Launched in 2021 with the goal of fostering cross-campus and community engagement with the arts, the Moody Project Wall is a collaborative effort between a Houston-based artist and Rice University students. 

Ruhee Maknojia is a painter, animator, and installation artist from Houston. Her artistic practice uses patterns inspired by historical textile traditions as a tool for myth-making, exploring centuries of stories drawn from philosophy, history, and literature that she reconsiders through a contemporary lens.

During several workshops, hosted at the Moody in September, Rice students will work alongside the artist to create a wall mural and learn about the use of story-telling in the visual arts. Their collaborative work will be celebrated with a public reception on October 3, 2024, from 6- 8 pm. 

About the Artist: Maknojia received her MFA in Visual Arts from Columbia University and a BA in Middle Eastern Studies from the University of Texas at Austin. Her work has been exhibited at various institutions and galleries such as Lenfest Center for the Arts, New York, and Asia Society Texas, Houston. In the spring of 2024 she was the Artist-in-Residence at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, and in the summer of 2024, she was in residence at the Skowhegan School of Painting & Sculpture