Roshni Senapati
Director
Roshni Senapati is a ceramic artist based in Meanjin (Brisbane) exploring ideas of memory and ancestral history using porcelain and silk thread. She has worked as an educator specialising in early childhood, special education, and Indigenous education for over 40 years. She is actively involved in community development work with First Nations communities in Far North Queensland, facilitating the development of resources for children to learn about Indigenous languages and cultural practices through consultation with Elders.
She is a foundation developer of the home-based parent engagement program, Parents and Learning (PaL) and a member of the Napranum PaL Group Board since 2004. Roshni works as a presenter of public engagement programs for young children and their parents at the Children's Art Centre at the Queensland Art Gallery and Gallery of Modern Art (QAGOMA).
Roshni holds a PhD in Education from the University of Queensland and a Graduate Diploma of Teaching (Early Childhood) from Queensland University of Technology.