Reyaz Badaruddin is a ceramicist whose practice probes the thresholds between tradition and contemporaneity, function and abstraction, art and craft. Rooted in clay, a material rich with history and cultural memory, his work explores the tactile and transformative possibilities of form.

By removing everyday objects from their utilitarian context, Reyaz recasts them as sculptural and painterly forms that resist categorisation. His work moves fluidly between canvas and clay, still life and abstraction, collapsing the space between surface and structure. These works exist between image and object, tracing outlines of familiar forms while denying them depth — inviting viewers to reconsider how material, gesture, and dimensionality are read.

Reyaz's recent exhibitions include From a Home in the Hills at GALLERYSKE, New Delhi (2024), and The Future of Imagination at SPACE 118, Mumbai, curated by Saloni Doshi. His works are held in the collections of the KeramikKünstler Haus in Germany, the Mark Rothko Art Center in Latvia, and the FULE International Ceramic Museum in China, among others. He is also the co-curator of the Indian Ceramics Triennale.

He is a recipient of the National Award and several fellowships from the Government of India. 

Reyaz graduated in Ceramic and Design from Banaras Hindu University, and in 2009 was awarded a Charles Wallace Fellowship to pursue an MA in Ceramics at Cardiff School of Art & Design, UK.

The artist lives and works in Himachal Pradesh.