Deepa Panchamia lives and works in Fiskars village, Finland.
Deepa Panchamia (born 1981, London) creates immersive textile installations, sculptural forms and wearable pieces. Working with a range of natural and synthetic materials, she combines geometric structures with her own fabric manipulation techniques through a repetitive and intricate process of folding, layering, pleating, crocheting and stitching.
Her work explores the relationship between structure, material and space, drawing inspiration from shells, organic formations, fractals and natural geometries. Using textiles as a sculptural medium, she creates evolving fabric landscapes that shift in response to space, light and season.
After studying Decorative Arts in Nottingham, England, Panchamia worked in London undertaking commissions, exhibitions and freelance design work. In 2007, she first visited Fiskars village in Finland as an invited artist for the summer exhibition Transparent and an artist residency. Inspired by the artisan community and slower rhythm of life, she returned in 2012 and moved permanently to Finland.
Since October 2025, her primary focus has been the ongoing development of Gallery 5F — an artist-run gallery and long-term evolving installation project based in Fiskars village.
Previous exhibitions have included the Premio Valcellina Award, Italy; the 7th Triennial of Contemporary Textiles Arts, Belgium; 100% Design London; the Cheongju International Craft Biennale, South Korea; Revelations: International Fine Craft and Creation Biennial, Paris; the Contextile – Contemporary Textile Art Biennial, Portugal; Fiberspace Gallery, Stockholm, and the Design Museum, Helsinki.