CV

Resume (PDF)

Education

MFA in Art and Technology, 2007-­ 2009, School of the Art Institute of Chicago (SAIC)
BFA in Painting, 2001- 2005, MSU Fine Arts, Baroda, India

Performance

2010
Lullaby Daze, 100 Performances for the Hole, SOMArts, San Francisco
Spin, CCRMA Winter Concert 2010, Stanford, California
Tunneling, Netmage 10 International Live Media Festival, Bologna, Italy
Collaborator: Nadav Assor

2008
Tunneling, New Blood II, Links Hall, Chicago.
Collaborator: Nadav Assor.
Lullaby daze, Waveforms, SAIC, Chicago.

2007
Aging Fan, Waveforms, SAIC, Chicago

2006
Nomonosound, PEERS Student Residency Program, Khoj International Artists
Association, New Delhi, India.

Exhibitions  & Screenings

2009
Peel, 13th International Video Festival VIDEOMEDEJA,
Museum of Contemporary Art of Vojvodina, Novi Sad, Serbia.
Peel, Not Still Art Festival, Micro Museum, Brooklyn, New York,
Peel Celeste Prize Finalists Exhibition at the Alte AEG Fabrik, Berlin, Germany
Peel, Without Borders Festival: Conjunction, Lord Hall Gallery,
University of Maine, Orono.
Peel, MFA Show, Sullivan Galleries, SAIC, Chicago
Food Sounds Good, New Works, Sullivan Galleries, SAIC, Chicago

2008
Street Markets, Department Store, Sullivan Galleries, SAIC, Chicago
Add season to taste, Digital Fringe Festival, Melbourne, Australia.
Add season to taste, Filament, Vadehra Art Gallery, New Delhi, India.
CopperTube, Filament, Vadehra Art Gallery, New Delhi, India.

2007
Bumpy Road to Neemdhan, Group show at Alliance Française. New Delhi, India.

2006
Bumpy Road to Neemdhan, ABS Gallery, Baroda, India.
Streaks in E­minor, Kanoria Center for Arts. Ahmedabad, India.
Join the Dots, Center for Environmental Planning and Technology, Ahmedabad, India.

2005
Streaks in E­ minor, BFA Show, Faculty of Fine Arts, MSU Baroda, India.

Awards and Honors

Winner of Celeste Prize 2009. Italy
Winner of Art vs. Design, Artists Wanted, Brooklyn, NY, 2009
Peel shown in the reception at the New Museum, NY.
International Graduate Student Scholarship, SAIC, Chicago, IL
Nasreen Mohammad Award, M. S. University, Baroda, India. 2005, Best final year display.
Best Choreographer, Vogue, Indian Institute of Technology, Mumbai, India. 2002

Workshops

Goat Island Artist­-in­-Residence Performance Workshop, SAIC, Chicago, IL. Summer 2008
Sandarbh Artist Workshop, Rajasthan, India. Collaborative workshop to spread awareness
about contemporary art and the environment. 2007
Fellow in residence, Kanoria Art Center, Ahmedabad, India. Jan-Aug 2006
Artist camp, Pachmarhi, India. 2005
Natural and vegetable dyes workshop, M. S. University, Baroda, India.2004
Dogra metal casting workshop, M. S. University, Baroda, India. 2003
Glass blowing workshop, M. S. University, Baroda, India. 2003

Activities/Interests

Trained in Hindustani classical music (vocals).
Trained in Kathak — a form of Indian classical dance.

Teaching

Fall 2008 Graduate Teaching Assistant, Graduate Seminar in Art and Biotechnology,
SAIC, Chicago. Instructor: Eduardo Kac
Fall 2008 Graduate Teaching Assistant, Graduate Studio: Experimental Media, SAIC,
Chicago. Instructor: Matthew Nelson
Spring 2008 Graduate Teaching Assistant, Holography,SAIC, Chicago.
Instructor: John Bannon
Spring 2008 Graduate Teaching Assistant, Core Studio, SAIC, Chicago.
Instructors: John Henley, Steven Lacy, Dave Richards
Fall 2007 Graduate Teaching Assistant, Core Studio, SAIC, Chicago.
Instructor: Mark Jeffrey
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