Suvajit Mondal is a Delhi-based ceramic artist whose practice explores the relationship between human beings, architecture, nature, and the rapidly transforming urban environment. Working primarily with ceramics and porcelain, his practice moves between sculpture, installation, and architectural forms, examining how spaces carry memories, emotions, and traces of human activity.
Born and raised in a rural environment in West Bengal, Mondal developed an early connection with soil, plants, clay, and the natural landscape. This experience continues to inform his artistic language. His later encounters with Kolkata, Santiniketan, Bhopal, and Delhi expanded this relationship, bringing the tension between rural landscapes and increasingly dense urban environments into focus.
Mondal completed his BFA from the Government College of Art & Craft, Kolkata, in 2013, followed by an MFA in Ceramic from Kala Bhavana, Visva-Bharati University, Santiniketan, in 2015. During his academic career, he received the National Scholarship from the Ministry of Culture and was awarded the 56th National Award by Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi. He was also selected for a student exchange programme at Burapha University, Thailand.
His practice has developed through exhibitions, residencies, workshops, and collaborations in India and internationally. In 2024, he undertook a three-month ceramic residency in Longquan, China, where he developed a new body of work titled Urban Landscape, experimenting with celadon glaze and alternative firing processes. His work continues to investigate structure, repetition, fragmentation, translucency, and the visual complexity of contemporary cities.
In recent works, Mondal increasingly uses porcelain to create architectural and installation-based forms. Through modular structures and interconnected elements, he reflects on the growth of cities, the compression of space, and the psychological experience of living within constructed environments. His works often exist between sculpture and architecture, suggesting imagined urban fragments, monuments, boundaries, and landscapes.
Alongside his studio practice, Mondal is actively involved in ceramic education and public engagement. He has taught and conducted workshops at art institutions, universities, schools, and independent platforms, sharing knowledge of ceramic sculpture, hand-building, wheel throwing, glazing, and firing techniques.
Based in Delhi, Mondal continues to develop his studio practice through sculpture, porcelain, installation, and material experimentation. His ongoing research focuses on the evolving relationship between natural landscapes and constructed environments, and on how ceramic objects can become carriers of memory, structure, and spatial experience.