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Tara Aliya Kesavan

Programs & Communications Coordinator

Tara Aliya Kesavan is an artist working across painting, sculpture, and video. Kesavan’s work has been exhibited at the India Art Fair (2026) with Cultivate Art Global; Transmitter, NYC (2024); UnionDocs, NYC (2024); Locust Projects, Miami (2022); and the Center for Performance Research, NYC (2023). She is a recipient of the Space118 Fine Arts Grant (2025) and Culture Push Fellowship for Utopian Practice (2023). Her video work has been screened on Labocine and published by 128Lit. She is the Programs & Communications Coordinator at UnionDocs, where she supports public programming and artist-led projects. She holds an MFA in Integrated Media Arts from Hunter College, CUNY, and lives and works in Goa, India.

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EXPLORE OUR REGISTRY

Learn more about this ambitious renovation of our new permanent headquarters and artist residency in Ridgewood, Queens!

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Tara Aliya Kesavan

Help celebrate our 20th Anniversary! Shop our Gift Registry and name an item to be honored as a part of UNDO history.

Learn more about this ambitious renovation of our new permanent headquarters and artist residency in Ridgewood, Queens!

Help celebrate our 20th Anniversary! Shop our Gift Registry and name an item to be honored as a part of UNDO history.

Learn more about this ambitious renovation of our new permanent headquarters and artist residency in Ridgewood, Queens!

Support UnionDocs’ next phase and new building by becoming a member

Peek in the window of our bustling building in NYC and tune into the ideas and energy bubbling up from the UNDO Center.

Tune into cutting-edge, powerful and poetic documentary programs and connect to conversations with the artists and thinkers passing through.

Now available at the Apple Store.

MONTHLY

ANNUALLY

Keep it simple and save. Unlimited access to our sweet offerings for a reduced, annual fee and receive some added benefits.

LOCAL, ARTIST, STUDENT OR SENIOR

In the neighborhood, a working artist, student or senior? This membership is for you. Fill out a quick form for a discount code to an annual membership.

ANNUAL EDITIONS MEMBERSHIP

Get all of the benefits of the Annual UNDO Membership plus an annual subscription to UnionDocs Editions, a set of publications, merchandise or special objects.

Summer Documentary Labs

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