Banita Mistry is a London-based multidisciplinary artist.
Working across painting, metalwork, photography and writing, Mistry’s work explores the idea of somatechnics: the relationship between the body (soma) and technology (technē), speculating that bodies are not separate from technology but are continuously shaped, transcribed, and produced through it.
Currently, Mistry is investigating henna through a painterly lens, intuitively engaging with the material to subvert its traditional associations with ornamentation and body art. Her repetitive process functions as an embodied form of journaling, integrating gestures inspired by the ‘infinite scroll’ algorithm, mark-making, and language.
The rhythmic nature of her work reflects on technology of craft, 'networked' practices, and the quiet power of repetition.