Vivitsa Kohli is a ceramicist and visual artist who has been practicing for over seven years and running her studio-led brand Vivikoh Studio since 2019. Drawing and painting from a young age, she grew up around making, watching her mother work across mediums, and learning to be comfortable using her hands early on. Though ceramics began as a second choice during her time at NID, the medium became central to her practice after she discovered its wider international scope. Today, ceramics are the primary language through which she builds her work and her brand.
Vivitsa works hands-on at every stage, moving between large-scale builds and detailed surface work, often pushing clay to resemble materials it is not usually associated with. Each piece can take anywhere from two weeks to nearly two months to complete, depending on scale and complexity. Her studio now functions as a collaborative space where she trains potters in her techniques to help carry her vision forward. Drawing from pop culture, people, clothing, and everyday observations, her ceramic objects are character-driven and direct, made to be used, lived with, and participated in rather than just observed.
