
Memberships, Panels, Workshops & Residencies
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AGOxRBC Artist in Residence Program, Art Gallery of Ontario (2022)
"Cooking Up Community" creative workshops, Scarborough Arts, Toronto, CA (2022-ongoing)
Official member of Women Photograph (2021-Ongoing)
Community Advisory Panel, Anti-Racism, Toronto Police (2021-Ongoing)
Art & Everyday Life, Lens-Based workshops, Riverdale Hub, Toronto, CA (2021-Ongoing)
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Awards, Grants, Auctions & Collections
*Didihood Creative Fund Grant (2023)
*Arts & Culture Leader Award, Community Service Recognition, Canada (2023)
*Artsy with Pen+Brush Benefit Auction, New York, USA (2022)
*Women of Diversity Summit & Awards, Influencer Category, Toronto, Canada (2022)
*Greenhouse Auction, In Support of Women, New York, USA (2022)
*University of Toronto, Doris McCarthy Gallery, Permanent Collection, Toronto, Canada (2022)
*COLART Collective, Permanent Collection, Montreal, Canada (2020-2021)
*Toronto Arts Council-Emerging Individual Visual Arts Grant (2018-2019)
*OCAD University-Local & International Recognition & Creative Research Excellence Award (2017)
*Pride Photo Awards-First Place, Amsterdam, The Netherlands (2015)
*Monochrome Awards-Third Place, U.S.A (2015)
*San Francisco International Photography-Silver Award, U.S.A (2014)
*World Poetry Movement-Publication Award, U.S.A (2012)
*Tashadud Na Manzur-Second Place Award, Pakistan (2012)
Exhibitions, Publications & Events
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*This is who we are, Colouring Book, Vilcek Foundation, New York, USA (2023)
*Hindus for Human Rights Calendar, New York, USA (2023)
*Forecast Journal, Atmosphere Residency, Los Angeles, USA (2023)
*Nuit Blanche Artist Talk, Eat More Scarborough & Scarborough Arts, CA (2023)
*Forecast Journal x Dot Red, Group Show, Los Angeles, USA (2023)
*Cooking Up Feminism, Book Launch, Scarborough Arts, Toronto, CA (2023)
*Belonging, Gallery 183, Toronto, CA (2023)
*No Drama Calendar, Paris, France (2023)
*Forecast Journal, Los Angeles, USA (2023)
*SCOPE with LOUPE Art, Art Basel, Miami, USA (2022)
*Photorama, Gallery TPW, Toronto, CA (2022)
*Foto Femme United, Featured Artist, Paris, France (2022)
*Cover Image: Journal of Critical Race Inquiry (2022)
*Chai+Talk, Doris McCarthy Gallery, UTSC, Scarborough, CA (2022)
*Public Presentation of Dawat Yan Banquet, Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, CA (2022)
*Celebrating the Unseen, Pride Photo Foundation, The Netherlands (2022-2023)
*I AM HERE, Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, CA (2022)
*Portraits of Resilience, Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, CA (2022)
*Dawat Yan Banquet, Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, CA (2022)
*The Sk(in) I'm in* International Human Rights Art Festival, New York, USA (2021-Ongoing)
*Journal of Critical Race Inquiry, Cover Issue, Canada (2021)
*(re)presenting the Diaspora, OCAD University, Toronto, CA (2020)
*(mus)interpreted* Daniels Spectrum Gallery, Toronto, CA (2019)
*Ghosts & Matter, Glory Hole Gallery with Trinity Square Video, Toronto, CA (2019)
*In Print* Pen & Brush Foundation, New York, USA (2019)
*Little Islands Festival* Greece (2019)
*Tilt Shift* Koffler Centre of the Arts, Toronto, CA (2019)
*Art Habens Contemporary Art Review* UK (2019)
*The Doll Project* Textile Museum of Canada, Toronto, CA (2019)
*Salon 44* Gallery 44 Centre for Contemporary Photography, Toronto, CA (2019)
*TRANS:formation* Queer Moving Image, Philadelphia, US (2019)
*Emergence Symposium* Humber College, Toronto, Canada (2018)
*(mus)interpreted* Artscape Youngplace, Toronto, Canada (2018)
*Art & Storytelling* SPEAK UP!* Sheridan Galleries, Brampton, Canada (2018)
*50x50* Contact Festival, Toronto, Canada (2018)
*Jahez | Dowry* Art Gallery of Mississauga, GTA, Canada (2018)
*Purdah | Shui* with Eric Chengyang, Glory Hole Gallery, Toronto, Canada (2018)
*Liminal Forms* OCAD University, Toronto, Canada (2018)
*Response* A.Smith Gallery, Texas, U.S (2018)
*The Portrait* Praxis Gallery and Photographic Art Centre, Minneapolis, U.S (2018)
*The Public* AGO-Art Gallery of Ontario, Y+ Contemporary, Toronto, Canada (2017)
*X, Y & Zed* Glory Hole Gallery, Nuit Blanche, Toronto, Canada (2017)
*Mourning* AGO-Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, Canada (2017)
*Purdah* MFA Thesis Show, OCAD University, Toronto, Canada (2017)
*The (Un)Othered Body* Group Show, 205 Richmond W, Toronto, Canada (2017)
*LOGS* Group Show, Y+ Contemporary, Toronto, Canada (2016)
*Pride Photo Awards* Amsterdam, Netherlands (2015)
*TRANS:formation* Group Show, Open Studio, Sudbury, Canada (2015)
*TRANS:formation* Group Show, John B. Aird Gallery, Toronto, Canada (2015)
*Burqa* Digital Photography Reception, Louvre, Paris, France (2015)
*Lines* Group Show, Darkroom Gallery, Essex, Vermont, U.S.A (2015)
*TRANS:formation* Solo Show, Process Gallery, Toronto, Canada (2014)
*Group Show* Gallery 44, Toronto, Canada (2014)
*Contact Photography Festival* OCAD Gallery, Toronto, Canada (2014)
*City Love* Hashtag Gallery, Toronto, Canada (2014)
*Fear* Project Gallery, Toronto, Canada (2013)
*Group Show* Gallery Hittite, Toronto, Canada (2013)
*The Geometric State* Artisans At Work Gallery, Toronto, Canada (2013)
*Connection Lost* Propeller Centre for the Visual Arts, Toronto, Canada (2012)
*Not Quite How I Remember It* Performance, Power Plant Gallery, Toronto, Canada (2011)
*Tactical media* Queen West Art Crawl, Toronto, Canada (2011)
Curatorial
*Within This Body* Propeller Centre for the Visual Arts, Toronto (2012)
*Compose/Decompose* Deleon White Gallery, Toronto (2011)
*Lyve Nature* Deleon White Gallery, Toronto (2010)
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Education
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*MFA, OCAD University: Interdisciplinary Art, Media & Design (2017)
*Digital Photography Diploma: George Brown College, Continuing Studies (2015)
*BFA with Honours: University of Toronto in Studio Art & English Literature (2008)