Weird Fishes

A solo exhibition at Rajiv Menon Contemporary in Los Angeles, CA.

Feb 25 2026 - April 4 2026

This show is for every weirdo who has ever been on a ship and had a sudden, wild urge to throw themselves overboard. Not for a death wish but because something inside you knows that that place under the waves is your true home - that returning to the bottom of the ocean would be like returning to the womb of all life.

Though each person might have their own reasons for feeling this way, I believe this is partly because every cell in our bodies holds memories from each ancestor involved in our becoming, including the lone line of lives that lived in and were shaped by the sea.

We will never know what it feels like to be encased in blubber, swimming in the dark some 3000 feet beneath the surface in a world alive with sound, but the desire to imagine this is a force in itself. This show is an homage to the wateryness of our bodies, and our kinship with those non humans who returned to the sea after having been made by the land

- Sahana Ramakrishnan

Details and Installation

Each work is made in an intricate process of layering text, graphite drawings, paint, gold leaf and semi-precious stones that invites close viewing and immersion in the surface and texture of the paintings. The detail and install images below can give a sense of what some of the images above would look like up close, and far away.

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Press

Brooklyn Rail by Alex A. Jones

BOMB by Melissa Joseph

Architectural Digest India by Uma Nair

Art Forum by Jenny Vu

The Amp by Isha Sharma

Artnet by Katie White