Arpita Shah
28 x 35 ins
Provenance
Arpita ShahExhibitions
9 February–7 April 2019: Nalini, Street Level
Photoworks, Glasgow.
12 October–16 November 2019: Nalini, An Lanntair, Stornoway, Isle of
Lewis, part of Purvai.
17 January–17 March 2020: Nalini, Impressions Gallery, Bradford.
6 October 2020–11 April 2021: Towner International, Towner Eastbourne (group
exhibition).
12 April–July 2024: Nalini, Duff House, Banff; Street Level Photoworks
with Historic Environment Scotland. Closing date differs between sources (14 or
21 July); exact date unconfirmed.
13 June–4 October 2026: Nalini, Firstsite, Colchester.
Publications
Illustrated: Nalini: Captions and additional words from Arpita Shah, Impressions Gallery, 2020, p. 16.Literature
2018: Emilia Terracciano, 'Nalini (ongoing)', 1000 Words,
online essay.
2018: Emilia Terracciano, 'Arpita Shah: Nalini', 1000 Words: 10 Year
Anniversary Print Edition, p. 156.
2019: Emilia Terracciano, 'Nalini: Memory of Things', Street Level
Photoworks exhibition minigraph.
2019: 'Nalini portfolio', NOTES, issue 5. 26 February
2019: Frank McElhinney, 'Exhibition Review: Arpita Shah, Nalini, Street Level
Photoworks', Writing on Scottish Photography.
2019: John McDougall, 'Arpita Shah: Nalini', Photomonitor.
2020: Arpita Shah, 'Nalini: Captions and additional words from Arpita Shah', Impressions
Gallery exhibition guide, 24 pp.
Winter 2021; online 8 March 2021: Clare Samuel (cur.), 'She & Her &
Me', BlackFlash, issue 37.3.
2021; online issue files dated 2022: Arpita Shah, with text by Frank
McElhinney, 'Nalini', PIX: Passages: a subcontinental imaginary.
15 September 2022: 'On migration, memory, and loss: artist Arpita Shah
documents her family history', Harper’s Bazaar India, online.
Spring 2025; online May 2025: Arpita Shah, 'Nalini', Art Journal, vol.
84, no. 1, pp. 7–21; and Art Journal Open,
15 May 2025. Undated: Lodoe Laura, 'Arpita Shah’s Nalini', Feminist
Photography Network.
Moti’s Tiffins presents metal food containers grouped in a domestic interior, their reflective surfaces set against pink furnishings. The stacked containers introduce objects of everyday use within Shah's family.