jPlayte are a gastro-architect duo who use local food as a tool for collective healing. Their work is rooted in community—creating site-specific experiences that explore the intersection between art, architecture, and the politics of food.

Founded by Niyanta Sharma, an artist and architectural designer with Indian heritage, and Wesley Hauler-Winterford, a nutritionist and cook with Māori heritage. Together, Playte explores the joy of gastronomy


   PROJECTS:   Build   Curation    Talk    Workshop    Installation    Pop-up    Exhibition   Brand   Research
2026
Food Art Fair: Drought Draught Ladbroke’s Hall
exhibition, research
Kowtow  Love  Journal
Carlton Neighbourhood Learning Centre
build,  brand
Curry Pizza, Curried-Curry Pizza
Raffy’s
pop-up
NAIDOC Week:  Back to Blak
Kines Cafe
installation
Olive Oil for Palestine
research, curation, build
Fermentation FUNdementals
Signal Arts
workshop 
Preservation Pavilion
Balam Balam Place
build, curation, workshop
CASA Residancy
CASA Warrandyte
pop-up, installation
Grained
Blakdot Gallery
curation, research
2025
Process: Third Spaces
Gallery 3553
talk
Playte Birthday
Fenton Farmhouse
pop-up
Fruedian Bites
London
pop-up
Micro-Culture
Hypha Studio
build, installation

How to Play with your Food
KERB Magazine
research
Onam Sadya for Palestine and Sudan
Tom’s Pasta Garden
pop-up


Ko au te Whenua, ko te Whenua ko au 
(I am the Land, and the Land is me)
Gallery 3553
research, exhibition
The Menu
LAS Gallery
exhibition
Refugee Week: We Are the Many
EartH Hackney
installation, curation
Sabel
Lupine Studio
pop-up
Paypal Fashion Week: Cake
Meat Market
installation, brand

Hat, Hand, Boot: A Procedural Architecture Restaurant
RMIT University
research
Hot, not so Hot
KINGS Gallery 
installation, research
Sundried Pavilion
Pitch Music & Arts
build, installation
2024
Gharstronomy: A Celebration of Cakes, Mithai & Diwali
House of Annetta
installation, curation
Fringe Festival: Seasoning the Grill
Federation Square
installation, pop-up
Nigerian Super Club
Skyfarm at Brunswick East
pop-up
Playte-Dough
Hackney Downs Studio
workshop, installation
Khatta Meetha
installation, research
Atlas Cinema Snacks 
Atlas Cinema
pop-up
Still Life to Table
Quiet Time Studio
workshop, installation
Ngoc Dinner
Omega Works Studio
pop-up, installation