Janani Balasubramanian

Janani Balasubramanian is a multimedia artist and researcher working across installation, immersive performance, emerging media, poetry, and prose. Their practice brings insights from contemporary science into everyday life. They have been a Pioneer Works Narrative Arts Fellow and took part in the Narrative Arts Residency in summer 2021. Their work has been presented at more than 160 venues in North America and Europe, including the Public Theater, the High Line, and the Metropolitan Museum of Art. They have held residencies at the American Museum of Natural History, Colorado College, and the University of Colorado, among others. Balasubramanian co-authored Art-Science Undisciplined: A Playbook for Transformative Collaboration (University of California Press, 2026), according to a Yale speaker bio.