Sosa Joseph
Sosa Joseph in conversation with John Mathew

2018-2021
Sosa Joseph in conversation with John Mathew

These as yet unpublished conversations were recorded over three years, between early 2018 and late 2021. They were translated from Malayalam and edited by the interviewer. (Photo credit: John Mathew)

Whitewall, Spring 2025

Sosa Joseph speaks to Andrew Huff about her upbringing, her relationship with colour and the key motifs in her work, observing, 'the river remains my teacher, philosopher, and inspiration. It taught me that flux is everything'.

Artforum, May 2022

Skye Arundhati Thomas reviews Joseph's solo exhibition Where Do We Come From? at Galerie Mirchandani + Steinruecke, Mumbai, writiing that 'the paintings seem to fluctuate like memory itself'.

Art India, February 2022

What Sosa Joseph may be getting at, in Where Do We Come From?, is that 'a place shapes a worldview ... infuses the field of imagination and colours future encounters', observes Zeenat Nagree

art dose, February 2022

Taking it back to the Pamba River and to sights and sounds that she grew up with, Kerala-based artist Sosa Joseph’s latest works are a refreshing take on the ‘purpose’ of life, writes Georgina Maddox

Ocula Insights, February 2022

Drawn from the riverside village of her childhood and early adulthood in Kerala, India, Sosa Joseph's paintings trace the origins of her life back to the river. By Sherry Paik

Art Joburg, August 2023

'A brief encounter with Sosa Joseph': The artist discusses her approach to painting as well as the formative elements in her practice on the occasion of The Hushed History of Oblivion