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SCREENINGS | INSTALLATIONS
2010: "Amanat" and "27,000 Frames". STEM Cell: the Sub Terranean Media Arts Festival, Edmonton, AB.
2009: "City Green". Toronto Urban Film Festival (TUFF), Toronto, ON.
2009: "Amanat" screening for MONEY PROJECT at Cool Hand of a Girl, Toronto, ON.
2008: “Karachi: Alif Bay Pay” 35 Channel Video Installation, IVS Gallery, Karachi, Pakistan.
2008: “Atan” Edges Video Festival, MediaNet, Victoria, British Columbia.
2008: "Hill Station". d2d=direct to documentation, 7th International 7a*11d Performance Art Festival, Toronto.
2008: "27,000". Narrative Short Film + Video Festival, California State University, Chico.
2007: Gallery Lambton, First Friday Video Screening Series, Sarnia, ON.
2007: "Atan". Regent Park Film Festival, Toronto.
2007: "Baghdad 1001". REHAB: 9th Annual Parkdale Film and Video Showcase, Toronto.
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
2010: Drift Lines/À la dérive, articule, Montréal, Québec.
2010: Put the Moves On, Ed Media Centre, Guelph Ontario.
2009: ISHQ VISHQ, IVS Gallery, Indus Valley School of Art, Karachi Pakistan.
2008: Writing Home About Home, IVS Gallery, Vasl International Artists' Collective, Pakistan.
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.
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).
SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY
-- Purveyor of New Ideas by Nafisa Rizvi, The Daily News, October 26, 2008.
-- 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- 2009.
Member of SAVAC Programming Committee, 2001- 2007.
Member of SAVAC Board of Directors, 2002-2006.
ARTIST TALKS AND PRESENTATIONS:
2009: Member's Presentation, articule, Montreal Quebec.
2008: Artist talk, Indus Valley School of Art, Karachi Pakistan.
2007: Member's Presentation, SAVAC, Toronto Ontario.
2004: Artist talk, Royal Ontario Museum/Asian Heritage Month, Toronto Ontario.
JURIES:
2009 Ontario Arts Council, Emerging Visual Arts Grant, Toronto.
2004-07 MONITOR: SAVAC’s International South Asian Short Film & Video program, Toronto.
2005-07 Ontario Arts Council Exhibition Assistance Grants, Toronto.
AWARDS AND GRANTS
2008: Canada Council Travel Grant for Media Artists.
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.
2005: Canada Millennium Scholarship
2004: SAVAC Most Valuable Volunteer Award.
EDUCATION AND RESIDENCIES
Diasporics International Artists' Residency, Vasl International Artists' Collective, Karachi Pakistan, Fall 2008.
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.
COLLECTIONS
Tate Modern Liverpool.
Private Collections, Pakistan and Canada.
Updated November 2009