Sonal Mithal

Sonal Mithal is an architect, artist, and educator. She holds a doctoral degree from University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, master’s degree from SPA Delhi; and a bachelor’s degree from Lucknow University. She is co-founder of research and conservation studio, People for Heritage Concern; and teaches at CEPT University. Her work transects architecture, landscape architecture, queer studies, history, and heritage. Her work focuses on processes and agencies of ecological survival, contingencies of identity and representation, and emergent intersectionality as central to shaping of the built environment. She is co-consultant for restoration of Surat Castle, and revitalization of urban precincts at Vadodara and Surat. Her artworks have been exhibited in Sweden, USA, Netherlands, Taiwan, UK, India, Venice Biennale 2019, and London Design Biennale 2021.