YAMINAY CHAUDHRI [email protected] http://www.yaminay.com http://www.tentativecollective.com
EDUCATION
MFA. STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK AT ALBANY. 2009-2011 B-ARCH. CORNELL UNIVERSITY. 1997-2002
RESIDENCIES
THE GOODS SHED (FORM) Artist in Residence. Perth, Australia. 2016 JENTEL ARTIST RESIDENCY. Wyoming, U.S.A. 2012 VERMONT STUDIO CENTER Artist In Residence. Vermont, U.S.A. 2012 NORTH AFRICA PROGRAM: Cornell University summer abroad program. Egypt, Morocco, Tunisia. Spain. 2001 ROME PROGRAM. Cornell University semester abroad. Italy. 2000
GRANTS/ AWARDS
Cornell University International Student Scholarship. Full tuition [inancial aid award 1997-2002 New York Foundation for the Arts [iscal sponsorship for Mera Karachi Mobile Cinema. 2012- 2016 National University of Singapore, Asia Research Institute project grant for Mera Karachi Mobile Cinema. 2013 Peace Innovations Fund Grant for Mera Karachi Mobile Cinema. United States Institute of Peace. 2013-2015 Prince Claus Fund. Travel Grant awarded to present work at the Dhaka Art Summit, 2016.
COLLABORATIVE PROJECTS
TENTATIVE COLLECTIVE. Founding member 2011- ongoing: - Shershah and Other Stories. Cosmopolis #1, Centre Georges Pompidou. October 18- December 18, 2017. - Waste Agency. Presented at the Akademie der Kunst, Berlin. 2016. - Transcribed Text For a Lost Moment . Kunstraum Bethanien. Berlin. September 10, 2016. - The Gandi Engine Commission. Site speci[ic workshop commissioned by Lahore Biennale Foundation. Lahore. 2015 - Mera Karachi Mobile Cinema. Project Lead. Curated 10 screenings in various parts of Karachi. 2012-2015 - A Pakhtun Memory. Project lead, camera and editing. Shirin Jinnah Colony. Karachi. 2011 - Beyond Walls. Project Lead. Public art intervention. Benazir Bhutto Park. Karachi. 2011
FAILUREtalks Symposium. Co-organizer and contributor. UAlbany Art Department. Albany, NY. 2011 FAILURE. Curator. Collar Works Art Gallery. Troy, NY. 2011
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS (Individual practice)
- AAN Gandhara-Art Space. Rooms are Never Finished. (Solo Show). Karachi. November 16- December 09, 2017. https://drive.google.com/[ile/d/101nsnm-toeOWdiELvzd8dXOowcJLdUry/view - National Academy of Performing Arts. International Theater and Music Fest. About Time. Curator Hajra Haider. Karachi, March 28, 2016. https://images.dawn.com/news/1175072 - Twelve Gates Arts. 5 Pakistani artists. Curator Na[isa Rizvi. Philadelphia. October 2, 2015 - VM Art Gallery. Exhausted Geographies. Curator Zahra Malkani, Shahana Rajani. Karachi. September 8, 2015 - KOEL Gallery. And nothing but the truth: Parrhesia II. Curator Zarmeene Shah. Karachi. June 16, 2015. https:// www.dawn.com/news/1194991 - Gandhara Art Space. The Science of Taking a Walk. Curator Hajra Haider. Karachi. May 21, 2015. https:// tribune.com.pk/story/909002/art-review-the-science-of-taking-a-walk-a-walk-to-remember/ - Karachi Literature Festival, Art Section. Speaking in Tongues. Curator Zarmeene Shah. Karachi. Feb 7, 2015 - Amin Gulgee Gallery Dreamscape. Curators Amin Gulgee and Zarmeene Shah. Karachi. Dec. 18, 2014 - VBB. Women Under Siege, Parts 1, 2: A Living Room Art Production. Houston, TX. 2012 - Emery Center at the University of Maine Farmington. In The Realm Of Folklore. 2012 - University Art Museum, State University of New York at Albany. Thesis Show. 2011 - Artists of the Mohawk Hudson Regional. Albany Institute of History and Art. Meeting With Strangers. Juror Holly Hughes Albany, NY. 2011 - Collar Works Art Gallery. Failure. Troy, NY. 2011
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS (collaborative practice)
- Centre Georges Pompidou. Shershah and Other Stories. (Tentative Collective). Part of Cosmopolis #1, Collective Intelligence. Curator Kathryn Weir. Paris. October 18- December 18, 2017. www.e-[lux.com/announcements/ 145713/cosmopolis-1-collective-intelligence/ - Manchester Art Gallery. Missing. (Tentative Collective). Solo show, part of New North and South commission. - Saturday 30 September 2017–Sunday 4 February 2018. http://manchesterartgallery.org/exhibitions-and-events/ exhibition/tentative-collective/ - Kunstraum Bethanien. Digging Deep Crossing Far. (Tentative Collective). Curators Julie Tieke and Elke Falat. Berlin. September 10, 2016. http://digging-deep-crossing-far.de/en/artist-the-tentative-collective/ - Digital Marrakech Festival 4th edition. A Pakhtun Memory. Arab Media Lab Foundation. Marrakech. Nov. 28, 2014 - CityPossible Film Festival III. A Pakhtun Memory. Singapore. Nov. 6, 2014 - Karachi Conference Film Festival. A Pakhtun Memory. Karachi. Nov. 23, 2014 - Pursukoon Karachi Art Festival. The Kolachi Brothers (Mera Karachi Mobile Cinema). Karachi. 2013 - Galerie Polaris. Sunday Screening #9: Tentative Collective. Paris. Oct. 6, 2013 - VBB living room art | Borderlines production: Exploring Rituals. Houston, TX. Dec 7, 2013 - Syracuse International Film Festival. A Pakhtun Memory. Syracuse, NY. 2012 - Artists of the Mohawk Hudson Regional. University Art Museum. A Pakhtun Memory. Winner Juror’s Award by Nato Thompson. Albany, NY. 2012
SELECTED PRESS Ammara Jabbar. Rooms are Never Finished. ArtNow. 2 Dec. 2017. Web http://www.artnowpakistan.com/rooms-are- never-[inished/ Abdullah, Adam. "COVER: Mapping Karachi." Dawn Magazine. Dawn News, 31 Jan. 2016. Web. http://www.dawn.com/ news/1236376/cover-mapping-karachi Sharpe, Gemma. "Art Now Pakistan | But it Looks Like Art!"Art Now Contemporary Art of Pakistan. Jan. 2015. Web Malkani, Zahra. "Art Now Pakistan | Parde Mein Rehne Do, Parda Na Uthao: Opacity And The Refusal To Represent In Contemporary Artworks In Karachi." Art Now Contemporary Art of Pakistan. Dec. 2013. Web Chaudhri, Yaminay N. "Films by Rickshaw: The Tentative Collective." Interview by Hira Nabi. Rising Voices. 22 Apr. 2013. Web. Chaudhri, Yaminay. "The Tentative Collective: Karachi Mobile Cinema." Interview by Hira Nabi. Mashallah News → http://www.mashallahnews.com/the-tentative-collective/ Lavery, Ariel, ed. In the Realm of Folklore. Farmington: U of Maine Farmington, 2012. Print. (Exhibition Catalogue) Lerner, Liz C. "Failure, the Show." All Over Albany. 25 Mar. 2011. Web. Siddiqui, Nadir. "The Art of Protest." Dawn.com. DawnNews, 23 Dec. 2011. Web. Siddiqui, Nadir. "Going "Beyond Walls"" Dawn Multimedia. DawnNews, 20 Dec. 2011. Web. Thompson, Nato. "Occupy Everything." 2012 Artists of the Mohawk Hudson Region. University at Albany, 2012. 8-19. Print. (Exhibition Catalogue. https://goo.gl/cAheOV) "MoMA.org | Interactives | Exhibitions | 2004 | Tall Buildings." Ed. Terence Riley. MoMA, 2004. Web.