PERFORMANCES
2007: BANFF TO BANKHEAD- performance and site specific intervention. Banff, Bankhead, Alberta.
2007: HILL STATION- an interactive public performance. Banff, Alberta.
2007: SNOWBANK- group performance led by Diane Borsato for the Art Gallery of York University. Toronto.
2005: SAVAC SEVEN – photo-based intervention with SAVAC as part of TAAFI. Toronto
2004: November: FRAME (performance) OCAD main entrance, Toronto
2004: October: (GUARD)IAN (performance) Toronto Alternative Art Fair International (TAAFI)
SCREENINGS | INSTALLATIONS
2008: "27,000". Narrative Short Film + Video Festival.
2007: Gallery Lambton, First Friday Video Screening Series, Sarnia, ON.
2007: "Atan". Regent Park Film Festival, Toronto, ON.
2007: "Baghdad 1001". REHAB: 9th Annual Parkdale Film and Video Showcase, Toronto, ON.
2007: "Baghdad 1001". OK.MILITIA: Jakarta Video Festival, Indonesia.
2007: "Baghdad 1001". New Jersey Independent South Asian Cine Fest. USA.
2007: "Scripts for War." Video installation at Factory Theatre, Toronto.
2006: "Peace Taxi". Citizen Shift: Free Range Media for Social Change- National Film Board of Canada.
2005: "27,000 Frames" and "Mona Lisa". Medal Winners Installation/Screening. OCAD, Toronto.
2005: ‘Go West’. OCAD Juried Thesis Exhibition. Gladstone Hotel, Toronto.
2004: "Peace Taxi" screening at Artsweek, 401 Richmond, Toronto.
2004: "Peace Taxi" screening at Royal Ontario Museum as part of South Asian Heritage Month, Toronto.
2004: "Peace Taxi" screening at Regent Park Film Festival, Toronto.
2003: 3rd Year Juried Exhibition. Jackman Hall, AGO, Toronto
2003: Control screened at The March Goes On- OCAD, Toronto
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2007: (pre)occupation, Garage installation at Alleyjaunt, Toronto.
2004: NO SIGN OF ART, OCAD, Toronto. “March Goes On” curated by Tania Arsalan.
2003: PEACE TAXI. Site-Specific intervention in Toronto Taxis, curated by Cyrus Irani.
SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY
-- Alleyjaunt Joyride by Sheila Gostick, NOW Magazine, August 16-22, 2007
-- Cabbie art show is a gas by Leah Rumack, The National Post, August 9, 2003.
-- Cabbies give art a chance by Rebecca Caldwell, The Globe and Mail, August 9, 2003.
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
Member of Articule Board of Directors, Montreal, 2008- present.
Member of YYZ Artists’ Outlet, Toronto, 2007- present.
Member of Ministry of Walking, 2007 - present.
Member of SAVAC (South Asian Visual Arts Collective), 2001- present.
Member of SAVAC Programming Committee, 2001- 2007.
Member of SAVAC Board of Directors, 2002-2006.
JURIES:
2004-07 MONITOR: SAVAC’s International South Asian Short Film & Video program, Toronto.
2005-07 Juror for Ontario Arts Council Exhibition Assistance Grants
AWARDS AND GRANTS
2007: Most Meaningful -The Children's Choice Awards
2007: Ontario Arts Council Exhibition Assistance Grant.
2005: Birks Medal and Award.
2005: M. Joan Chalmers Scholarship.
2005: Ontario College of Arts and Design Medal.
2005: Nora E. Vaughan Award.
2004 SAVAC Most Valuable Volunteer Award.
EDUCATION AND RESIDENCIES
Walking and Art Residency, Banff Centre for the Arts, Banff Alberta, September- November 2007.
Associate of Ontario College of Art & Design Diploma (Integrated Media Program) OCAD, Toronto 2005.
BSc. (Civil Engineering), University of Engineering and Technology, Pakistan. 1993.
LANGUAGES
Fluent in spoken and written English, Pashto, Urdu.
Working knowledge of French.