Jasmeen Patheja

Jasmeen Patheja was born and raised in Kolkata, India. She is the founder of Blank Noise Project, a community-led art project and blog that confronts eve-teasing. Jasmeen attended the esteemed Srishti School of Art Design and Technology in Bangalore, and during her time in college, she found ways to express her fundamental belief that an artist should engage directly in the process of social transformation. Jasmeen was a fellow at the Ashoka network for social innovation in 2008 and is currently working on an art project with her grandmother.