Meenakashi Ghadial (b. 2001, Toronto) is an artist based in London, England. Ghadial is mainly an oil painter, and creates representational work on metal. This material is integral to the overarching theme of transportation in her work. Ghadial references modes of transportation, such as planes, cars and trains, by utilizing the exterior material they’re made out of. She manipulates oil paint on this non-porous and inconvenient substrate to create fragile work that explores themes of marriage, tradition, migration, grief, intimacy, and sexuality. Her inspiration draws from her personal experience navigating her Punjabi and Lesbian identities as a second-generation immigrant in her family, as well as lesbian experiences across the South Asian diaspora. Through the use of current documentation as well as archival material, Meenakashi creates narratives that explore the particularities of intergenerational experiences.

Ghadial received a Bachelor of Fine Arts (Honours) with a Minor in Art History, as well as a Bachelor of Education from Queen’s University. Her work has been exhibited in London at the LGBTQ+ Centre, as well as various galleries across Ontario such as Gallery 1313, Visual Arts Mississauga, Union Gallery, and the Modern Fuel Artist-Run Centre. She was a recipient of the Elizabeth Greenshields Grant in Drawing and Painting in 2022.