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Pathways to Paradise: Medieval India and Europe

I was the lead designer of Pathways to Paradise: Medieval India and Europe, an exhibition that explores the ways decorated books and portable luxury objects reflected their owners’ knowledge of and ideas about the greater world, as well as their spiritual quests for sacred groves, providential gems, and guides to enlightenment.

The pages of medieval manuscripts reveal a dynamically interconnected world filled with real and imagined ideas about foreign peoples and places. Buddhists, Muslims, and Christians across Europe and Asia conceived paradise as a place of perfect harmony. Still, the path for locating such a site or achieving this state of mind varied between these religions. By exploring the terrestrial and celestial realms, this exhibition highlights the spiritual motivations for creating and owning portable and devotional artworks.

For this exhibition, I oversaw all parts of the design deliverables. From large-scale graphics and banners to label design, this exhibition design guided the curator’s vision into an unprecedented illuminated manuscripts exhibition design that combined manuscripts, textile, sculpture, and decorative arts within one gallery space.