Drashti Naik is a self-taught collage artist from Bulawayo whose work is guided by images in discarded books that she cuts out and recontextualises into surreal landscapes. She is a 3rd generation Gujarati-Zimbabwean woman whose lived experience informs her works. She explores the ways diasporic populations relate to different contexts, developing themes of alienation, adaptation and belonging.

Drashti's practice is existential and philosophical, reflecting on individual and collective experiences of longing for connection whilst separated from community. She delves into the multifaceted nature of existence and how people simultaneously fit, misfit, forcibly fit and don't fit in the world they inhabit. Her collages embody the textured modes of existing and navigating various uncertain environments. By combining unrelated elements, her work displays the intricate contradictions of inner lives experiencing the physical world; areas in need of exploration to chart self discovery.