Parvathi Nayar, is a Chennai-based multidisciplinary artist and writer, known for her complex drawing practices, installations, mixed media presentations and video art. Her work emphasises sustainability, delving into climate change, ecological issues and crises; water, in all its aspects, is a consistent theme.

Notable solo exhibitions include "Atlas of Re-Imaginings"(Chennai) and “Drawing is a Verb”(Singapore) while her multimedia installations, such as "Dreamcatcher", “Ocean’s Breath”, "Chicken Run," and “WAVE” engage with public spaces and diverse mediums. Parvathi curated the award-winning permanent show “The Living Ocean” (Dakshinachitra Museum, 2024). She is the creator-curator of “Limits of Change”, the hybrid show of storytelling within a nine-room art installation (Lalit Kala Akademi, 2025). She is a founder-member of The Hashtag#Collective. Parvathi's global presence in biennales including the Kochi-Muziris Biennale and Chennai Photo Biennale III and IV; prestigious group shows; her films such as “Seaspeaker” and “By the Mouth of the River’ being featured in international festivals; and her contributions as a writer, underscore her multifaceted artistic career.

Parvathi completed her Masters in Fine Art from Central St Martins, London, on a Chevening scholarship, and has received acclaim for her impactful TEDx talks.