EDUCATION
Masters of Fine Art, Major: Photography2017-19
Parsons School of Design, The New School University, New York, NY
Bachelor of Design, Major: Fashion Design2013-17
National Institute of Fashion Technology, New Delhi, India
International Semester Study, Major: Fashion Management2016
École Nationale Supérieure des Arts et Industries Textiles, Lille, France
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
Jāḷī : Meshes of Resistance2025
Robert Mann Gallery, New York, NY
Meshes of Resistance2024
Halsey Institute of Contemporary Art, Charleston, SC
Jāḷī : Meshes of Resistance2023
Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art, Kansas City MO
Vadhu: The Embroidered Bride2023
Karl and Helen Burger Gallery, Kean University, Union, NJ
Nā́rī2022
Oregon Center for the Photographic Arts, Portland, OR
Vadhu: The Embroidered Bride2021
Baxter St. CCNY, New York, NY
Spandita Malik: Threads of Identity2021
Visual Art Centre of New Jersey, Summit, NJ
SELECT GROUP EXHIBITIONS
Collective Threads 2025
The Invisible Dog, New York, NY
Paris Photo: Robert Mann Gallery 2023
Paris Photo, Grand Palais Éphémère, Paris, France
PHOTOFAIRS: Robert Mann Gallery 2023
Photofairs, Javits Center, New York, NY
The New Contemporaries Vol III2023
Residency Art Gallery, Inglewood, CA
Encontros da Imagem2023
International Photography and Visual Arts Festival, Braga, Portugal
New Discoveries in Contemporary Photography2023
Photo London, Somerset House, London, UK
In the Different Light2022
Rockefeller Capital, New York, NY
Labor & Materials2022
21c Museum Hotels, Kansas City, MO
Say the dream was real and the wall imaginary2022
Jane Lombard Gallery, NY
Like Wildflowers2022
JNY Culture Club, New York, NY
BeautifulWorld(s): KCAI Biennial2021
H&R Block Artspace, Kansas City, MO
Photo London: indigo+madder2021
Somerset House, London, UK
Zwischenzeit2021
KUNSTWERK Collection Klein, Eberdingen-Nussdorf, Germany
In Between Yesterday Today and Tomorrow2021
Wallworks NY, Bronx, NY
Shifting Sands2021
Chashama, New York, NY
Diasporic Rhizome2021
South Asia Institute (Virtual)
What We Become When We Are Unbound2021
Project for Empty Spaces, Newark, NJ
ˈtəch *2020
Marisa Newman Projects, New York, NY
Projections2020
Photo Vogue Festival, photovoguefestival.vogue.it
Vantage Point Sharjah 82020
Sharjah Art Foundation, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates
Radical Imagination2020
Sakhi for South Asian Women, New York, NY
In/Between: Transfigure2020
Ford Foundation Live Gallery, New York Live Arts, New York, NY
Reclamation2020
Petite Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
Being Bare: 2019 MFA in Photography Thesis Exhibition2019
Arnold and Sheila Aronson Galleries, New York, NY
Art 52nd Street,The 6th Annual International Young Artist Exhibition2019
Gallery MC, New York, NY
Omens and Predictions Exhibition2019
lenscratch.com, curated by Aline Smithson
Memories2018
Millepiani Gallery, Rome, Italy
Disquieted Drift2018
Pingyao International Photography Festival, Pingyao, China
In Relation2018
Photoville (Dumbo), Brooklyn, New York, NY
Studio Vortex by Antoine d’Agata2018
Voies off Gallery, Arles, France
Auckland Festival of Photography2018
Auckland, New Zealand
India Photo Festival2018
Mumbai, India
Apparatus of Discomfort2017
Photoville (Dumbo), New York, NY
Thesis Collection Show NIFT2017
The Stainless Gallery, New Delhi, India
SELECT RESIDENCIES
LMCC Workspace Residency, New York, NY 2024-25
Light Work Artist-in-Residence Program, Syracuse, NY 2024
Charlotte Street Foundation Studio Residency Program, Kansas City, MO2022
The Silver Arts Projects Residency, NY2021
Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts, Omaha, NE2021
The Center for Photography, Woodstock, NY2021
Feminist Incubator Residency, Project for Empty Spaces, Newark, NJ2020
Baxter St Workspace Residency, New York, NY2020
The Spruce Art Residency, Indiana, PA2019
Studio Vortex Artist Residency by Antoine d'Agata, Arles, France2018
AWARDS AND HONORS
V&A Parasol Foundation Prize2025
Google’s Creator Labs Photo Fund2024
Semifinalist, Outwin Boochever Portrait Competition 2025, National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution2024
Museum of Contemporary Art Arlington- Biennial, Nominated2024
Women Photograph Project Grant2023
Discovery Awards, Finalist2023
Charlotte Street Visual Art Award, Finalist2023
LensCulture Critics' Choice Award2022
The Hopper Prize, Finalist2022
Inge Morath Award, Finalist2022
The 30: New and Emerging Photographers Award2022
Aperture Portfolio Prize, Finalist2021
New York Times Portfolio Review2021
The Foam Paul Huf Award 202, Nominated2021
Firecracker Photographic Award2020
Parsons Photography Programmatic Scholarship Award2019
Parsons Graduate Travel Award Recipient, The New School University2018
Dean’s Merit Scholarship, The New School University2017
GRANTS AND FELLOWSHIPS
Cafe Royal Cultural Foundation Summer Visual Arts Grant2024
Mast Foundation for Photography Grant, Nominated2023
KCAI Faculty Development Grant2022
AICAD Post Graduate Teaching Fellowship2021
En Foco Photography Fellowship2021
KCAI Faculty Development Grant2021
PHmuseum 2020 Women Photographers Grant, Honorable Mention2020
Foundation for Contemporary Arts FCA Emergency Grants2020
New York Foundation for the Arts (NYFA) Immigrant Artist Mentoring Program 2020
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