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Writing and Performing
Chandrika Narayanan-Mohan is a Dublin-based writer, performer and cultural consultant from India, who has also lived in North America, Sweden, Turkey, and the UK. Her work has been published by Dedalus Press, Lifeboat Press, Little Island, Poetry Ireland, Banshee, and Stinging Fly amongst others. Chandrika was selected to participate in the Irish Writers Centre’s XBorders programme in 2018 and 2020, Poetry Ireland’s Introductions in 2021, and Science Gallery Dublin’s Rapid Residency in 2021. She has been featured in a number of podcasts, with work aired on NPR and RTÉ radio. She also regularly performs at literary events in Ireland, and is also a book reviewer for Children’s Books Ireland’s Inis magazine. Since 2022 Chandrika has been the recipient of multiple Arts Council of Ireland Awards, one of which supported her being the 2023 Writer in Residence for the Institute of Physics. In 2024 Chandrika has been selected as a Goethe-Institut Studio Quantum Artist in Residence, and is currently under commission with Skein Press as part of the Play It Forward Fellowship. Her debut poetry collection will be published with Dedalus Press in 2026.
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Working in the Arts
Chandrika also has over ten years of arts management experience in the UK and Ireland. After a BA in Art History and English Literature, and an MA in Art History, she began her career at Christie’s Auction House, The Victoria and Albert Museum, the Jonathan Cooper Park Walk Gallery and the Be Smart About Art Academy in London. She moved to Dublin for an MA in Arts Management and Cultural Policy, and began to focus on business development in the arts, working at Business to Arts, the Irish Architecture Foundation, Press Up, and Fishamble: The New Play Company. Now a freelance Cultural Consultant, Chandrika works with arts organisations on strategic planning, equality, diversity and inclusion action plans, marketing, and fundraising, amongst others.
