, Iron Dust, Natural Fibers, Ink, and Watercolour
14 × 14 in
Echoes of Consciousness V, 8 (Set of 8)
2024
Straw Pulp, Paper Pulp, White Cement, GI Wire, Jute, Thread, Natural Objects, and Ink
19 × 90 × 81 in
Echoes of Consciousness V, 3 (Set of 8)
2024
Straw Pulp, Paper Pulp, White Cement, GI Wire, Jute, Thread, Natural Objects, and Ink
19 × 90 × 81 in
Untitled, 2 (Drawing – Set of 20)
2022
Pen and Ink on Acid-Free Paper
74 x 33 in (set of 20)
Untitled, 20 (Drawing – Set of 20)
2022
Pen and Ink on Acid-Free Paper
74 x 33 in (set of 20)
Untitled, 19 (Drawing – Set of 20)
2022
Pen and Ink on Acid-Free Paper
74 x 33 in (set of 20)
Untold V, 9 (Set of 18)
2023
Straw Pulp, Tea Leaf, GI Wire, Bandage, Iron Dust, Natural Fibers, Ink, and Watercolour
14 × 14 in
Echoes of Consciousness V, 6 (Set of 8)
2024
Straw Pulp, Paper Pulp, White Cement, GI Wire, Jute, Thread, Natural Objects, and Ink
19 × 90 × 81 in
Untitled, 12 (Drawing – Set of 20)
2022
Pen and Ink on Acid-Free Paper
74 x 33 in (set of 20)
Untitled, 14 (Drawing – Set of 20)
2022
Pen and Ink on Acid-Free Paper
74 x 33 in (set of 20)
Untitled, 16 (Drawing – Set of 20)
2022
Pen and Ink on Acid-Free Paper
74 x 33 in (set of 20)
My Native Land (Set 2 with 18 Works)
2019
Pulp of Paddy Straw, Dried Leaf, Tree Bark and Branches, Jute, Thread, Ink, and Watercolour
15 × 15 in (each, with frame)
Untitled, 17 (Drawing – Set of 20)
2022
Pen and Ink on Acid-Free Paper
74 x 33 in (set of 20)
Untitled, 11 (Drawing – Set of 20)
2022
Pen and Ink on Acid-Free Paper
74 x 33 in (set of 20)