Born in 1993 in Houston, TX, where she is currently based, Ruhee Maknojia received her MFA in Visual Arts in 2019 from Columbia University, New York, NY, and in 2016 her BA in Studio Art and in Middle Eastern Studies from the University of Texas, Austin, TX. In 2014, she attended the Institute Catholic de Paris, Paris, France, and IAU College, Aix-en-Provence, France. Maknojia is a recipient of several awards and grants, most recently, the Wendy Wagner Foundation Grant (2023); the Idea Fund Grant funded by the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts (2023); the Mulert Award, St. Elmo Lady Bird Johnson Fellowship; the Roy Crane Award, amongst many others. In 2022, Maknojia completed an artist on site residency at the Asia Society Texas Center, Houston, TX. Maknojia has shown nationally and internationally in cities and institutions such as Lawndale Art Center, Houston, TX; Asia Society Texas Center, Houston, TX; Austin, TX; Project V Gallery, New York City, NY; Eastern Connecticut State University, Windham, CT; IAU College, Aix-en-Provence, France Maknojia has been featured in several publications, such as Artnet News, Hyperallergic, Faction Art Projects, Glasstire, Willimantic Chronicle, Columbia University, Rice University, Houston Chronicle, and will be featured in the upcoming New American Paintings, Issue 168. Maknojia’s work is in private and institutional collections such as Eastern Connecticut State University, Windham, CT, and The LeRoy Neiman Center for Print Studies, New York City, NY. In May 2023, Maknojia was selected and collaborated with Comcast to create a commissioned work titled, Connected, for Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month.