Through performance, video, painting and textile, I inform Self Conceptualized identities, notions of self and experience within the visual tradition. My research-based installations examines the relentless way of sharing that interrogates the interplay of physical and meta- physical relationships. Personal identity is a fitting focal point for me as an artist. I speak up my own voice, which once was rendered mute, the voice of the humanity, of the women, the undocumented, the unaddressed victim, the fragmented identities, responding to the cultural legacies in contemporary art discourse. My intricate hand driven knots are utilized for discovering the voice of humanity inflicted from the times and being trapped in the relentless cycle of violence.
Born in Kashmir and currently living in London.
2016-2019: The Royal College of Arts, London
MA-Painting.
2013-2015: Visva-Bharati University Santiniketan, West Bengal, India
MFA, Visual Art (Painting)
2009-2013: Institute of Music & Fine Arts, University of Jammu, India
BFA, Fine Art Painting/Art History
Solo Projects
2017 The Knotting Project,(dimensions variable) Sackler building, The Royal College of Art, London
2015 The Journey of Hope-II, (60x15x15) Kala-Bhavan, Santiniketan west Bengal India
Selected Solo Exhibitions
2013 Celebrating Creation (in collaboration with JKAACL) Kala Kendra, Jammu India
2010 Silent Cry, (in collaboration with CCRT, Ministry of Culture) in valley school, Bengaluru, India
2009 Me and my Surroundings, (in collaboration with CCRT, MOC) at NITTR, Bhopal, India
2008 Portraits (in collaboration with CCRT,MOC) at SAII Shillong, Meghalaya, India
2008 IZHAR, the expressions, (in collaboration with JKAACL) Kala Kendra, J&K, India
2006 Bridge of Dreams, Sansar Chand Gallery, kala Kendre, J&K India
Awards/Grants
2018-19 CWIT Long term Award for Study Abroad by British Council India Trust.
2017 Pride Of Paradise, Top 12 Achievers Award by JK Bank India.
2016 -17 Art grant for Study Abroad (UMEED-NGO) Kashmir, India
2015-16 Young Artists of India, National scholarship Scheme by HRD ministry of Culture, India
2013 Acrylic, winner of Annual Contest, Kokuyo Camlin Art Foundation India
2008 Annual Painting Art Award, JKAACL, India
2007 Annual Painting Art Award, JKAACL, India
2007 National Art Award, Red Cross Society, India
2006 Budding Artist Award, JKAACL, India
2004 Talent Search Scholarship Scheme, National Award (CCRT) MOC, India
Selected Group Exhibitions
2017 Whip, Show at Dyson Art Gallery Royal College of Art, London
2015 Finale, at Russian Centre of Science & Culture, by ICCR, Kolkatta
2014 MELANGE, Group show at Birla Academy of Art, kolkatta, India
2013 National Exhibition of Art, Lalit kala Academy, Nagpur, India
2013 Contemporary Indian Women Artist, Chandigarh, India
2010 Unity In Diversity, valley school, Bengaluru
2007 Cultural Exchange, sarvodhya vidhayala, Red Cross Society, India
Residencies/Workshops
Pepper-House Residency in Kochi by Kochi-Muziris Biennale-2018
Across RCA- Global cultural community research workshop collaborated with Royal college of Art London -2017
Inter-weaving cultures, International Textile workshop between Norway-India in Kala Bhavana, Santiniketan, India – 2014
Painting Workshop for young Artists at SSVAD, Shantiniketan west Bengal - DEC 2014
Young Artists Camp, organized by JKAACL at kala kendre J&K, India -2012
Unity in Diversity, National Workshop of Art & Culture, CCRT, MOC in Bengaluru, India Dec 2010
Unity in Diversity, National Workshop of Art & Culture, CCRT, MOC in NITTR Bhopal, IndiaDec 2009
Unity in Diversity, National Workshop of Art & Culture, CCRT, MOC in SAII Shillong, Meghalaya, India- Dec 2008
Unity, National workshop of Art & Culture, Indian Red Cross Society, New Delhi – 2007
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