EDUCATION
2002-2006
BA (Hons) Photography, Napier University, Edinburgh
2003-2004
BA Photography (Exchange Programme) at Ryerson University, Toronto, Canada
SOLO EXHBITIONS
2024
Nalini, Duff House, Street Level Photoworks, Historic Scotland, Aberdeenshire (upcoming)
2023
MODERN MUSE, Centre for British Photography, London
2023
FROM ONE DREAM TO ANOTHER, VOLT Devonshire Collective, Eastbourne
2023
PORTRAIT OF HOME, FLOW FESTIVAL, Inverness
2020
NALINI, Impressions Gallery, Bradford
2019
NALINI, An Lanntair, Stornoway
2019
NALINI, Street Level Photoworks, Glasgow
2018
PURDAH THE SACRED CLOTH, Autograph ABP, London
2015
PORTRAIT OF HOME, Barmulloch & Molendinar Centre, Glasgow
2015
PORTRAIT OF HOME, Hillhead Library, Glasgow
2014
PORTRAIT OF HOME, Trongate 103 Gallery, Glasgow
2013
NYMPHAECEAE, Street Level Photoworks, Glasgow
2012
VASANT RITU, The Fotospace Gallery, Fife
GROUP EXHBITIONS
2024
Homecoming, Centre for Contemporary Photography, Fitzroy, Australia (upcoming)
2024
UK WOMEN, The IKS, Ludwiggalerie Schloss Oberhausen, Germany (upcoming)
2024
We Feed the UK, GAIA Foundation, Open Eye Gallery, Liverpool
2023
TETHER, Thames Art Gallery, Chatham-Kent, CA
2023
LIGHT WORK 50TH, Everson Art Museum, Syracuse NY
2022
COUNTED, National Portrait Gallery, Edinburgh
2020
TOWNER INTERNATION, Towner Gallery, Eastbourne
2020
TOO RICH A SOIL, New Art Gallery Walsall, Walsall
2019
209 WOMEN, Open Eye Gallery, Liverpool
2018
DEAR GREEN PLACE, Photofusion, London
2018
ARE TEENAGE DREAMS SO HARD TO BEAT? Travelling Gallery, Scotland
2019
EXCHANGES: DIALOGUE, HESITATION & CREATION, Harbourfront Centre, Toronto
2017
POSTCOLONIAL PHOTO STUDIO PROJECT, Chobi Mela, Dhaka
2017
WHEN THE LIGHT SHIFTS, Glasgow Women’s Library, Glasgow
2017
ROUTES WE THREAD, Many Studios, Glasgow
2016
PORTRAIT OF BRITIAN, British Journal of Photography, Nationwide UK
2016
ORIGINS, British Council Delhi, Delhi
2016
WINDOW ON GLASGOW, Marseille Consul'Art, Marseille
2015
CROSSOVER, Focus Festival, Mumbai
2014
BLOW UP, Angkor Photography Festival, Siem Reap
2014
NIGHT CONTACT, Brighton Photo Biennial, Brighton
2014
COMMONWEALTH FAMILY ALBUM, Glasgow Green, Glasgow
2013
THE ALBERT DRIVE PROJECT, Tramway, Glasgow UK
2013
FAMILY, Detroit Centre of Contemporary Photography, Detroit
COLLECTIONS
National Galleries Scotland
Birmingham’s Museums Trust
Autograph ABP, London
Light Work
Hyman Collection, London
GRANTS / AWARDS / RESIDENCIES / COMMISSIONS
2023
Commission - GAIA Foundation and Brighton Photo Fringe
2023
Commission - Devonshire Collective and Photoworks, Eastbourne
2019
Light Work + Autograph ABP Artist-in-Residence, Syracuse, NY
2019
GRAIN Project Commission for ‘Modern Muse’, Birmingham
2018 Hope Scot Trust Grant, Edinburgh
2017
Artist-in-Residence, Kuona Trust, Nairobi
2017
An Lanntair Commission for ‘Copan Chai’, Stornoway
2017
Artist-in-Residence, Many Studios, Glasgow
2016 Creative Scotland, Open Project Fund Grant for ‘Nalini’, Edinburgh
2014
Cultural Programme Commonwealth Games Commission for ‘Portrait of Home’, Edinburgh
2013
Artist-in-Residence, The Albert Drive Project, Tramway, Glasgow
2012
Artist-in-Residence, Street Level Photoworks, Glasgow
2009
The Juliet Gompert’s Trust Project Award, London
SELECTED TALKS / WORKSHOPS / VISITING LECTURES
2023 The Power of the Feminine, Panelist, Centre for British Photography
2023
‘Migration and Memory’ Photo Hastings, Hastings
2022 'In-focus panel: East Sussex spaces of sanctuary' Towner art Gallery, Eastbourne
2022
'On representing Identity' Photo Ethics Podcast, Photo Ethics Centre
2020
‘Decolonizing the Gaze’ Panelist, New Art Gallery Walsall
2020
‘Ethics of Portraiture’ Impressions Gallery, Bradford
2020
Napier University, Edinburgh
2019
Syracuse University, Syracuse NY
2019
Midlands Art Centre, Birmingham
2019
Street Level Photoworks, Glasgow
2019
Red Eye, Sheffield Hallam University, Sheffield
2019
University of Cumbria, Carlisle
2018
‘Photography & Methods of Community Collaboration’ Autograph APB, London
2017
Panellist, Illuminating India Symposium, Science Museum, London
2016
An Lanntair, Isle of Lewis
2016
Edinburgh College of Art, Edinburgh
2014
Face To Face: The Portrait in Photography Today‘ Scottish National Portrait Gallery, Edinburgh
2013
‘Community and the Sacred Cloth’ Community Arts Symposium, Tramway, Glasgow
2013
National Institute of Design, Gandhinagar
FEATURES / INTERVIEWS / REVIEWS / ESSAYS
2023
Mulieris Magazine (link)
2022
Daily Art Mag (link)
2022
CREATIVES BY THE COAST Artist short film (link)
2022
Eastern Eye Paper (link)
2022
Young Artists in Conversation – with Ruth Millington (link)
2022
The Observer Print issue (link)
2021
The Guardian Print Issue (link)
2020
Harper’s Bazaar India Print Issue (link)
2020
Fotoroom Interview (link)
2020
Firecracker Feature (link)
2020
Bradford Telegraph and Argus Feature (link)
2020
Fast Forward Women in Photography (link)
2019
Anywhere Blvd Interview (link)
2019
Scotsman Art Review by Susan Mansfield: Nalini **** (link)
2019
Writing on Scottish Photography Review by Frank McElhinney: Nalini (link)
2019
Creative Scotland Interview (link)
2019
BBC Radio Asian Network Big Debate
2019
Photomonitor Review by John McDougall: Nalini (link)
2019
The List Magazine: Nalini (link)
2019
Desiblitz Feature (link)
2018
Photomonitor Review by Caroline Molloy: Purdah – The Sacred Cloth (link)
2018
Ruthless Magazine Interview with Hanna Johara-Dokal: Purdah – The Sacred Cloth (link)
2018
1000 WORDS essay by Emilia Terracciano: Nalini (link)
2019
BBC Radio Asian Network Big Debate
2018
BBC Radio Robert Elms
2015
The Scottish Society for the History of Photography essay by Clare Samuel: Portrait of Home (link)
2014
Document Scotland Interview (link)
PUBLICATION
2023
MODERN MUSE, UK
2022
Geographical Magazine, UK
2021
PIX Passages Issue, Delhi, India
2021
Black Flash Mag, Saskatoon, Canada
2020
The Light Work Annual, Syracuse NY
2019
1000 Words 10th Year Anniversary, London
2019
Notes Journal of Photography, Glasgow
2017
Exhibition Catalogue, Chobi Mela IX, Dhaka
2015
Exhibition Catalogue Origins Photo UK India, Delhi