DIVYA MEHRA
1981 Born in Winnipeg, MB, Canada Currently lives and works in Winnipeg, Canada
Education
2008 MFA in Visual Arts, Columbia University, School of the Arts, New York, USA 2005 BFA (Honours) in Visual Arts, University of Manitoba, School of Art, Winnipeg, MB, Canada
On View/Forthcoming
2024 Divya Mehra, Contemporary Art Gallery, Vancouver, BC, Canada Divya Mehra, Confederation Centre Art Gallery, Charlottetown, PEI, Canada 2023 Vision Exchange: Perspectives from India to Canada, National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, ON, Canada Divya Mehra: Afterlife of Colonialism…, National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, ON; in conjunction with the exhibition, Vision Exchange: Perspectives from India to Canada Divya Mehra, Mercer Union, Toronto, ON, Canada 2022 Divya Mehra, Esker Foundation, Calgary, AB, Canada 2021 CFAT 40th Anniversary Project, Dalhousie Art Gallery, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS, Canada Divya Mehra, The funny things You do, Night Gallery, Los Angeles, CA, USA (essay by Kim Nguyen)
Selected Solo Exhibitions
2020 Divya Mehra: From India to Canada and back to India (There is nothing I can possess which you cannot take away), Mackenzie Art Gallery, Regina, SK, Canada 2019 Divya Mehra: Afterlife of Colonialism…, Winnipeg Art Gallery, Winnipeg, MB; in conjunction with the exhibition: Vision Exchange: Perspectives from India to Canada Divya Mehra: Afterlife of Colonialism…, Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto, ON; in conjunction with ROM Friday Night Live, one night installation (March 22, 2019, 7pm-11pm) Divya Mehra: Afterlife of Colonialism…, Hart House, Art Museum, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON; in conjunction with Night of Ideas, overnight installation; in conjunction with the exhibition: Vision Exchange: Perspectives from India to Canada 2018 Divya Mehra, Afterlife of Colonialism…, Special project in conjunction with the exhibition: Vision Exchange: Perspectives from India to Canada, Art Gallery of
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Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada (commission) 2017 You have to tell Them, i’m not a Racist., Georgia Scherman Projects, Toronto, ON, Canada (essays by Amy Fung and Kendra Place) Divya Mehra: Sobey Art Award Short List Exhibition, Art Museum, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada (curated by Sarah Robayo Sheridan) Emerging Powers and Conflict Management (Toppling over statues, hate amid radical new platforms), Art Metropole, Toronto, ON, Canada Pouring Water on a Drowning Man, Art Gallery of Southwestern Manitoba, Brandon, MB, Canada (essay by Yaniya Lee) The Mehra's Special, The Tallest Poppy, Winnipeg, MB, Canada 2016 It’s Gonna Rain, The New Gallery, Calgary, AB, Canada (essay by Kegan McFadden) 2014 Without You I’m Nothing (Eating the Other), window winnipeg, Winnipeg, MB, Canada Pouring Water on a Drowning Man, Georgia Scherman Projects, Toronto, ON, Canada 2012 You Have to tell Them, i’m not a Racist., La Maison des artistes visuels francophones, Winnipeg, MB, Canada (essay by Cathy Busby) 2011 The Party is Over, Artspeak, Vancouver, BC, Canada (curated by Kim Nguyen) 2010 Turf War., PLATFORM: centre for photographic + digital arts, Winnipeg, MB, Canada (curated and essay by Kegan McFadden)
Selected Group Exhibitions
2020 A New Light: Canadian Women Artists, Embassy of Canada, Washington, D.C., USA Centre for Art Tapes 40th Anniversary Exhibition, Dalhousie Art Gallery, Halifax, Canada A New Light: Canadian Women Artists, Embassy of Canada, Washington, DC, USA 2019 Alternate Realities, Essex Flowers, New York, NY, USA Muscled Rose, Scrap Metal Gallery, Toronto, ON, Canada (curated by Rui Amaral) A Quarter Century of Collecting, Art Gallery of Hamilton, ON, Canada Vision Exchange: Perspectives from India to Canada, Winnipeg Art Gallery, Winnipeg, MB, Canada Feast and Famine, Paul Robeson Galleries, Rutgers University, Newark, NJ, USA (curated and essay by Jacqueline Mabey) 2018 Vision Exchange: Perspectives from India to Canada, Art Gallery of Alberta, (curated by the Art Gallery of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, and the National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, ON, Canada) Art in the Open, Confederation Centre of the Arts, Charlottetown, PEI, Canada (commission) Roadside Attractions, Dunlop Art Gallery, Regina, SK, Canada (commission; catalogue) BLUE STATE, Night Gallery, Los Angeles, CA, USA In this place where the guest rests, Franklin Street Works, Stamford, CT, USA
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Beginning with the Seventies: GLUT, Morris and Helen Belkin Art Gallery, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada 2017 Stages: Drawing the Curtain, Plug In ICA, Winnipeg, MB, Canada (commission) Isolated Landscapes: Video by Prairie Women (1984 - 2009), Platform: centre for photographic + digital arts, Winnipeg, Canada, (curated by Kathy Rae Huffman) AlterNation, Kamloops Art Gallery, Kamloops, BC, Canada (curated and essay by Adrienne Fast) Win Last, Don't Care, Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, Canada, (organized by EMILIA-AMALIA) Propped, Oakville Galleries, Oakville, ON, Canada (curated by Gabrielle Moser) OLD NEWS / NEW RULES, A.I.R. Gallery, Brooklyn, USA (organized by Eleanor King) Epic Fail, PLATFORM: centre for photographic + digital arts, Winnipeg, MB, Canada Punching Up, Richard & Dolly Maass Gallery, Purchase College SUNY, Purchase, NY, USA (curated by Jon Lutz and Janine Polak) Melt, The Forks, Winnipeg, MB, Canada (curated by Niki Little/Wabiska Maengun; commission) 2016 Yonder, Koffler Gallery, Toronto, ON, Canada; University of Waterloo Art Gallery, Waterloo, ON, Canada (traveling exhibition) Utopia is No Place, Utopia is Process, Usdan Gallery, Bennington College, Bennington, VT, USA 2015 Oh, Canada, Glenbow Museum, Calgary, AB, Canada (curated by Denise Markonish, commission; catalogue; tour) A Putting Down of Roots, Gallery 1C03, University of Winnipeg, Winnipeg, MB, Canada CUSTOM MADE / Tsitslem te stem te ck’ultens-kuc, Kamloops Art Gallery, BC, Canada (curated by Tania Willard) A Curious Blindness, Wallach Art Gallery, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA Streaming, Schleifmühlgasse 12-14, Vienna, Austria Between Us, Walter Phillips Gallery ,Banff Centre, Banff, AB, Canada 2014 Oh, Canada, Confederation Centre of the Arts, Charlottetown, PEI, Canada (curated by Denise Markonish, commission; catalogue; tour) They Made A Day Be A Day Here, School of Art Gallery, Winnipeg, MB, Canada (catalogue; tour) You Can’t Win Them All, Ladies & Gentlemen, Winnipeg Library Gallery, Winnipeg, MB, Canada Emerald City, Project For Empty Space, Newark, NJ, USA (curated by Jasmine Wahi) I never asked to be a role model, Georgia Scherman Projects, Toronto, ON, Canada Tragedy Plus Time, Dunlop Art Gallery, Regina, SK, Canada (catalogue) 2013 They Made A Day Be A Day Here, Art Gallery of Grande Prairie, Grande Prairie, AB, Canada; Mendel Art Gallery, Saskatoon, SK, Canada (catalogue; tour) Stockpile, Luminato Festival, Toronto, ON, Canada (commission and collaboration with Dean Baldwin, Diane Landry, Luanne Martineau)
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The Least Orthodox Goddess, Gallery 151, New York, NY, USA Salaam Bombay: Beauty & Chaos in the Urban Environment, Twelve Gates Gallery, Philadelphia, PA, USA; Art ASIA Miami, Miami, FL, USA (tour) fast & dirty presents: Six Degrees, PLATFORM: centre for photographic + digital arts, Winnipeg, MB, Canada Women Performing Women, Gallery 1C03, University of Winnipeg, Winnipeg, MB, Canada 2012 Oh, Canada, MASS MoCA, North Adams, MA, USA (curated by Denise Markonish, commission; catalogue; tour) FREE (or best offer), Ed Video Gallery, Guelph, ON, Canada 2011 And the falchion passed through his neck, Latitude 28, New Delhi, Delhi, India take me to your leader, lead me to your taker, SAW Gallery, Ottawa, ON, Canada 2010 Left, Aicon Gallery, New York, NY, USA Digression, Hendershot Gallery, New York, NY, USA Structures Within an Intervention, The Guild Gallery, New York, NY, USA A Wilder Gander, BRIC Contemporary Art, Brooklyn, NY, USA (curated by Baseera Khan) 2009 Domestic Policy, The Guild Gallery, New York, NY, USA Beijing 798 Biennale, 798 Art Zone, Beijing, China Contemporary Indian Art of the Diaspora, Queens Museum of Art, Queens, NY, USA; Consulate General of India, New York, NY, USA; Asian Contemporary Art Week, New York, NY, USA; Dowd Gallery, Cortland, NY, USA (tour) I Have Not Painted In A Year, The Suburban, Chicago, IL, USA SMITHUMENTA, Bond Street Studio, Brooklyn, NY, USA Wonder What The Others Are Up To?, Gallery OED, Cochin, Kerala, India 2008 The New Academy, Robert Lehman Art Center, Brooks School, North Andover, MA, USA The Leisure Suite, The LeRoy Neiman Gallery, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA 2007 21, A Space, Toronto, ON, Canada; Dunlop Art Gallery, Regina, SK, Canada; Paved Arts, Saskatoon, SK, Canada (curated by Elwood Jimmy; tour) In The Blink of An Eye, Winnipeg Art Gallery, Winnipeg, MB, Canada (commission)
Artist Books & Selected Publications
2018 Divya Mehra: Tone, artist folio in Canadian Art Magazine, Spring Issue, Volume 35 2017 Amy Fung & Kendra Place: You have to tell Them, i’m not a Racist (edition of 250), in conjunction with the exhibition, You have to tell Them, i’m not a Racist., at Georgia Scherman Projects, Toronto, ON, Canada 2014 Divya Mehra: Pouring Water on a Drowning Man (edition of 50), published by As We Try & Sleep Press, Victoria, BC, in conjunction with the exhibition, Pouring Water on a Drowning Man, Georgia Scherman Projects, Toronto, ON, Canada
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Jennifer Matotek & Tarin Hughes: Tragedy Plus Time, I laughed, I cried, I Split My Side, London, UK & Regina, SK, Published by Black Dog Publishing & Dunlop Art Gallery 2013 Divya Mehra: Quit, India.(edition of 200), published by Artspeak, Vancouver, BC & PLATFORM: centre for photographic + digital arts, Winnipeg, MB Amy Fung: They Made A Day Be A Day Here, Grande Prairie, AB: Art Gallery of Grande Prairie; Mendel Art Gallery; University of Manitoba, School of Art Gallery. Print. 2012 Denise Markonish: Oh, Canada: Contemporary Art from North North America, Cambridge, MA: MIT Press., in conjunction with the exhibition, Oh, Canada, MASS MoCA, 2012
Selected Reviews/Interview
2021 Hampton, Chris, “Regina’s MacKenzie Art Gallery had a stolen statue of a Hindu god in its collection. Meet the artist who got it repatriated to India,” Globe and Mail, print, February 20 Boucher, Brian, “Mourning as a Springboard (With Emojis),” The New York Times, print, February 17 2020 Kumar, S Vijay, “Bringing the goddess home,” Mumbai Mirror, December 13 Packard, Cassie, “Artist Discovers a Looted Statue in a Canadian Museum’s Collection, Leading to Its Repatriation,” Hyperallergic, December 7 Haddad, Natalie, “The Fallacies of Whiteness,” Hyperallergic, December 5 Frigon, Raphaële, “Après 107 ans au Canada, une statue volée de la déesse Annapurna rentre en Inde,” ICI Saskatchewan, December 2 “Annapoorna idol’s return very pleasing: PM in Mann ki Baat,” The Times of India, November 30 Jhala, Kabir, “Artist discovers looted statue in Canadian museum and returns it to India,” The Art Newspaper, November 25 Boucher, Brian, “While Installing Her Show at a Canadian Museum, an Artist Discovered a Looted Statue in the Collection. Now, It’s Headed Back to India,” Artnet, November 24 Rakshit, Devrupa, “Canada Returns a Statue Stolen from Varanasi 100+ Years Ago,” The Swaddle, November 24 Rani, Varsha, “Canada To Return a Statue It Stole From India Over a Century Ago,” Vice, November 23 Yaniya Lee and Emma Sharpe, “What to See in 2020,” Canadian Art, January 7 2019 Ikeo, Yu. “Canadian Art,” Frau Magazine, Tokyo, Japan, Fall, September Issue, print Zoratti, Jen. “Artist tackles colonialism with wit, Inflatable installation acquired by National Gallery of Canada,” Winnipeg Free Press, print, August 31 Dick, Terrance. “Muscled Rose at Scrap Metal Gallery,” Akimbo, online, August 21 Bacal, Edward. “Reviews: Muscled Rose,” Canadian Art, online, August 14 Wasney, Eva. “Visions of India,” Winnipeg Free Press, print, May 13, Kurd, Nadia. “Representing the Kashmir Conflict,” Esse magazine, print, Issue No. 96
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2018 Lee, Yaniya. “Tactics and strategies of racialized artists: some notes on how to circumvent the art world’s terms of inclusion,” ArtsEverywhere, Musagetes, online, November 29 Mantella, Alexandra. “CBC Docuseries makes art matter,” The Queen’s University Journal, online, November 29 O’Neil, Sean. In The Making: Divya Mehra, CBC Television, episode 8, 22 minute short documentary, November 10 Lee, Yaniya. “Roadside Attractions: A conversation with curator Jennifer Matotek about Saskatchewan’s summer of public art,” Canadian Art, online, August 23 Kennedy, Paul. “Making Art that matters: The 2017 Sobey Art Award,” The New Masters, CBC Ideas, radio/online, June 8 Stall-Paquet. “Our Woman In Delhi,” AirCanada enRoute Magazine, May Insider’s Guide, Summer, print Remenchik, Jennifer. “The Many Shades and Meanings of the Color Blue,” Hyperallergic, online, April 9 Anand, Simranpreet. “Difficult Realities: Divya Mehra’s DIFFICULT PEOPLE,” Rungh, online, Volume 5, Issue 4, March 24 Largo, Marissa. “Jamelie Hassan and Divya Mehra: Cultural Currency and Canada 150,” Asian Diasporic Visual Cultures and the Americas Journal, print, Issue 4 Griffin, Kevin. “Put it in words: How writing and reading by women influenced art in the ‘70s,” Vancouver Sun, print, January 13 2017 Mabey, Jacqueline. “Not Mine Alone, Nor Mine to Own: Some Reflections on the Young Girl,” Journal of Feminist Scholarship, online, Issue 12, November 1 Mann, Mark. “White Like Me: Encountering Divya Mehra’s 'You have to tell Them, i’m not a Racist.’”, Momus, online, 12 October Wu, Vidal. “Divya Mehra Undoes White on White”, Canadian Art, online, 21 September Gerges, Merra. “16 Art Shows to See This Fall: Divya Mehra in Toronto, Brandon and Charlottetown” 16 Art Shows to See This Fall, Canadian Art, online, September 21, Fall Haddad, Natalie. “Making Art from a City's Isolation,” Hyperallergic, online, September 3 Whyte, Murray. “Sobey nominees highlight our difference”, The Star, 25 October, Print Hampton, Chris. “Sobey Art Award exhibition questions the stakes of living together” The Globe and Mail, 24 October, Print Hampton, Chris. “The thing about things: Inside 'Propped', an art show about the objects that shape us,” CBC Arts , online, August 22 Brown, Kate. “What Does the Remarkable Shortlist for the 2017 Sobey Art Awards Say About the Changing Canadian Art Scene?,” artnet news online, August 21 Bell, Jacqueline, “The Subject of Tears, Reflections on three works by Divya Mehra,” C Magazine, Spring, Issue 133, print Cascone, Sarah. “Narrowing Gender Gap, Wikipedia Edit-a-Thon Writes 6,500 More Women Into Art History,” artnet news, April 18 Steinhauer, Jillian. “Wikipedia Art and Feminism Editing Sessions Around NYC,” Hyperallergic, online, March 7
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Kinloch, Alexis. “The Slippage of Memory,” Canadian Art, online, March 3 Henderson, Angela & Nagler, Solomon. “Review: It’s Gonna Rain” Border Crossings Magazine, Spring, Issue 141 Aggarwal, Aaditya. “In “Yonder”, Migrant Flight Speaks to Land” Canadian Art, online, 9 February 2016 Todd, Sarah. “Divya Mehra at The New Gallery” Akimbo, online, September 28 randolph, jeanne. “A Putting Down of Roots: 40 Years of CV2,” C Magazine, Spring, Issue 129, print Lee, Yaniya. “Anxious Territory: The Politics of Neutral Citizenship in Canadian Art Criticism” C Magazine, Winter Issue 128, print 2015 Cottingham, Steven. “Divya Mehra and Talk Is Cheap: Our Broken Tongues” Canadian Art, online, April 29 2014 Hampton, John G. “Culturally Contentious” Magenta Magazine, online, Fall/Winter, Vol 5, No. 3 Hoekstra, Aryen, “Pouring Water on a Downing Man” Review, Border Crossings Magazine, Fall, Issue 131 Sandals, Leah. “Divya Mehra Troubles Stereotypes in Toronto,” Canadian Art, online, March 3 Cooley, Alison. “They Made a Day Be a Day Here: Prairie Positive” Canadian Art, online, January 16 2013 Henry, Joseph. “Divya Mehra on “Quit, India” and Her Dark Comedy” Blouin Artinfo, online, October 16 Higgins, Michelle. “Oh, The Range!” Showcasing the unplainness of Prairie art.” Flaire Magazine, p. 138, October, Print Jablon, Samuel. “Divya Mehra’s Tragicomedy of Failure.” Hyperallergic, online, October 3 Lynch, Sophie. “Stockpile Sinks Claws Into Art & Commerce,” Canadian Art, online, July 2 Lazowski, Anna. “Two Winnipeg artists nominated for Sobey Art Award.” CBC Scene, online, April 22 Donoghue, Katy. “Artist to Watch.” WhiteWall Magazine, Spring, print Enright, Robert. “The Success of Failure.” Border Crossings Magazine, Spring, Issue 125, p. 19. Print Khan, Suhair. “Artists Breaking Out.” Vogue India, online, April 2 Cembalest, Robin. “Them’s the Breaks.” ARTnews, online, January 8 2012 Boucher, Brian. “MTV Unveils New Art Breaks Videos.” Art in America, online, November 15 Fung, Amy. “Reviews: The Party is Over.” Canadian Art Magazine, Vol. 29, No 1, Spring, print McFadden, Kegan. “Crossovers – Oh Canada.” Border Crossings Magazine, Fall, p. 103-106. Print Mayes, Alison. “Artist Divya Mehra uses humour to ‘cut a tense situation’.” Winnipeg Free Press, 31 March, print Leyden Cochrane, Steven. “Playing the race card (and winning)” Uptown Magazine, 16 February, print, Griffin, Kevin. “Divya Mehra: Gandhi Meets N.W.A.” Vancouver Sun, 12 February, print 2011 Gillmor, Alison. “Of Interest: Turf War.” BlackFlash Magazine, Issue 28.2,
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Winter, print Matharu, Pamila. “Knee Deep in Multi-Culti Splendour.” The Art Gallery of York University Studio Blog, online, Winter, January 15 2010 Eyland, Cliff. “2010 CRITICS’ PICKS.” Akimblog, Winter, online, 14 December Bissonauth, Natasha. “Both Teams Cannot Win.” C magazine, Issue 108, Winter, print Gillmor, Alison. “Artist Makes Political Point in a Big, Big Way.” Winnipeg Free Press, September 16, print Moore, Sandee. “Divya Mehra is the Real Deal.” Uptown Magazine, Fall, print 2009 Duff, Stacey. “Three to See.” Time Out Beijing, Beijing, China, Fall Dempsey, Shawna. “The Importance of Being Divya.” No More Potlucks Online Print Journal, Issue 2, February Bruchanski, Rhonda. “CBC Artspots.” CBC Television, Winter
Selected Talks, Panel Discussions & Performances
2021 The Shovel is not a metaphor, online artist talk alongside Amy Fung and Kim Nguyen. Conversations in Contemporary Art, Concordia University, Montreal, QC Everything’s Fine, online artist talk alongside Amy Fung and Kim Nguyen. UBC Okanagan, Kelowna, BC 2020 YIELD YOUR TIME, a group zoom reaction with Amy Fung, Divya Mehra and Kim Nguyen, Mackenzie Art Gallery, Regina, SK, Canada Value Added, a reading and performative lecture by Divya Mehra and Kim Nguyen, Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity, Banff, AB, Canada 2019 Race & Curation, alongside Kim Nguyen (Curator and Head of Programs, CCA Wattis Institute for Contemporary Arts), Carmen Hermo (Associate Curator, Brooklyn Museum), and Ikechukwu Onyewuenyi (Curatorial Assistant, Hammer Museum); organized by Eunsong Kim. Common Field Convening Philadelphia, The Friend’s Centre, Philadelphia, PA, USA 2018 Difficult People, a reading and performative lecture by Divya Mehra and Amy Fung, Art Metropole, Toronto, ON, Canada; Night Gallery, Los Angeles, CA, USA; Open Space, Victoria, BC, Canada; 221A, Vancouver, BC Canada; University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT, USA (tour) 2017 Flotilla Atlantic, Centrepiece Speaker, artist talk, Holland College, Charlottetown, PEI, Canada Stages: Drawing the Curtain, artist talk, Plug In ICA, Winnipeg, MB, Canada Punching Up, artist talk, Purchase College SUNY, Visual Arts Building, Purchase, NY, USA Visual Artist Speaking Series, Artist Talk, Brandon University, Brandon, MB,Canada 2016 Yonder, artist talk, Koffler Gallery, Toronto, ON, Canada 2015 A Putting down of Roots, artist talk, Gallery 1C03, University of Winnipeg, Winnipeg, MB, Canada 2014 Visiting Artist Lectures, Artist Talk, NSCAD University, Halifax, NS, Canada Tragedy Plus Time, artist talk, Dunlop Art Gallery, RPL Film Theatre, Regina, SK, Canada
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Pouring Water on a Drowning Man: Artist Talk/Book Launch, Art Metropole, Toronto, ON, Canada Pouring Water on a Drowning Man, artist talk, Georgia Scherman Projects, Toronto, ON, Canada 2013 Stockpile: Panel Discussion: Dean Baldwin, Diane Landry, Luanne Martineau, Luminato Festival, David Pecaut Square, Toronto, ON, Canada Women Performing Women, discussion and screening, Gallery 1C03, University of Winnipeg, Winnipeg, MB, Canada 2012 Art Breaks, discussion and screening with Andrew Kuo, Rashaad Newsome, Divya Mehra at Paramount Screening Room at Viacom Headquarters in Times Square, MoMA PS1, Creative Time, MTV, New York, NY, USA Advanced Projects, Artist Talk, Parsons The New School for Design, New York, NY, USA 2011 The Party is Over: Artist discussion with Randy Lee Cutler, Artspeak, Vancouver, BC, Canada Artist Talk, Emily Carr: University of Art + Design, Vancouver, BC, Canada Painfully Indian, artist talk, Mentoring Artists for Women’s Art, Winnipeg, MB, Canada South Asian Diaspora Since 1800, artist talk, University of Winnipeg, Winnipeg, MB, Canada Conceptual Self Portraits: Panel Discussion: Suzy Lake, Elizabeth Legge, Divya Mehra, School of Art, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada 2010 South Asian Visual Arts Collective, Monitor 6: Panel Discussion: Richard Fung, Roger Sinha, Divya Mehra, NFB Mediatheque, Toronto, ON, Canada 2009 South Asian Women’s Creative Collection, Domestic Policy: Panel Discussion, The Guild Art Gallery, New York, NY, USA Art Now, artist talk, School of Art, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada Erasing Borders, Indian Art of the Diaspora, Panel Discussion with Neil Chowdhury, Amin Rehman and Mary Birmingham, Queens Museum of Art, Queens, NY, USA South Asian Women’s Creative Collective, artist talk, Asian American Writers Workshop, New York, NY, USA
Selected Grants/Awards
2020 Wanda Koop Research Fund, Canada Manitoba Arts Council, Project Grant, Manitoba, Canada 2017 Sobey Art Award, Shortlist, Finalist, Canada 2016 Canada Council for the Arts, Long Term Artist Grant Manitoba Arts Council, Project Grant, Canada Winnipeg Arts Council, Project Grant, Canada Manitoba Arts Council, Travel Grant, Canada 2015 Glenfiddich Art Award, shortlist, Canada 2014 Sobey Art Award, Longlist, Canada Canada Council for the Arts, Project Grant Manitoba Arts Council, Major Arts Grant, Canada
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Manitoba Arts Council, Brooklyn Visual Arts Residency, Canada Manitoba Arts Council, Travel Grant, Canada 2013 Sobey Art Award, Longlist, Canada 2012 The Banff Centre, Brenda & Jamie Mackie Fellowship, Canada Winnipeg Arts Council, Travel Grant, Canada 2011 Manitoba Arts Council, Travel Grant, Canada Canada Council for the Arts, Project Grant 2010 Winnipeg Foundation, Commissioning Grant, Canada 2009 Winnipeg Arts Council, Commissioning Grant, Canada 2007 Columbia University, Merit Scholarship, USA Columbia University, Dean’s Fellowship, USA Ellen Gelman, Endowed Fellowship, USA Manitoba Arts Council, Grant, Canada 2006 Columbia University, Merit Scholarship, USA Columbia University, Dean’s Fellowship, USA Lila Wallace Reader’s Digest, Endowed Scholarship, Canada Winnipeg Arts Council, Commissioning Grant, Canada Manitoba Arts Council, Grant, Canada 2005 National Film Board of Canada, Reel Diversity Film Grant
Selected Public Collections
National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, ON, Canada Global Affairs Canada, Ottawa, ON, Canada The Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto, ON, Canada Art Gallery of Hamilton, Hamilton, ON, Canada Canada Council Art Bank, Ottawa, ON, Canada Hart House, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada MacKenzie Art Gallery, Regina, SK, Canada Royal Bank of Canada, Toronto, ON, Canada Toronto Dominion Bank, Toronto, ON, Canada Ulrich Museum of Art, Wichita State University, KS, USA
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