Born from a friendship between two artists Ruve and Sonal, across the India–Pakistan border, Ground-Up brings together young creatives from India, Pakistan, and Nepal to imagine what lies beyond conflict.

Through weekly sessions, shared language, and collective artmaking, fellows explore identity, memory, and belonging. We believe art can soften boundaries, hold pain, and offer new ways of seeing.

At Ground-Up, we don’t erase difference—we listen to it. We create from it.

Because where we come from matters. But where we go together, matters more.