Praveen Maripelly is an interdisciplinary artist. In his social art projects,  participants actively engage and contribute creatively to connect across cultures and engage in dialogue about real-world problems to connect rural, urban, and global audiences and build a robust community for positive social change. Praveen’s social performances examine the complex relationship between the performer, active participants, and viewing participants through daily activities like drinking chai, doing yoga, reading, storytelling, walking, drawing, foodways, etc.  His projects seek to blur lines between gender and caste issues, address institutional racism and colourism, and build social interactions and relations between people in rural areas and the greater global community. Praveen is a founder of Prayogillu; An Interdisciplinary Place, and 108 SN Team.