Vedika Rampal is an Indian-born contemporary visual artist and educator from Sydney whose research-led practice excavates complex histories, objects, memories and the archive. She holds a Bachelor of Arts and a Bachelor of Fine Arts Honours (Class I and the University Medal) from the University of New South Wales. Represented by Dominik Mersch Gallery, Vedika has received numerous accolades such as the Dr Harold Schenberg Arts Award, exhibited widely across Australia and been appointed to the Artist Advisory Committee at Firstdraft Gallery. With her Ramsay Postgraduate Scholarship, Vedika will pursue a Master of Contemporary Art Practice at the Royal College of Art in London. Her ambition is to initiate social change by developing a ‘decolonial poetics of re-inscription’ through the diverse material language of site-specific installation. In the future, Vedika hopes to create public-facing exhibitions on an international platform, work in academia and lead cross-cultural dialogues on historical injustices within global institutional contexts.