Education:
MFA Curating
Goldsmiths University, London
MA Photography
Central Saint Martins, London
Bachelor of Design
Major: Advertising, Minor: Photography, OCAD University, Toronto
Residencies and Artist development programmes:
Upcoming Xenia Creative Retreat, Hampshire
2021-2023 Sarabande Foundation Studio Residency, London
2021-2022 Curatorial Intensive South Asia (CISA) Fellowship, Khoj International Artists Associations and Goethe Institute, New Delhi
2019-2020 Museum of Contemporary Art, Toronto
Selected Media Recognition:
2023 Euro News, Cult of Beauty: London exhibition explores the history and science of what makes us beautiful
2023 The Guardian, ‘Beauty aids often look like horror movie props’: the show lifting the lid on a £660bn industry
2023 Wallpaper, The Cult of Beauty: uncovering subversion, idealism and capitalism in the beauty industry
2023 The i, Naughty women explode cliche
2023 The Guardian, More than a woman: images of female empowerment – in pictures
2022 The Observer, Self-portraits inspired by 19th-century Iranian beauty ideals
Artistic Practice:
2023-Present The Cult of Beauty, Wellcome Collection, London
2023 The Ingram Prize 2023 Finalists, Cromwell Place, London
2023 Sum, Sarabande Foundation, London
2023 Surface Temperature, Patel Brown Gallery, Toronto
2023 Headstrong: Women and Empowerment, The Centre for British Photography, London
2022 Open Mics with Abbas Zahedi, Frieze x Forma, London
2022 Soon This Will Be Over, Sarabande Foundation, London
2022 Assemble, VO Curations, London
2021 Proof 27, Gallery 44, Toronto
2019 Some-bodies, India International Centre, New Delhi
Curatorial Practice:
2023 Tangle Teaser, Sarabande Foundation x WAAW, London
2022 The Demon Show, Sarabande Foundation x WAAW, London
2022 Disobedient Bodies , India International Centre, New Delhi
2018 Enclave Lab, Solo Exhibition featuring Moshtari Hilal, London
Talks and Community involvement:
2023 Crit Session, Sarabande High Road, London
2023 The Centre for British Photography, Artist Panel Discussion, London
2022 Arts and Health Hub, Artist Peer Group, Southbank Centre, London
2022 Artist Panel Discussion, Soho House x Sarabande, London
2022 Crit Session, VO Curation, London
2021 Panel Discussion, Gallery 44, Toronto
2019 Artists on Artists, Museum of Contemporary Art, Toronto