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Rupy Kaloti: The Gathering
Rupy Kaloti's museum debut is a vibrant, large-scale exploration of the Punjabi-American immigrant experience.
The Gathering moves beyond familiar narratives of immigrant struggle to imagine the vivid world that appears after hardship has passed. Rupinder (Rupy) Kaloti draws on Punjabi-American family history, East San Jose and Punjab, mythology, spirituality, and the saturated colors of Indian textiles. Painted on custom-cut wood panels that resemble architectural fragments or altars, the works use rainbows, guiding stars, fire, and a protective tiger to explore ancestry, transformation, resilience, joyous ritual, and the idea that a soul deliberately chooses its family.
Exhibition Images
Rupinder Kaloti, After the Storm (detail 1), 2026. Acrylic on wood panel, 40 x 60 in. Courtesy Oceanside Museum of Art.
