EDUCATION
Bachelor of Fine Arts, University of Ottawa, 2014
Illustration and Concept Art, Algonquin College, 2015
Master of Fine Arts, University of Ottawa, 2020
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2021 Personal Mythologies 3: Emergent, Ottawa Art Gallery, Ottawa, ON, Curated by Catherine Sinclair
2020 Personal Mythologies 3, Gallery 115, Ottawa ON
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2023 Stitching in Your Shape, The Riverdale Hub, Toronto, ON, Curated by Dana Snow and Paulina Padilla
2023 Metamorphosis, City Hall Art Gallery, Ottawa, ON
2022 Soft Return, Possible Worlds, Ottawa, ON, Curated by Melanie Yugo
2022 Thread Counts, Gallery 101, Ottawa, ON, Curated by Laura Margita
2021 See Me Now, Shenkman Arts Centre, Ottawa, ON, Curated by An Nguyen and Monique Fuller
2020 As the Snail Takes the Shape of it’s Shell, The Plumb, Toronto, ON
2020 Fibreworks 2020, Idea Exchange, Queen’s Square gallery, Cambridge Art Galleries, Cambridge, ON, Curated by Marcie Bronson
2019 A La Mode, Gallery 115, Ottawa, ON
2019 CLNZMJ, Gallery 115, Ottawa, ON
2019 Women’s Art Festival: Immigrants, Refugees. and Racialized Women, Saw Gallery, Ottawa, ON, Curated by Alejandro Salgado Cendales
2018 Conditions of Autonomy, Ottawa Art Gallery, Ottawa, ON, Curated by Stephanie Germano
2017 Ornate Activate, Villa Terrace Decorative Arts Museum, Milwaukee, WI, Curated by Alexander Campos
2016 There’s Room, Gallery 101, Ottawa, ON, Curated by Petra Halkes
2015 Ornate Activate, Shirin Gallery, New York, NY, Curated by Alexander Campos
2015 Birds of a Feather, The Lorraine Fritzi Yale Gallery, GCTC, Ottawa, On, Curated by Malika Welsh
2014 6 Artists No.5 Will Blow Your Mind, Bypass, Nuit Blanche, Ottawa, ON
2014 The Black and White Show, Cube Gallery, Ottawa, ON, Curated by Don Monet
2014 Mapping Ottawa (Cartographic Instances), Blink Gallery, Ottawa, ON, Curated by Anna Paluch
2014 The Burden of Self Awareness, Lorraine Fritzi Yale Gallery, GCTC, Ottawa, ON
2014 China Town Remixed, China Town, Ottawa, ON
2014 Preface, 100 Laurier, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON
2014 Nature of Culture, Gallery 115, Ottawa, ON
2014 RE: NCY, Gallery 115, Ottawa, ON,
2013 25 Years, Paradigm[e] Gallery, Ottawa, ON
2013 Composition, Center for Academic Leadership, Ottawa, ON,
2013 Expressions of Muslim Women, Centerpoint Studio Theatre, Ottawa, ON
2013 Jaquline Fry Show, Gallery 115, Ottawa, ON
2013 Spectra, SUPERNOVA!, Nuit Blanche, Ottawa, ON
2013 Mapping The Art School, Gallery 115, Ottawa, ON
2012 Photographic Herbarium, Social Sciences Building, Ottawa, ON
2010 Freshly Cut, 100 Laurier, Ottawa, ON
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Phillips, Caroline: “Ottawa Art Gallery welcomes new board chair Mark Schaan, and yup, he’s bidding in Give to Get Art auction” OBJ, June 22, 2021. Link
Hauer, Sarah: "South Asian Artists Embroider Their Points at Villa Terrace" Milwaukee Journal Sentinal, February 2017. Link
Memarian, Omid: "Ornate Activate, the Crossroads of Art and Identity" Huffington Post, August 2015. Link
Babu, Chaya: "The Art of South Asian Identity, History, Politics" India Abroad Magazine, June 2015. Link
Scholey, Lucy: "Minority Artists Flock Together in 'Birds of a Feather' Exhibit" Metro, January 2015. Link
Paluch, Anna: “Personal Planets” Art and Science Journal, August 2014. Link
Preface Catalogue 2014.
Umotoni, Luise: “The Oldest Faculty Celebrates it’s 125th Birthday” Gazette, January 2014.
“125 Years” Paradigm[e] Gallery, Ottawa, ON, 2013.
“Composition” Exhibition, Ottawa, ON, 2013.
“A Thousand Thousand Words” youtube documentary, dir. Atiya Hussain, 26 Jan 2012.
AWARDS AND SCHOLARSHIPS
City of Ottawa Creation and Production Fund, 2021
Exhibition Assistance grant, Ontario Arts Council, 2021
Arts Response Initiative: Project Grants for Individuals, Ontario Arts Council, 2020
Michel Goulet Award for Excellence in a Master's of Fine Arts, 2020
Research Travel Grant, University of Ottawa, 2019
Scotia Bank New Generation Photo Award Longlist Nominee, 2019
Entrance Scholarship, University of Ottawa, 2018
Suzanne Rivard-Le Moyne Award First Prize 2014
Jaquiline Fry Scholarship honourable mention 2013
Ineke Harmina Standish award 2013
COLLECTIONS
University of Ottawa
Private collections, Ottawa, ON, Montreal, ON, Los Angeles, CA, USA
RELATED EXPERIENCE
Catalogue Committee head, and designer, Preface 2014
President Visual Arts Student Association 2014