Recipient of the In-Sessions Fellowship Grant "Call and Response" 2022-23, Threewalls
Resident at Stay Home Gallery, Artist/Mother Podcast Oct 2022
Resident at BOLT, Chicago Artists Coalition 2022-23
Resident at Hyde Park Art Center 2019 - 2022
Recipient of Make/Together Project Grant from the ATHENA foundation 2020
Recipient of the South Asian Artists Resilience Fund SAARF 2020
Recipient of the Illinois Art Fund- 3 Arts Relief grant 2020
Shamiana, Devon Avenue with Spaceshift Collective, Chicago Architecture Biennale
The Plan "things, us" curated by Aisanth Huda and Katelyn Patton, Chicago IL
That House on Mare Street, "The Botanical Cabinet" curated by Marcia Teusink, London, UK
Evanston Art Center, "Partition in the Modern World" curated by Pritika Chowdhry, Evanston, IL
Chicago Artists Coalition, "Enduring Roots" Chicago IL
EXPO Chicago, Chicago Artists Coalition, Chicago IL
Woman Made Gallery, "Roe 2.0, It ain't over yet" Chicago, IL
Schingoethe Center, Aurora Uni "No Place Like Home" curated by Natasha Ritsma, Aurora IL
O'Connor Gallery, Dominican Uni "Tending/Tender" curated by Jennifer Mannebach, Oak Park, IL
2022
Chicago Artists Coalition, "Preview 11" curated by Teresa Silva, Chicago, IL
Spaceshift, Devon storefront project, Chicago IL
Mdw Art fair, Mana Contemporary, "Homegrown" curated by Lauren lacoponi, Chicago IL
Bird Show Chicago, "Rooting" facilitated by Erin Toale, essay by Pia Singh, Chicago IL
Stay Home Gallery, "Wax and Wane", curated by Anna McKeown, Paris, TN
Collar Works, "Painting at night", juried by Judith Braun, Troy NY
Lillstreet Art Center, "Taking. Up. Space" curated by Amanda Mulcahy, Chicago, IL
Grounds for sculpture, The Color Network, Hamilton, NJ
2021
SpaceShift Collective, Aao Mil Baithen, Starlight- Devon Avenue
- Selected as one of six artists for the Race, Caste and Colorism project funded by Northwestern University
- Create installation for transformation of store into a community art space for Devon
- Participate in talks, lectures and voice to represent the need for further community initiatives
- Community outreach via workshops and interaction via programming
Center Program Manager, Hyde Park Art Center
- Assist Director of Education with administrative duties including processing applications, communicating with program participants and visitors, planning seminar meetings, setting up seminar space and gathering exhibition content for promotional purposes
- Serve as a key spokesperson and liaison to the Art Center and larger art community
- Co-curate exhibition with lead and curator
- Put together exhibition catalog and exhibition related programming events
Teaching- Lectures and Workshops
- Guest Lecture School of the Arts Institute of Chicago (undergrad)- Documentation for Art
- Guest Lecture School of the Arts Institute of Chicago (grad)- Curating expanded fields
- Educator for teen painting program at After School Matters
- Creativity workshops with elementary children at START Mumbai, Bell Academy, Wicker Park Garden community and Harold Washington Library.
Board Member, Chicago Public Art Group CPAG
- Grow mentorship program by aligning lead artists with young volunteers and emerging artists
- Further community relationships, engage schools and park districts to commission public art
- Provide critique, design feedback, and guidance for ongoing projects
- Support fundraising and event sponsorship efforts
Lead Artist, Devon Streetscape design, Chicago Public Art Group CPAG
- Studied cultural influences and corralled opinion within the community via workshops, collaborations, and charrettes to develop specific design forms for community identifiers
- Engaged stakeholders including Aldermen, Principals, Park Administrators, urban planners, Chicago Department of Transportation, city officials, and Community Leaders