EDUCATION
2002-2006
BA (Hons) Photography, Napier University, Edinburgh
2003-2004
BA Photography (Exchange Programme) at Ryerson University, Toronto, Canada
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2026
Nalini, Firstsite, Colchester
Modern Muse, National Trust, Banbury
2025
Modern Muse, Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery, Birmingham
2024
Modern Muse, Belfast Exposed, Belfast
Sankofa, ONCA, Brighton
Nalini, Duff House, Street Level Photoworks, Historic Scotland, Aberdeenshire
2023
FROM ONE DREAM TO ANOTHER, VOLT Devonshire Collective, Eastbourne
PORTRAIT OF HOME, FLOW FESTIVAL, Inverness
2020
NALINI, Impressions Gallery, Bradford
2019
NALINI, An Lanntair, Stornoway
NALINI, Street Level Photoworks, Glasgow
2018
PURDAH THE SACRED CLOTH, Autograph ABP, London
2015
PORTRAIT OF HOME, Barmulloch & Molendinar Centre, Glasgow
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 EXHIBITIONS
2026
Winston Taylor Portrait Prize Exhibition, National Portrait Gallery, London
We Feed the UK, GAIA Foundation, Quad, Derby
We Feed the UK, GAIA Foundation, RPS, Bristol
2025
Say No! Art, activism and feminist refusal, Wardlaw Museum, St Andrews
PHOTO - ART - PHOTO, Clemens Sels Museum Neuss, Germany
Celebrating 40 Years of Scotland's Photography Collection, Scottish National Portrait Gallery, Edinburgh
2024
UK WOMEN, The IKS, Ludwiggalerie Schloss Oberhausen, Germany
We Feed the UK, GAIA Foundation, Open Eye Gallery, Liverpool
2023
TETHER, Thames Art Gallery, Chatham-Kent, CA
LIGHT WORK 50TH, Everson Art Museum, Syracuse NY
2022
COUNTED, National Portrait Gallery, Edinburgh
2020
TOWNER INTERNATIONAL, Towner Gallery, Eastbourne
TOO RICH A SOIL, New Art Gallery Walsall, Walsall
2019
209 WOMEN, Open Eye Gallery, Liverpool
EXCHANGES: DIALOGUE, HESITATION & CREATION, Harbourfront Centre, Toronto
2018
DEAR GREEN PLACE, Photofusion, London
ARE TEENAGE DREAMS SO HARD TO BEAT? Travelling Gallery, Scotland
2017
POSTCOLONIAL PHOTO STUDIO PROJECT, Chobi Mela, Dhaka
WHEN THE LIGHT SHIFTS, Glasgow Women's Library, Glasgow
ROUTES WE THREAD, Many Studios, Glasgow
2016
PORTRAIT OF BRITAIN, British Journal of Photography, Nationwide UK
ORIGINS, British Council Delhi, Delhi
WINDOW ON GLASGOW, Marseille Consul'Art, Marseille
2015
CROSSOVER, Focus Festival, Mumbai
2014
BLOW UP, Angkor Photography Festival, Siem Reap
NIGHT CONTACT, Brighton Photo Biennial, Brighton
COMMONWEALTH FAMILY ALBUM, Glasgow Green, Glasgow
2013
THE ALBERT DRIVE PROJECT, Tramway, Glasgow UK
FAMILY, Detroit Centre of Contemporary Photography, Detroit
COLLECTIONS
National Galleries Scotland
Birmingham's Museums Trust
Autograph ABP
Light Work (USA)
The Hyman Collection
Aberdeen Archives, Gallery & Museums
Parliamentary Art Collection
Institute for Art Documentation (Germany)
GRANTS / AWARDS / RESIDENCIES / COMMISSIONS
2025
Self Portrayed Commission - Aberdeen Art Gallery & Museum
Freelands Foundation Artists Bursary
2023
Commission - GAIA Foundation and Brighton Photo Fringe
Commission - Devonshire Collective and Photoworks, Eastbourne
2019
Light Work + Autograph ABP Artist-in-Residence, Syracuse, NY
GRAIN Project Commission for 'Modern Muse', Birmingham
2018
Hope Scot Trust Grant, Edinburgh
2017
Artist-in-Residence, Kuona Trust, Nairobi
An Lanntair Commission for 'Copan Chai', Stornoway
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
2026
Filming lives, Images that change us Panel Talk with Alkazi Foundation, India Art Fair, Delhi
Afternoon with the Artist, Upton House, National Trust, Banbury
2025
Afternoon with the Artist, Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery
2024
South Asian Muse, Belfast Exposed, Belfast
2024
Grandmother Muse - Portraiture & Heirlooms, Aberdeen Art Gallery, Aberdeen
2023
The Power of the Feminine, Panelist, Centre for British Photography
'Migration and Memory' Photo Hastings, Hastings
2022
'In-focus panel: East Sussex spaces of sanctuary' Towner art Gallery, Eastbourne
'On representing Identity' Photo Ethics Podcast, Photo Ethics Centre
2020
'Decolonizing the Gaze' Panelist, New Art Gallery Walsall
'Ethics of Portraiture' Impressions Gallery, Bradford
Napier University, Edinburgh
2019
Syracuse University, Syracuse NY
Midlands Art Centre, Birmingham
Street Level Photoworks, Glasgow
Red Eye, Sheffield Hallam University, Sheffield
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
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
National Institute of Design, Gandhinagar
FEATURES / INTERVIEWS / REVIEWS / ESSAYS
2026
Aesthetica Magazine interview (link)
2025
Fisheye Interview (link)
Art Journal, College Art Association of America Print issue (link)
The Guardian (link)
2023
Mulieris Magazine (link)
2022
Daily Art Mag (link)
CREATIVES BY THE COAST Artist short film (link)
Eastern Eye Paper (link)
Young Artists in Conversation - with Ruth Millington (link)
The Observer Print issue (link)
2021
The Guardian Print Issue (link)
2020
Harper's Bazaar India Print Issue (link)
Fotoroom Interview (link)
Firecracker Feature (link)
Bradford Telegraph and Argus Feature (link)
Fast Forward Women in Photography (link)
2019
Anywhere Blvd Interview (link)
Scotsman Art Review by Susan Mansfield: Nalini **** (link)
Writing on Scottish Photography Review by Frank McElhinney: Nalini (link)
Creative Scotland Interview (link)
BBC Radio Asian Network Big Debate
Photomonitor Review by John McDougall: Nalini (link)
The List Magazine: Nalini (link)
Desiblitz Feature (link)
BBC Radio Asian Network Big Debate
2018
Photomonitor Review by Caroline Molloy: Purdah - The Sacred Cloth (link)
Ruthless Magazine Interview with Hanna Johara-Dokal: Purdah - The Sacred Cloth (link)
1000 WORDS essay by Emilia Terracciano: Nalini (link)
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
2025
Art Journal, College Art Association of America
2023
MODERN MUSE, UK
2022
Geographical Magazine, UK
2021
PIX Passages Issue, Delhi, India
Black Flash Mag, Saskatoon, Canada
2020
The Light Work Annual, Syracuse NY
2019
1000 Words 10th Year Anniversary, London
Notes Journal of Photography, Glasgow
2017
Exhibition Catalogue, Chobi Mela IX, Dhaka
2015
Exhibition Catalogue Origins Photo UK India, Delhi