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Puliady

Syona Puliady against a brick background, wearing glasses and smiling

Curator of Textiles of the Eastern Hemisphere

Fowler Museum at UCLA, University of California, Los Angeles

BIOGRAPHY

Syona Puliady is curator of textiles of the Eastern Hemisphere at the Fowler Museum at UCLA, as well as a writer and specialist in South Asian textiles. Puliady is passionate about working closely with artists around the world and documenting their contributions to fashion, sustainability, and the history of art.

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  • Syona Pulliady being interviewed in her office

    Artistic Credit, Labor, and Collective Production in South Asian Textile Traditions

    Syona Puliady

  • family at a home shrine

    Choḍ Textiles in the Jain Diaspora: Portability, Heritage, and Evolving Practices

    Syona Puliady

  • Jains at a public shrine

    Community Engagement and Reframing Everyday Objects in Jain Textile Exhibitions

    Syona Puliady

  • detail of the chod pata

    Material Innovation and Symbolism in Northwestern Indian Choḍ Textiles

    Syona Puliady

  • detail of the chod pats

    Narrative Structure and Pilgrimage Mapping in a Jain Choḍ Depiction of Ashtāpada

    Syona Puliady

  • Syona Pulliady being interviewed in her office

    Regional Craft Traditions and Collaborative Production of Northwestern Indian Choḍ Embroideries

    Syona Puliady

  • Syona Pulliady at her desk with books and a window behind her

    Textiles and Cultural Networks in South Asia and the Indian Ocean World

    Syona Puliady

  • detail of the chod pata

    Textual Inscriptions and Visual Interpretation in Jain Textiles

    Syona Puliady

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  • Gautama's Pilgrimage to Ashtapada

    Unidentified artist(s)

    A vertical textile artwork, with a burgundy backgroiund, embroidered with gold, silver and colored thread. There are four different scenes represented in a vertical stack.
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