Born Karachi, Pakistan
Studio artist and programs at Our Neon Foe, Leichhardt
Founder of Before Bed Reading Group
Founder and Facilitator of Get Kinetic Artist Support Group
Writer in Written Together Writing Group
Education
Sydney College of the Arts Master of Fine Arts, 2018
University of Western Sydney Bachelor of Fine Arts (Hons), 2009 Dean’s Merit List, 2008 Master of Teaching (Secondary), 2010
Exhibitions and Events
[Upcoming Exhibitions and Events]
DESA artist residency, Ubud, Bali Indonesia, March 2023
Carriageworks, Cut and Polish Car Boot Sale, Redfern, May 2023 (with Get Kinetic)
Verge Gallery, Horror is Nothing Other Than Reality, July 2023
[Previous]
Durden and Ray Gallery, Shimmer, Los Angeles, September 2022 (Our Neon Foe group Show)
Fauvette Loureiro Memorial Scholarship, Sydney College of the Arts, 2022 finalist
4A Centre of Contemporary Asian Art, New Energy, curated by Con Gerakaris, 2022
Cut and Polish Car Boot Sale, Carriageworks, Redfern, May 2022 (with Get Kinetic)
Flow and Glow, Artist Market, Wynyard, May 2022 (with Get Kinetic)
Fauvette Loureiro Memorial Scholarship, Sydney College of the Arts, 2021 Finalist
Airspace, Marrickville, Thinks About Thinking, Not Thinking and Non-Thinking, Collaboration with Yeliz Yorulmaz, May 2021
Campbelltown Arts Centre, Space YZ, January 2021
Pari, Parramatta, Sydney Companions July 2020
Pilotenkueche, Leipzig, Germany, Hard Fluid Betrayal, March 2020 (Online)
PK at AlteHandelsschule, Leipzig, Germany Almost Tension, February 2020
Factory 49, Production @ The Factory, December 2019
Rookwood Cemetery, Hidden, A Rookwood Sculpture Walk, September 2019
Kudos Gallery, Paddington, Ghosts of Exquisite Materials, June 2019 (Group)
Our Neon Foe, Our Neon Foe Fundraiser, May 2019 (Group)
Tributary, ACT, The Delicate Trials, May 2019
Narrandera Art and Community Centre, Near and Far Yearning/Community/Connection, September 2018 (Group)
Firstdraft, Woolloomooloo, 4Eva, September 2018
Our Neon Foe, Leichardt, UncoUth, May 2018
Sydney College of the Arts, Graduation Exhibition, February 2018 (Group)
Sydney College of the Arts Gallery, Symbiosis, 2017 (Group)
107 Projects, Electrofringe, The Eye of God, 2016
Articulate Project Space, Fresh Paint Grilled Chicken, 2016 (Group)
ESP Gallery, Marrickville, New Decade//New Work, 2010 (Group)
At the Vanishing Point, Star Gazing, 2008 (Group)
At the Vanishing Point, Untitled, 2008 (Group)
Mori Gallery, Sydney, Battle-Feel, 2006 (Group)
Prizes
Blacktown City Arts Prize, Blacktown, Sculpture Finalist, NSW, 2007
Funding
NAVA NSW Artists Grant 2019
Herbert Johnson Grant, University of Sydney, 2017
Postgraduate Research Support Scheme, University of Sydney, 2017
Residencies and Mentorships
2022 Mentoring Program for Emerging Writers from Diverse Backgrounds with Roanna Gonslaves and Writing NSW
Pilotenkueche International Art Program, Leipzig, Germany, January-March 2020 (This project was assisted by a grant from Create NSW, an agency of the New South Wales Government and supported by the Visual Arts and Craft Strategy, an initiative of the Australian State and Territory Governments. The program is administered by the National Association for the Visual Arts (NAVA)
Mother Tongues, Writer in Residence at Bankstown Arts Centre, September 2020
Gunyah Artist in Residence, April 2019
Factory 49, Paris, France, January 2019
Can Serrat Writers Residency, Barcelona, Spain, June 2018