Sanjay Garg’s appreciation for aesthetics began with the sensibilities of rural India, raised in the village of Mubarikpur, Rajasthan. His unique textile language was recognized through his early work in Chanderi, enabled by the Textile Ministry and weavers of Madhya Pradesh.
Committed to experimentation, he constantly engages with established rubric to imagine new possibilities. His innovations are grounded in tradition and suffused with opinions rooted in India’s dynamic socio-cultural and political landscape.
With roots in craft and community, his design house Raw Mango’s relationship with handloom began in 2008 as an investigation of possibilities. Raw Mango continues to create new conversations within textile, tradition and identity through a range of saris, garments and objects. Created with weavers across Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, West Bengal, Andhra Pradesh and Varanasi, Raw Mango’s designs innovate upon centuries-old skills in pursuit of defining a new aesthetic vocabulary.
An alumnus of the Indian Institute of Craft & Design, and the National Institute of Fashion Technology, Garg is a vocal textile advocate whose designs have been exhibited at the Museum of Modern Art (New York), the Victoria & Albert Museum (London).
