Areez Katki – artist

Areez Katki

'
How to puncture the sky
and hear the stones sing
'

Künstlerhaus Bethanien

18th July – 14th September 2025

Berlin, DE

Drip Drip, 2024 – 2025
[ceiling; 41 parts]
Cotton thread hand embroidery, found cloth, brass, silver, gold, nylon.
Dimensions varied.

Disjecta Membra: Series D, 2018 – 2025
[aural; 4 tracks]
Field recordings, 2-channel sound installation.
Sound engineering by Tini Aliman.
45’ 53” (loop).

Suspensions (first draft), 2020 – 2025
[floor; texts a – k; 11 parts]
Inkjet print media on paper, archival envelopes, Anatolian marble.
Eleven editions of 800.
305mm H x 305mm W x 150mm D

Photography by Julian Blum

'
How to puncture the sky
and hear the stones sing
'

Künstlerhaus Bethanien

18th July – 14th September 2025

Berlin, DE
'
COMMUNION
The Daughters' Trilogy: Chapter II

BINDUNG
Trilogie Der Töchter: Kapitel II
'

TAXISPALAIS Kunsthalle Tirol

5th July – 12th October, 2025

Innsbruck, AT

Group exhibition, curated by Nina Tabassomi

(extra)ordinary affects, 2024–2025
[floor; modules 1 – 4; 27 parts]
Cotton thread hand embroidery, found textiles, pinewood scaffolding.
Panels 1 - 7: 720mm H x 720mm W (each)
Panels 8 - 27: 370mm H x 370mm W (each)

She took a long bath (after Jacques de Morgan), 2025
[wall]
Cotton thread hand embroidery, found textile.
1885mm H x 720mm W

Photography by Günter Kresser

'
COMMUNION
The Daughters' Trilogy: Chapter II

BINDUNG
Trilogie Der Töchter: Kapitel II
'

TAXISPALAIS Kunsthalle Tirol

5th July – 12th October, 2025

Innsbruck, AT

Group exhibition, curated by Nina Tabassomi
'
Specters of Sultana: Becoming B – Chapter 3
'

Künstlerhaus Bethanien

26th September – 5th October 2025

Berlin, DE

Group exhibition, organised by House of Kal:
Promona Sengupta, Aziza Ahmad, Aziz Sohail

Photography by Monika Karczmarczyk

'
Specters of Sultana: Becoming B – Chapter 3
'

Künstlerhaus Bethanien

26th September – 5th October 2025

Berlin, DE

Group exhibition, organised by House of Kal:
Promona Sengupta, Aziza Ahmad, Aziz Sohail
'
The Rhapsode's Tools Will Build the Rhapsode's House
'

McLeavey Gallery

7th – 29th May 2025

Te Whanganui-a-Tara Wellington, NZ

Presented first in 2024 at Palazzo Mora, Venice

'
The Rhapsode's Tools Will Build the Rhapsode's House
'

McLeavey Gallery

7th – 29th May 2025

Te Whanganui-a-Tara Wellington, NZ

Presented first in 2024 at Palazzo Mora, Venice
'
Enmeshed: Feminist Modes
of Information Sharing
'

Ashburton Art Gallery

11th May – 22nd June 2025

Hakatere Ashburton, NZ

Group exhibition, curated by Jenny Partington

'
Enmeshed: Feminist Modes
of Information Sharing
'

Ashburton Art Gallery

11th May – 22nd June 2025

Hakatere Ashburton, NZ

Group exhibition, curated by Jenny Partington
'
Nō Konei | From Here
'

Sarjeant Gallery | Te Whare O Rehua

9th November 2024 – 11th May 2025

Whanganui, NZ

Group exhibition, curated by Greg Donson

'
Nō Konei | From Here
'

Sarjeant Gallery | Te Whare O Rehua

9th November 2024 – 11th May 2025

Whanganui, NZ

Group exhibition, curated by Greg Donson
'
A Show of Hands | In Memoriam:
Gieve Patel
'

Vadhera Art Gallery

21st November 2024 – 4th January 2025

New Delhi, IN

Group exhibition, curated by Ranjit Hoskote

'
A Show of Hands | In Memoriam:
Gieve Patel
'

Vadhera Art Gallery

21st November 2024 – 4th January 2025

New Delhi, IN

Group exhibition, curated by Ranjit Hoskote
'
Vazghān | Vocabulary | واژگان
'

Tim Melville Gallery

6th – 23rd November 2024

Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland, NZ

'
Vazghān | Vocabulary | واژگان
'

Tim Melville Gallery

6th – 23rd November 2024

Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland, NZ
'
Vazghān | Vocabulary | واژگان
'

Tim Melville Gallery

6th – 23rd November 2024

Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland, NZ

Ātash (Exceptionalist Tendencies), 2024
Cotton embroidery on remnant cloth
775mm H x 525mm W (frame)

Khāneh-ye Matruk (Excursions), 2024
Cotton embroidery on remnant cloth
770mm H x 475mm W (frame)

Nashq-e Penhan (Ligature between tongues), 2024
Cotton embroidery on remnant cloth
775mm H x 525mm W (frame)

Bazgasht (Homebound), 2024
Cotton embroidery on remnant cloth
775mm H x 525mm W (frame)

Viraneh (Tantrum), 2024
Cotton embroidery on remnant cloth
775mm H x 525mm W (frame)

'
Vazghān | Vocabulary | واژگان
'

Tim Melville Gallery

6th – 23rd November 2024

Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland, NZ
'
Vazghān | Vocabulary | واژگان
'

Tim Melville Gallery

6th – 23rd November 2024

Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland, NZ

Picchad Sakht (Affective Erethism), 2024
Cotton embroidery on remnant cloth
525mm H x 725mm W (frame)

Chang (Scordatura), 2024
Cotton embroidery on remnant cloth
525mm H x 725mm W (frame)

'
Vazghān | Vocabulary | واژگان
'

Tim Melville Gallery

6th – 23rd November 2024

Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland, NZ
'
Vazghān | Vocabulary | واژگان
'

Tim Melville Gallery

6th – 23rd November 2024

Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland, NZ

Eshq-e Mazāji (Earthspell), 2024
Cotton embroidery on remnant cloth
720mm H x 525mm W (frame)

Eshq-e Haqiqi (Genuflexion), 2024
Cotton embroidery on remnant cloth
725mm H x 575mm W (frame)

Bazm (Somewhere, a feast), 2024
Cotton embroidery on remnant cloth
575mm H x 770mm W (frame)

Gūl (Nightprose), 2024
Cotton embroidery on remnant cloth
870mm H x 625mm W (frame)

'
Vazghān | Vocabulary | واژگان
'

Tim Melville Gallery

6th – 23rd November 2024

Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland, NZ
'
Vazghān | Vocabulary | واژگان
'

Tim Melville Gallery

6th – 23rd November 2024

Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland, NZ

Shab o Havas (Nightswim), 2024
cotton embroidery on remnant cloth
870mm H x 625mm W (frame)

Jām-e Omid (Opensource), 2024
cotton embroidery on remnant cloth
870mm H x 625mm W (frame)

'
Vazghān | Vocabulary | واژگان
'

Tim Melville Gallery

6th – 23rd November 2024

Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland, NZ
'
Vazghān | Vocabulary | واژگان
'

Tim Melville Gallery

6th – 23rd November 2024

Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland, NZ

'
Vazghān | Vocabulary | واژگان
'

Tim Melville Gallery

6th – 23rd November 2024

Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland, NZ
'
The Rhapsode's Tools Will Build the Rhapsode's House
'

Palazzo Mora

20th April – 24th November 2024

Venice, IT

Photography by Federico Vespignani

'
The Rhapsode's Tools Will Build the Rhapsode's House
'

Palazzo Mora

20th April – 24th November 2024

Venice, IT
'
The Rhapsode's Tools Will Build the Rhapsode's House
'

Palazzo Mora

20th April – 24th November 2024

Venice, IT

'Pedagogical Drawings: Series Z'

Cotton embroidery on found cloth (17 parts)
(Dimensions varied)

1 (HA 29), 2024

2 (HA 28), 2024

3 (HA 30), 2024

5 (HA 32), 2024

6 (HA 33), 2024

7 (HA 34), 2024

8 (HA 43), 2024

9 (HA 44), 2024

10 (HA 45), 2024

11 (HA 46), 2024

12 (HA 47), 2024

13 (HA 48), 2024

14 (HA 49), 2024

15 (HA 50), 2024

16 (HA 51), 2024

17 (HA 53), 2024

'
The Rhapsode's Tools Will Build the Rhapsode's House
'

Palazzo Mora

20th April – 24th November 2024

Venice, IT
'
The Rhapsode's Tools Will Build the Rhapsode's House
'

Palazzo Mora

20th April – 24th November 2024

Venice, IT

Disjecta Membra: Series T, 2023
Kaolinite clay, raku, Caspian Sea sand (9 parts)
175mm H x 175mm W x 90mm D (each)

Photography by Federico Vespignani

'
The Rhapsode's Tools Will Build the Rhapsode's House
'

Palazzo Mora

20th April – 24th November 2024

Venice, IT
'
The Rhapsode's Tools Will Build the Rhapsode's House
'

Palazzo Mora

20th April – 24th November 2024

Venice, IT

Photography by Federico Vespignani

'
The Rhapsode's Tools Will Build the Rhapsode's House
'

Palazzo Mora

20th April – 24th November 2024

Venice, IT
'
This Must Be The Place
'

Gow Langsford

6th April – 4th May 2024

Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland, NZ

Group exhibition

Subsumption: it happens all the time, 2022
Cotton embroidery on handwoven silk cotton
975mm H x 1775mm W (framed)

Photography by Samuel Hartnett

'
This Must Be The Place
'

Gow Langsford

6th April – 4th May 2024

Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland, NZ

Group exhibition
'
As this chin melts on your knee
'

Tarq Gallery

11th January – 24th February 2024

Mumbai, IN

'
As this chin melts on your knee
'

Tarq Gallery

11th January – 24th February 2024

Mumbai, IN
'
As this chin melts on your knee
'

Tarq Gallery

11th January – 24th February 2024

Mumbai, IN

Small Vessel/Big Container, 2023
Cotton embroidery on found cloth
1370mm H x 1010mm W [unframed]

Sight of wet laundry, 2023
Cotton embroidery on found cloth
1370mm H x 1010mm W [unframed]

'
As this chin melts on your knee
'

Tarq Gallery

11th January – 24th February 2024

Mumbai, IN
'
As this chin melts on your knee
'

Tarq Gallery

11th January – 24th February 2024

Mumbai, IN

Parcel of Stems (four soldiers at ease), 2023
Cotton embroidery on found cloth
890mm H x 1010mm W [unframed]

Intermezzo, 2023
Cotton embroidery on found cloth
890mm H x 1010mm W [unframed]

'
As this chin melts on your knee
'

Tarq Gallery

11th January – 24th February 2024

Mumbai, IN
'
As this chin melts on your knee
'

Tarq Gallery

11th January – 24th February 2024

Mumbai, IN

Oneiria: Night 1, 2022
Cotton embroidery on khadi towel
1360mm H x 715mm W [unframed]

Oneiria: Night 2, 2022
Cotton embroidery on khadi towel
1360mm H x 715mm W [unframed]

Oneiria: Night 3, 2022
Cotton embroidery on khadi towel
1360mm H x 715mm W [unframed]

Oneiria: Night 4, 2022
Cotton embroidery on khadi towel
1360mm H x 715mm W [unframed]

Oneiria: Night 5, 2022
Cotton embroidery on khadi towel
1360mm H x 715mm W [unframed]

'
As this chin melts on your knee
'

Tarq Gallery

11th January – 24th February 2024

Mumbai, IN
'
As this chin melts on your knee
'

Tarq Gallery

11th January – 24th February 2024

Mumbai, IN

Studies & Annotations: Oneiria (Nights 1 – 5), 2022
All studies mixed media on cotton paper
All annotations mixed media on found paper
[Dimensions varied]

'
As this chin melts on your knee
'

Tarq Gallery

11th January – 24th February 2024

Mumbai, IN
'
As this chin melts on your knee
'

Tarq Gallery

11th January – 24th February 2024

Mumbai, IN

Lot 1: The lover, the river and the cup, 2023
Kaolinite, raku, Caspian Sea sand
[Dimensions varied]

Lot 2: A game without rules, 2023
Kaolinite, raku, Caspian Sea sand
[Dimensions varied]

Lot 3: Poultice maker, 2023
Kaolinite, raku, Caspian Sea sand
[Dimensions varied]

Lot 4: As this chin melts on your knee, 2023
Kaolinite, raku, Caspian Sea sand
[Dimensions varied]

Eight Vessels, 2023
Kaolinite, white terracotta, Caspian Sea sand (part glazed, vitrified)
[Dimensions varied]

Disjecta Membra, 2023
Kaolinite, white terracotta, Caspian Sea sand
[Dimensions varied]

Loom, 2023
Kaolinite, raku, Caspian Sea sand, metal wire, cotton thread
[Dimensions varied]

'
As this chin melts on your knee
'

Tarq Gallery

11th January – 24th February 2024

Mumbai, IN
'
As this chin melts on your knee
'

Tarq Gallery

11th January – 24th February 2024

Mumbai, IN

'
As this chin melts on your knee
'

Tarq Gallery

11th January – 24th February 2024

Mumbai, IN
'
Some Ribs Are Always Soft
'

McLeavey Gallery

12th July – 5th August 2023

Te Whanganui-a-Tara Wellington, NZ

'
Some Ribs Are Always Soft
'

McLeavey Gallery

12th July – 5th August 2023

Te Whanganui-a-Tara Wellington, NZ
'
Some Ribs Are Always Soft
'

McLeavey Gallery

12th July – 5th August 2023

Te Whanganui-a-Tara Wellington, NZ

Chaharshanabeh Suri, 2023
Cotton embroidery on handwoven cloth
880 x 980 mm [framed]

Magi, 2023
Cotton embroidery on handwoven cloth
880 x 980 mm [framed]

'
Some Ribs Are Always Soft
'

McLeavey Gallery

12th July – 5th August 2023

Te Whanganui-a-Tara Wellington, NZ
'
Some Ribs Are Always Soft
'

McLeavey Gallery

12th July – 5th August 2023

Te Whanganui-a-Tara Wellington, NZ

Above the waist: somatic movement one, 2022
Cotton embroidery on overdyed cotton cummerbund
950 x 470 mm [framed]

Below the waist: somatic movement two, 2022
Cotton embroidery on overdyed cotton cummerbund
950 x 470 mm [framed]

'
Some Ribs Are Always Soft
'

McLeavey Gallery

12th July – 5th August 2023

Te Whanganui-a-Tara Wellington, NZ
'
Some Ribs Are Always Soft
'

McLeavey Gallery

12th July – 5th August 2023

Te Whanganui-a-Tara Wellington, NZ

‘Eleven Windows (after Mahmoud Darwish
and Agha Shahid Ali)’

I. Perfumes are ready by the door, 2023
Mixed media on Arches cotton paper
400 x 400 mm [framed]

II. Some ribs are always soft, 2023
Mixed media on Arches cotton paper
400 x 400 mm [framed]

III. He’ll live in my bedroom in Ithaka, 2023
Mixed media on Arches cotton paper
400 x 400 mm [framed]

IV. Sherds for tomorrow, 2023
Mixed media on Arches cotton paper
400 x 400 mm [framed]

V. One day I will sit on the pavement, 2023
Mixed media on Arches cotton paper
400 x 400 mm [framed]

VI. Blaue Ziegel, 2023
Mixed media on Arches cotton paper
400 x 400 mm [framed]

VII. Milk from the lip of the fig, 2023
Mixed media on Arches cotton paper
400 x 400 mm [framed]

VIII. Macron to spell Āreez, 2023
Mixed media on Arches cotton paper
400 x 400 mm [framed]

IX. In the exodus I love you more, 2023
Mixed media on Arches cotton paper
400 x 400 mm [framed]

X. Window from the orchard of your shawl, 2023
Mixed media on Arches cotton paper
400 x 400 mm [framed]

XI. Kamanja, 2023
Mixed media on Arches cotton paper
400 x 400 mm [framed]

'
Some Ribs Are Always Soft
'

McLeavey Gallery

12th July – 5th August 2023

Te Whanganui-a-Tara Wellington, NZ
'
Some Ribs Are Always Soft
'

McLeavey Gallery

12th July – 5th August 2023

Te Whanganui-a-Tara Wellington, NZ

Garden Drawing 1 (after P. Klee), 2023
Cotton embroidery on raw khadi
335 x 345 mm

Garden Drawing 2 (after P. Klee), 2023
Cotton embroidery on raw khadi
335 x 345 mm

'
Some Ribs Are Always Soft
'

McLeavey Gallery

12th July – 5th August 2023

Te Whanganui-a-Tara Wellington, NZ
'
Some Ribs Are Always Soft
'

McLeavey Gallery

12th July – 5th August 2023

Te Whanganui-a-Tara Wellington, NZ

Ashem Vohu, 2023
Cotton embroidery on handwoven muslin
640 x 640 mm [framed]

Avan Roj Avan Mahino, 2023
Cotton embroidery on handwoven muslin
640 x 640 mm [framed]

Yatha Ahu Vairyo, 2023
Cotton embroidery on handwoven muslin
640 x 640 mm [framed]

Photography by Russell Kleyn

'
Some Ribs Are Always Soft
'

McLeavey Gallery

12th July – 5th August 2023

Te Whanganui-a-Tara Wellington, NZ
'
There is No Other
Home but This
'

Govett-Brewster Art Gallery

5th March – 19th June 2022

Ngāmotu New Plymouth, NZ

Duo exhibition with Khadim Ali,
curated by Zara Stanhope

Persepolitan, 2022
Clay, earth (Whakatū), barley straw, cotton duck, embroidered khadi, natural pigments (saffron, barberry, sumac), oil pastel
80 parts (dimensions variable)

Essayer: Murmuration, 2022
Cotton thread embroidery, found textiles, brass rings, nylon thread
15 parts (dimensions variable)

Photography by Samuel Hartnett

'
There is No Other
Home but This
'

Govett-Brewster Art Gallery

5th March – 19th June 2022

Ngāmotu New Plymouth, NZ

Duo exhibition with Khadim Ali,
curated by Zara Stanhope
'
Another Scramble
Through the Archive
'

Serendipity Arts Festival

4X4: Tarq Gallery

15th – 23rd December 2022

Goa, India

Sell it if you must but not to a man with blue eyes, 2021
Cotton embroidery on place mat (c. 1990)
330mm H x 440mm W [unframed]

Photography by Philippe Calia

'
Another Scramble
Through the Archive
'

Serendipity Arts Festival

4X4: Tarq Gallery

15th – 23rd December 2022

Goa, India
'
Another Scramble
Through the
Archive
'

Serendipity Arts Festival

4X4: Tarq Gallery

15th – 23rd December 2022

Goa, India

Thieves' Market, 2018 – 2021 [30 parts]
Czech glass beads, mercerised cotton
15mm H x 300mm W x 1740mm L

Concert with Dina (after Rohinton Mistry), 2021
Cotton embroidery on vintage handkerchief
303mm H x 303mm W [unframed]

'
Another Scramble
Through the
Archive
'

Serendipity Arts Festival

4X4: Tarq Gallery

15th – 23rd December 2022

Goa, India
'
Songs 1 – 5
'

APS Editions

Portfolio of Lithographs

2019 – 2022

Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland, NZ

Song 1, 2019-22
Lithograph on paper, edition of 25
280mm H × 340mm W

Song 2, 2019-22
Lithograph on paper, edition of 25
280mm H × 340mm W

Song 3, 2019-22
Lithograph on paper, edition of 25
280mm H × 340mm W

Song 4, 2019-22
Lithograph on paper, edition of 25
280mm H × 340mm W

Song 5, 2019-22
Lithograph on paper, edition of 25
280mm H × 340mm W

'
Songs 1 – 5
'

APS Editions

Portfolio of Lithographs

2019 – 2022

Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland, NZ
'
Aotearoa Art Fair
'

The Cloud: Tim Melville Gallery

16th – 20th November 2022

Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland, NZ

Subsumption: it happens all the time, 2022
Cotton embroidery on hand-woven silk cotton
950mm H x 1750mm W

'
Aotearoa Art Fair
'

The Cloud: Tim Melville Gallery

16th – 20th November 2022

Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland, NZ
'
Aotearoa Art Fair
'

The Cloud: Tim Melville Gallery

16th – 20th November 2022

Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland, NZ

Esmet Chiyeh? (what’s inside a name), 2021
Cotton embroidery on Bombay Dyeing dust cloth c.1980. 765mm H x 750mm W [framed]

Half-Sein (a blueprint for spring), 2021
Cotton embroidery on Bombay Dyeing dust cloth (c.1980). 625mm H x 770mm W [framed]

Syntax in Blue (Humid, Strong, Immaculate), 2021
Cotton embroidery on hand-loomed muslin
665mm H x 635mm W [framed]

12 Grapes Inside the Hall of 32 Columns, 2021
Cotton embroidery on hand-loomed muslin
665mm H x 635mm W [framed]

'
Aotearoa Art Fair
'

The Cloud: Tim Melville Gallery

16th – 20th November 2022

Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland, NZ
'
Aotearoa Art Fair
'

The Cloud: Tim Melville Gallery

16th – 20th November 2022

Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland, NZ

Seated Anāhita and Rider (Scythian), 2021
Cotton embroidery on dhurrie rug
835mm H x 1175mm W [framed]

Sleeping Hermaphroditus (after a Roman Copy), 2021
Cotton embroidery on dhurrie rug
835mm H x 1175mm W [framed]

Vernacular Twist, 2021
Cotton embroidery on place mat (c. 1990)
470mm H x 595mm W [framed]

Arsenal (silver sleep), 2021
Cotton embroidery on place mat (c. 1990)
470mm H x 595mm W [framed]

'
Aotearoa Art Fair
'

The Cloud: Tim Melville Gallery

16th – 20th November 2022

Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland, NZ
'
Yes, I'm a Garden
'

Tim Melville Gallery

27th September – 22nd October 2022

Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland, NZ

Yes, I’m a Garden, 2022
Cotton embroidery on hand-woven silk cotton
950mm H x 1650mm W

'
Yes, I'm a Garden
'

Tim Melville Gallery

27th September – 22nd October 2022

Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland, NZ
'
Yes, I'm a Garden
'

Tim Melville Gallery

27th September – 22nd October 2022

Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland, NZ

Thirtybird, 2022
Cotton embroidery on hand-woven silk-cotton
1050mm H x 1050mm W

'
Yes, I'm a Garden
'

Tim Melville Gallery

27th September – 22nd October 2022

Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland, NZ
'
Yes, I'm a Garden
'

Tim Melville Gallery

27th September – 22nd October 2022

Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland, NZ

Simurgh (hoopoe), 2022
Cotton embroidery on raw khadi
345mm H x 340mm W

Simurgh (Orphean warbler), 2022
Cotton embroidery on raw khadi
345mm H x 340mm W

'
Yes, I'm a Garden
'

Tim Melville Gallery

27th September – 22nd October 2022

Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland, NZ
'
Yes, I'm a Garden
'

Tim Melville Gallery

27th September – 22nd October 2022

Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland, NZ

Simurgh (nightingale), 2022
Cotton embroidery on raw khadi
320mm H x 335mm W

Simurgh (Asian pied starling), 2022
Cotton embroidery on raw khadi
320mm H x 335mm W

'
Yes, I'm a Garden
'

Tim Melville Gallery

27th September – 22nd October 2022

Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland, NZ
'
Yes, I'm a Garden
'

Tim Melville Gallery

27th September – 22nd October 2022

Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland, NZ

'
Yes, I'm a Garden
'

Tim Melville Gallery

27th September – 22nd October 2022

Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland, NZ
'
Yes, I'm a Garden
'

Tim Melville Gallery

27th September – 22nd October 2022

Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland, NZ

Between the kneecaps, 2021
Natural pigments (saffron, sumac) and watercolour on cotton paper
180mm H x 125mm W [unframed]

Haft Sein, 2021
Natural pigments (saffron, sumac) and watercolour on cotton paper
180mm H x 125mm W [unframed]

Ashem Vohu, 2021
Natural pigments (saffron, sumac) and watercolour on cotton paper
180mm H x 125mm W [unframed]

Dēgarbash, 2021
Natural pigments (saffron, sumac) and watercolour on cotton paper
180mm H x 125mm W [unframed]

Pasargadae, 2021
Natural pigments (saffron, sumac) and watercolour on cotton paper
180mm H x 125mm W [unframed]

Freeze!, 2021
Natural pigments (saffron, sumac) and watercolour on cotton paper
180mm H x 125mm W [unframed]

Elam, 2021
Natural pigments (saffron, sumac) and watercolour on cotton paper
180mm H x 125mm W [unframed]

But not to a man with blue eyes, 2021
Natural pigments (saffron, sumac) and watercolour on cotton paper
180mm H x 125mm W [unframed]

Extract, 2021
Natural pigments (saffron, sumac) and watercolour on cotton paper
180mm H x 125mm W [unframed]

Polychroma, 2021
Natural pigments (saffron, sumac) and watercolour on cotton paper
180mm H x 125mm W [unframed]

'
Yes, I'm a Garden
'

Tim Melville Gallery

27th September – 22nd October 2022

Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland, NZ
'
All My Books Have
Faded Spines
'

McLeavey Gallery

16th March – 9th April 2022

Te Whanganui-a-Tara Wellington, NZ

All My Books Have Faded Spines, 2022
Cotton embroidery on khadi
580mm x 1070mm

'
All My Books Have
Faded Spines
'

McLeavey Gallery

16th March – 9th April 2022

Te Whanganui-a-Tara Wellington, NZ
'
All My Books Have
Faded Spines
'

McLeavey Gallery

16th March – 9th April 2022

Te Whanganui-a-Tara Wellington, NZ

Eyeteeth , 2022
Cotton embroidery on khadi
830mm x 430mm

Keys in the Drawer, 2022
Cotton embroidery on khadi
830mm x 430 mm

'
All My Books Have
Faded Spines
'

McLeavey Gallery

16th March – 9th April 2022

Te Whanganui-a-Tara Wellington, NZ
'
All My Books Have
Faded Spines
'

McLeavey Gallery

16th March – 9th April 2022

Te Whanganui-a-Tara Wellington, NZ

Installation view

Photography by Ryan McCauley

'
All My Books Have
Faded Spines
'

McLeavey Gallery

16th March – 9th April 2022

Te Whanganui-a-Tara Wellington, NZ
'
All My Books Have
Faded Spines
'

McLeavey Gallery

16th March – 9th April 2022

Te Whanganui-a-Tara Wellington, NZ

Dolly (study of a Achaemenid Persepolitan), 2021
Watercolour and natural pigment on cotton paper
[framed]

Thrity (study of an Achaemenid Queen), 2021
Watercolour and natural pigment on cotton paper
[framed]

Yasmin (study of a Persepolitan Courtier), 2021
Watercolour and natural pigment on cotton paper
[framed]

Delzin (study of a Priestess from Gordion), 2021
Watercolour and natural pigment on cotton paper
[framed]

Self Portrait (study of a Persepolitan Courtier), 2021
Watercolour and natural pigment on cotton paper
[framed]

'
All My Books Have
Faded Spines
'

McLeavey Gallery

16th March – 9th April 2022

Te Whanganui-a-Tara Wellington, NZ
'
All My Books Have
Faded Spines
'

McLeavey Gallery

16th March – 9th April 2022

Te Whanganui-a-Tara Wellington, NZ

Alcohol (a dance of birds as our vines ripen), 2021
Cotton embroidery on khadi handkerchief
510mm x 500mm [unframed] | 670mm x 670mm [framed]

Musk (or the residual tenderness of a pillow), 2021
Cotton embroidery on khadi handkerchief
510mm x 500mm [unframed] | 670mm x 670mm [framed]

Khaki (upon some soil we land safely), 2021
Cotton embroidery on khadi handkerchief
510mm x 500mm [unframed] | 670mm x 670mm [framed]

Algebra (or an allegory for faith), 2021
Cotton embroidery on khadi handkerchief
510mm x 500mm [unframed] | 670mm x 670mm [framed]

'
All My Books Have
Faded Spines
'

McLeavey Gallery

16th March – 9th April 2022

Te Whanganui-a-Tara Wellington, NZ
'
All My Books Have
Faded Spines
'

McLeavey Gallery

16th March – 9th April 2022

Te Whanganui-a-Tara Wellington, NZ

Dio Dispersion, 2018
Cotton embroidery and antique mul (19th century) on Bombay Dyeing tea towel (c. 1940)
530mm x 510mm [framed]

Udvada, 2018
Cotton embroidery and antique mul (19th century) on Bombay Dyeing tea towel (c. 1940)
530mm x 525mm [framed]

'
All My Books Have
Faded Spines
'

McLeavey Gallery

16th March – 9th April 2022

Te Whanganui-a-Tara Wellington, NZ
'
Notes for Tomorrow
'

Te Uru

Edition presented by Independent Curators International (ICI)

12th March – 12th June 2022

Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland NZ

Group exhibition, curated by Tendai Mutambu

'
Notes for Tomorrow
'

Te Uru

Edition presented by Independent Curators International (ICI)

12th March – 12th June 2022

Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland NZ

Group exhibition, curated by Tendai Mutambu
'
Fruit Cubab
'

Te Tuhi

Reeves Road and Parnell Station Billboards

27th February – 8th May 2022

Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland NZ

Fruit Cubab, 2022 [1 – 3]
Inkjet billboard print
2400mm H x 3000mm W (each)

Commissioned by Te Tuhi, Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland

Installation view photographs by Samuel Hartnett

'
Fruit Cubab
'

Te Tuhi

Reeves Road and Parnell Station Billboards

27th February – 8th May 2022

Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland NZ
'
Language is Migrant'
'Colomboscope 7th Edition
'

Barefoot Gallery

20th – 30th January 2022

Colombo SL

Installation view

Photography Shehan Obeysekara

'
Language is Migrant'
'Colomboscope 7th Edition
'

Barefoot Gallery

20th – 30th January 2022

Colombo SL
'
Language is Migrant'
'Colomboscope 7th Edition
'

Barefoot Gallery

20th – 30th January 2022

Colombo SL

'
Language is Migrant'
'Colomboscope 7th Edition
'

Barefoot Gallery

20th – 30th January 2022

Colombo SL
'
BILDUNGSROMAN (& OTHER STORIES)
'

Tarq Gallery

8th July – 7th August 2021

Mumbai, India

'
BILDUNGSROMAN (& OTHER STORIES)
'

Tarq Gallery

8th July – 7th August 2021

Mumbai, India
'
Bildungsroman (& Other Stories)
'

Tarq Gallery

8th July – 7th August 2021

Mumbai IN

Taste of Malido, 2018
Embroidery on khadi handkerchief
410mm H x 500mm W [unframed]

Sound of Dhansak, 2018
Embroidery on khadi handkerchief
410mm H x 500mm W [unframed]

Money Pouches [I-II], 2019
Embroidery on canvas money pouches c. 1930
[Dimensions variable]

Still Life, Spin & Thrust, 2018
Embroidery on repurposed dust cloth c. 1990
350mm H x 390mm W [unframed]

Onions, too, cry, 2021
Embroidery on hand-loomed khatka
430mm H x 430mm W

'
Bildungsroman (& Other Stories)
'

Tarq Gallery

8th July – 7th August 2021

Mumbai IN
'
Bildungsroman (& Other Stories)
'

Tarq Gallery

8th July – 7th August 2021

Mumbai IN

Embers (16 thoughts form simultaneously), 2019
Embroidery on khadi handkerchief
450mm H x 450mm W

'
Bildungsroman (& Other Stories)
'

Tarq Gallery

8th July – 7th August 2021

Mumbai IN
'
Bildungsroman (& Other Stories)
'

Tarq Gallery

8th July – 7th August 2021

Mumbai IN

Hands on Lap, 2019
Embroidery on ikat handkerchief
470mm H x 470mm W

Farewell Dear Banoo, 2019
Embroidery on khadi handkerchief
450mm H x 450mm W

'
Bildungsroman (& Other Stories)
'

Tarq Gallery

8th July – 7th August 2021

Mumbai IN
'
Bildungsroman (& Other Stories)
'

Tarq Gallery

8th July – 7th August 2021

Mumbai IN

'
Bildungsroman (& Other Stories)
'

Tarq Gallery

8th July – 7th August 2021

Mumbai IN
'
Swing back, linger
'

McLeavey Gallery

21st – 7th July 2021

Te Whanganui-a-Tara Wellington NZ

Group exhibition

Seeds (written and spoken-word), 2020
Graphite text on wall

'
Swing back, linger
'

McLeavey Gallery

21st – 7th July 2021

Te Whanganui-a-Tara Wellington NZ

Group exhibition
'
Mānawatia Takatapui | Defending Plurality
'

Tauranga Art Gallery | Toi Tauranga

23rd July – 10th October 2021

Tauranga NZ

Group exhibition, curated by Shannon Novak and Stephen Cleland

Dwelling, 2017
Cotton thread hand embroidery on upholstered silk textile.

Drapery, 2019
Cotton and silk thread embroidery on 80% linen/20% cellulose textile.

'
Mānawatia Takatapui | Defending Plurality
'

Tauranga Art Gallery | Toi Tauranga

23rd July – 10th October 2021

Tauranga NZ

Group exhibition, curated by Shannon Novak and Stephen Cleland
'
Like Birds, Like Fishes
'

Tim Melville Gallery

7th April – 1st May 2021

Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland NZ

Essayer (are we there yet?), 2021
Embroidery on khadi cloth
405mm H x 870mm W

'
Like Birds, Like Fishes
'

Tim Melville Gallery

7th April – 1st May 2021

Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland NZ
'
Like Birds, Like Fishes
'

Tim Melville Gallery

7th April – 1st May 2021

Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland NZ

Selection 'It's Never too Late to Learn' (series of 32)

Lesson 8, 2020
Embroidery on gifted vintage muslin handkerchief
420mm H x 420mm W [frame]

Lesson 16, 2020
Embroidery on gifted vintage muslin handkerchief
420mm H x 420mm W [frame]

Lesson 25, 2020
Embroidery on gifted vintage muslin handkerchief
420mm H x 420mm W [frame]

Lesson 21, Revised, 2021
Embroidery on gifted vintage muslin handkerchief
420mm H x 420mm W [frame]

Lesson 32, 2021
Embroidery on gifted vintage muslin handkerchief
420mm H x 420mm W [frame]

'
Like Birds, Like Fishes
'

Tim Melville Gallery

7th April – 1st May 2021

Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland NZ
'
Like Birds, Like Fishes
'

Tim Melville Gallery

7th April – 1st May 2021

Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland NZ

A squall unto Yasmin's Friday shrine, 2020
Embroidery on printed Bombay Dyeing dust cloth c. 1980
755mm H x 830mm W [frame]

Ziggurat (aide-mémoire), 2020
Embroidery on printed Bombay Dyeing dust cloth c. 1980
755mm H x 830mm W [frame]

'
Like Birds, Like Fishes
'

Tim Melville Gallery

7th April – 1st May 2021

Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland NZ
'
Like Birds, Like Fishes
'

Tim Melville Gallery

7th April – 1st May 2021

Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland NZ

Flight with a landscape in the belly, 2021
Embroidery on khadi cloth
900mm H x 355mm W

Like Birds, Like Fishes, 2021
Embroidery on khadi cloth
900mm H x 355mm W

'
Like Birds, Like Fishes
'

Tim Melville Gallery

7th April – 1st May 2021

Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland NZ
'
Like Birds, Like Fishes
'

Tim Melville Gallery

7th April – 1st May 2021

Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland NZ

'
Like Birds, Like Fishes
'

Tim Melville Gallery

7th April – 1st May 2021

Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland NZ
'
History reserves but a few lines for you
'

Enjoy Contemporary Art Space

19th February – 3rd April 2021

Te Whanganui-a-Tara Wellington NZ

Install view

Photography by Cheska Brown

'
History reserves but a few lines for you
'

Enjoy Contemporary Art Space

19th February – 3rd April 2021

Te Whanganui-a-Tara Wellington NZ
'
History reserves but a few lines for you
'

Enjoy Contemporary Art Space

19th February – 3rd April 2021

Te Whanganui-a-Tara Wellington NZ

Drapery, 2019
Cotton and silk thread embroidery on 80% linen/20% cellulose textile.

In Small Places (Farrokh & Sohrab), 2018
Cotton thread hand embroidery on hand-loomed tea towel.

'
History reserves but a few lines for you
'

Enjoy Contemporary Art Space

19th February – 3rd April 2021

Te Whanganui-a-Tara Wellington NZ
'
History reserves but a few lines for you
'

Enjoy Contemporary Art Space

19th February – 3rd April 2021

Te Whanganui-a-Tara Wellington NZ

Ionic, 2021
Cotton thread hand embroidery on muslin handkerchief.

'
History reserves but a few lines for you
'

Enjoy Contemporary Art Space

19th February – 3rd April 2021

Te Whanganui-a-Tara Wellington NZ
'
HISTORY RESERVES BUT A FEW LINES FOR YOU
'

Enjoy Contemporary Art Gallery

19th February – 3rd April 2021

Te Whanganui-a-Tara Wellington, NZ

Threshold, 2021
Pearlised polychrome Czech glass beads
[spatial intervention with concrete flooring.]

Dwelling, 2017
Cotton thread hand embroidery on upholstered silk textile.

'
HISTORY RESERVES BUT A FEW LINES FOR YOU
'

Enjoy Contemporary Art Gallery

19th February – 3rd April 2021

Te Whanganui-a-Tara Wellington, NZ
'
History reserves but a few lines for you
'

Enjoy Contemporary Art Space

19th February – 3rd April 2021

Te Whanganui-a-Tara Wellington NZ

Telemachus, 2021
Cotton thread hand embroidery on muslin handkerchief.

Through the keyhole, 2021
Cotton thread hand embroidery on muslin handkerchief.

'
History reserves but a few lines for you
'

Enjoy Contemporary Art Space

19th February – 3rd April 2021

Te Whanganui-a-Tara Wellington NZ
'
History reserves but a few lines for you
'

Enjoy Contemporary Art Space

19th February – 3rd April 2021

Te Whanganui-a-Tara Wellington NZ

Trojan, 2021
Cotton thread hand embroidery on muslin handkerchief.

Paisley (bruise blue), 2021
Cotton thread hand embroidery on muslin handkerchief.

'
History reserves but a few lines for you
'

Enjoy Contemporary Art Space

19th February – 3rd April 2021

Te Whanganui-a-Tara Wellington NZ
'
Thieves' Market
'

The National

3rd – 27th February 2021

Ōtautahi Christchurch NZ

Install view

Photography by John Collie

'
Thieves' Market
'

The National

3rd – 27th February 2021

Ōtautahi Christchurch NZ
'
Thieves' Market
'

The National

3rd – 27th February 2021

Ōtautahi Christchurch NZ

Lot. 5, 2020
Beaded tapestry fragments with Czech glass beads and mercerised cotton thread.

Lot. 13, 2018 – 2021
Beaded tapestry fragments with Czech glass beads and mercerised cotton thread.

'
Thieves' Market
'

The National

3rd – 27th February 2021

Ōtautahi Christchurch NZ
'
Thieves' Market
'

The National

3rd – 27th February 2021

Ōtautahi Christchurch NZ

Lot. 1, 2018 – 2021 [framed]
Beaded tapestry fragments with Czech glass beads and mercerised cotton thread.

Lot. 6, 2020 – 2021
Beaded tapestry fragments with Czech glass beads and mercerised cotton thread.

'
Thieves' Market
'

The National

3rd – 27th February 2021

Ōtautahi Christchurch NZ
'
Thieves' Market
'

The National

3rd – 27th February 2021

Ōtautahi Christchurch NZ

Lot. 3, 2020
Beaded tapestry fragments with Czech glass beads and mercerised cotton thread.

Lot. 10, 2020
Beaded tapestry fragments with Czech glass beads and mercerised cotton thread.

Lot. 9, 2019 – 2021
Beaded tapestry fragments with Czech glass beads and mercerised cotton thread.

Lot. 7, 2020 – 2021
Beaded tapestry fragments with Czech glass beads and mercerised cotton thread.

'
Thieves' Market
'

The National

3rd – 27th February 2021

Ōtautahi Christchurch NZ
'
On Chroma
'

Sumer Gallery

17th October—14th November 2020

Tauranga NZ

Sympathetic Qualities, 2020
Cotton embroidery on handwoven ikat cloth.
300mm H x 300mm W

'
On Chroma
'

Sumer Gallery

17th October—14th November 2020

Tauranga NZ
'
On Chroma
'

Sumer Gallery

17th October—14th November 2020

Tauranga NZ

Helpful Thoughts, 2020
Cotton embroidery on handwoven ikat cloth.
300mm H x 300mm W

'
On Chroma
'

Sumer Gallery

17th October—14th November 2020

Tauranga NZ
'
On Chroma
'

Sumer Gallery

17th October—14th November 2020

Tauranga NZ

Grasping (three anachronisms), 2020
Cotton embroidery on handwoven ikat cloth.
810mm H x 360mm W

'
On Chroma
'

Sumer Gallery

17th October—14th November 2020

Tauranga NZ
'
On Chroma
'

Sumer Gallery

17th October—14th November 2020

Tauranga NZ

Installation view

Photography by Dan du Bern

'
On Chroma
'

Sumer Gallery

17th October—14th November 2020

Tauranga NZ
'
Notes & Methods
'

Tim Melville Gallery

7th July – 1st August 2020

Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland NZ

He Asked About the Quality, 2019
Cotton and silk thread, antique linen handkerchief.
160mm H x 170mm W

'
Notes & Methods
'

Tim Melville Gallery

7th July – 1st August 2020

Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland NZ
'
Notes & Methods
'

Tim Melville Gallery

7th July – 1st August 2020

Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland NZ

Original Recipe with Tubular Saucepan Handle, 2020
Cotton thread, handwoven khadi.
385mm H x 385mm W

Secondary Study from Apartment No. 14, 2020
Cotton thread, handwoven khadi.
385mm H x 385mm W

'
Notes & Methods
'

Tim Melville Gallery

7th July – 1st August 2020

Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland NZ
'
Notes & Methods
'

Tim Melville Gallery

7th July – 1st August 2020

Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland NZ

For Thirty Thousand Years (I, II, III), 2019
Cotton thread, silk and cotton khadi.
900mm H x 950mm W

'
Notes & Methods
'

Tim Melville Gallery

7th July – 1st August 2020

Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland NZ
'
Notes & Methods
'

Tim Melville Gallery

7th July – 1st August 2020

Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland NZ

Eleven Thoughts Form
(conflation of mischief and pleasure), 2020
Cotton thread, handwoven khadi.
420mm H x 840mm W

'
Notes & Methods
'

Tim Melville Gallery

7th July – 1st August 2020

Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland NZ
'
Notes & Methods
'

Tim Melville Gallery

7th July – 1st August 2020

Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland NZ

Four Bars (transcending asceticism), 2020
Cotton thread, handwoven silk remnant.
385mm H x 385mm W

Grand Elasticity, 2020
Cotton thread, handwoven silk remnant.
385mm H x 385mm W

'
Notes & Methods
'

Tim Melville Gallery

7th July – 1st August 2020

Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland NZ
'
Notes & Methods
'

Tim Melville Gallery

7th July – 1st August 2020

Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland NZ

21 Bars, 2018
Cotton thread, hand-loomed khatka (dust cloth).
450mm H x 350mm W

9 Bars, 2018
Cotton thread, hand-loomed khatka (dust cloth).
450mm H x 350mm W

27 Bars, 2018
Cotton thread, hand-loomed khatka (dust cloth).
450mm H x 350mm W

'
Notes & Methods
'

Tim Melville Gallery

7th July – 1st August 2020

Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland NZ
'
Notes & Methods
'

Tim Melville Gallery

7th July – 1st August 2020

Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland NZ

Ishtar Gate Residue, 2019
Cotton thread, khadi handkerchief.
450mm H x 450mm W | 680mm H x 680mm W (framed)

Simpleton No. 1, 2019
Cotton thread, khadi handkerchief.
450mm H x 450mm W | 680mm H x 680mm W (framed)

Je vous en prie Monsieur de Morgan!, 2019
Cotton thread, khadi handkerchief.
450mm H x 450mm W | 680mm H x 680mm W (framed)

'
Notes & Methods
'

Tim Melville Gallery

7th July – 1st August 2020

Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland NZ
'
Notes & Methods
'

Tim Melville Gallery

7th July – 1st August 2020

Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland NZ

Ax – Ex, 2020
Cotton thread, handwoven khadi.
385mm H x 385mm W

Astral Buoyancy, 2020
Cotton thread, handwoven khadi.
385mm H x 385mm W

'
Notes & Methods
'

Tim Melville Gallery

7th July – 1st August 2020

Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland NZ
'
Notes & Methods
'

Tim Melville Gallery

7th July – 1st August 2020

Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland NZ

'
Notes & Methods
'

Tim Melville Gallery

7th July – 1st August 2020

Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland NZ
'
It's never too late to learn
'

Te Tuhi

Off-site spatial intervention presented by Arts Out East

Ararimu Valley School Cottage (1884)
Howick Historic Village

19th – 27th April 2020

Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland NZ

'
It's never too late to learn
'

Te Tuhi

Off-site spatial intervention presented by Arts Out East

Ararimu Valley School Cottage (1884)
Howick Historic Village

19th – 27th April 2020

Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland NZ
'
Even The Birds Are Walking
'

Latitude 53

24th January – 14th March 2020

Amiskwacîwâskahikan Edmonton, CA

Group exhibition, curated by Noor Bhangu

i. A squall unto Yasmin’s Friday shrine, 2020
Cotton thread, Bombay Dyeing cotton dust cloth (Mumbai, c. 1980).
450mm H x 600mm W

ii. He will not be attending the conference, 2020
Cotton thread, hand-loomed tea towel (Izmir, c. 1940).
545mm H x 970mm W

iii. As displacement took root, 2020
Cotton thread, silk upholstery remnant (Shiraz, c. 1960).
1015mm H x 970mm W

'
Even The Birds Are Walking
'

Latitude 53

24th January – 14th March 2020

Amiskwacîwâskahikan Edmonton, CA

Group exhibition, curated by Noor Bhangu
'
Paper Trail
'

Tim Melville Gallery

April – May 2020

Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland NZ

Virtual group exhibition during Covid-19

Body, Remember, 2019.
Watercolour & graphite on cotton paper.
180mm H x 125mm W (unframed)

Neapoli, 2019.
Watercolour & graphite on cotton paper.
180mm H x 125mm W (unframed)

'
Paper Trail
'

Tim Melville Gallery

April – May 2020

Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland NZ

Virtual group exhibition during Covid-19
'
Hot Mess
'

Bowerbank Ninow

27th November – 20th December 2019

Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland NZ

Group exhibition

August (Novelli's poetry reading tour), 2019
Cotton thread, khadi handkerchief.
450mm H x 450mm W

Vitrine of Gestures, 2019
Cotton thread, khadi handkerchief.
450mm H x 450mm W

'
Hot Mess
'

Bowerbank Ninow

27th November – 20th December 2019

Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland NZ

Group exhibition
'
Some Retained Delights
'

RM Gallery

9th – 26th October 2019

Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland NZ

Photography by Ardit Hoxha

'
Some Retained Delights
'

RM Gallery

9th – 26th October 2019

Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland NZ
'
Come, remember
'

Window Gallery

31st July – 30th August 2019

Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland, NZ

Presentation with Ophelia King

'
Come, remember
'

Window Gallery

31st July – 30th August 2019

Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland, NZ

Presentation with Ophelia King
'
Softly Spoken
'

Hastings City Art Gallery

3rd August – 3rd November 2019

Heretaunga Hastings NZ

Group exhibition

'
Softly Spoken
'

Hastings City Art Gallery

3rd August – 3rd November 2019

Heretaunga Hastings NZ

Group exhibition
'
Uncruising
'

Villa Exarcheia Residency Project

9th July – 20th August 2019

Athens GR

'
Uncruising
'

Villa Exarcheia Residency Project

9th July – 20th August 2019

Athens GR
'
19 GALLERY: Relocating Frances Hodgkins
'

Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki

4th May – 1st September 2019

Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland, NZ

In response to 'Frances Hodgkins: European Journeys': within a model gallery located in the display case on the mezzanine level beside E.H McCormick Library.

'
19 GALLERY: Relocating Frances Hodgkins
'

Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki

4th May – 1st September 2019

Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland, NZ
'
BILDUNGSROMAN
'

'Self Portrait with Blue Desk', 2018
Parsi Colony Series - Panel IV

Cotton thread, hand-loomed khatka (dust cloth)

380mm H x 320mm W

'
BILDUNGSROMAN
'

'Self Portrait with Blue Desk', 2018
Parsi Colony Series - Panel IV
'
Blue Bathing in Pink (2018)
'

Parsi Colony Series - Panel VI

Cotton thread hand embroidery applied over hand-loomed cotton Khatka textile.

320 x 380mm

'
Blue Bathing in Pink (2018)
'

Parsi Colony Series - Panel VI
'
Shrine (Still Life with Partially Squeezed Lime), 2018
'

Parsi Colony Series - Panel V

Cotton thread hand embroidery applied over hand-loomed cotton Khatka textile.

320 x 380mm

'
Shrine (Still Life with Partially Squeezed Lime), 2018
'

Parsi Colony Series - Panel V
'
Homecoming, 2019
'

BILDUNGSROMAN
Malcolm Smith Gallery
2019

Czech glass beads tapestry-woven with mercerised cotton thread.

654 x 105mm

'
Homecoming, 2019
'

BILDUNGSROMAN
Malcolm Smith Gallery
2019
'
In Small Places (Farokh & Sohrab), 2018
'

Cotton thread hand embroidery applied over repurposed hand-loomed tea towel.

480 x 405mm

'
In Small Places (Farokh & Sohrab), 2018
'
'
Bombay Dyeing 1990 (2018)
'

Cotton thread hand embroidery on repurposed Bombay Dyeing tote bag with ‘1990’ calendar print on textile.

555 x 260mm (incl. 175mm handles)

'
Bombay Dyeing 1990 (2018)
'
'
Caspian Dispersion, 2018
'

Cotton thread hand embroidery applied over flat-woven indigo dyed cotton runner rug.

440 x 1970mm (incl. 110mm warp tassels on both ends)

'
Caspian Dispersion, 2018
'
'
Diaspora Series, 2018
'

i: Dio Dispersion
ii: Udvada

BILDUNGSROMAN
Malcolm Smith Gallery
2019

Cotton thread hand embroidery applied over repurposed Bombay Dyeing tea towels (c. 1940) with applied 19th Century hand loomed cotton Mul fragments.

i: 475 x 492mm
ii: 490 x 490mm

'
Diaspora Series, 2018
'

i: Dio Dispersion
ii: Udvada

BILDUNGSROMAN
Malcolm Smith Gallery
2019
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Farvahar Redux (Matriarch Rises), 2018
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Cotton thread hand embroidery on hand-loomed cotton Khatka textile.

470 x 470mm

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Farvahar Redux (Matriarch Rises), 2018
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Folding Screen One: Temples & Shrines, 2018
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Cotton thread hand embroidery, silk-cotton khadi cloth, pinewood.

Dimensions: 1800mm H x 1700mm W x 700mm D
(Individual Panels: 1305mm H x 555mm W each)

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Folding Screen One: Temples & Shrines, 2018
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Handkerchief Series, 2018
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i: Smell of Akoori
ii: Taste of Malido
iii: Sound of Dhansak

Cotton thread hand embroidery applied over hand-loomed Khadi cotton handkerchiefs.

i: 425 x 415mm
ii: 425 x 410mm
iii: 500 x 410mm

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Handkerchief Series, 2018
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i: Smell of Akoori
ii: Taste of Malido
iii: Sound of Dhansak
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Hoshang Merchant Takes His Vitamin D, 2018
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Cotton thread hand embroidery on repurposed Bombay Dyeing floral printed coaster (c. 1950)

175 x 175mm

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Hoshang Merchant Takes His Vitamin D, 2018
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Legend of the Sugar & the Milk, 2018
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Sudreh Series: Article i
Cotton thread hand embroidery applied over hand-loomed West Bengali cotton Mul.

660 x 685mm

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Legend of the Sugar & the Milk, 2018
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Massacre of the Tall Poppies, 2018
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Sudreh Series: Article ii
Cotton thread hand embroidery applied over hand-loomed West Bengali cotton Mul.

660 x 685mm

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Massacre of the Tall Poppies, 2018
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Money Pouches, 2018
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(i-ii)

Cotton thread hand embroidery on repurposed cotton canvas ‘Duke’ money pouches (c. 1930).

i: 170 x 255mm
ii: 190 x 250mm

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Money Pouches, 2018
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(i-ii)
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Nine Fragments, 2018
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(From left to right each row downward)
i: Digital Jaali
ii: Pink Breakfast Table
iii: Cornelia Sorabji
iv: Anahita
v: Tappeh Sarab Deity
vi: Bombay Deco
vii: Digital Paisley
viii: Beam Gazing
ix: Madame Cama

Czech glass beads tapestry-woven with mercerised cotton thread.

115 x 115mm each

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Nine Fragments, 2018
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(From left to right each row downward)
i: Digital Jaali
ii: Pink Breakfast Table
iii: Cornelia Sorabji
iv: Anahita
v: Tappeh Sarab Deity
vi: Bombay Deco
vii: Digital Paisley
viii: Beam Gazing
ix: Madame Cama
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Sunset Release! (2018)
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Parsi Colony Series - Panel II

Cotton thread hand embroidery applied over hand-loomed cotton Khatka textile.

320 x 380mm

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Sunset Release! (2018)
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Parsi Colony Series - Panel II
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Three Balconies, 2018
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Parsi Colony Series - Panel I

Cotton thread hand embroidery applied over hand-loomed cotton Khatka textile.

320 x 380mm

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Three Balconies, 2018
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Parsi Colony Series - Panel I
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Threshold, Open at Dawn (2018)
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Parsi Colony Series - Panel III

Cotton thread hand embroidery applied over hand-loomed cotton Khatka textile.

320 x 380mm

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Threshold, Open at Dawn (2018)
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Parsi Colony Series - Panel III
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Within the Magian Tavern (2018)
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Cotton thread hand embroidery on repurposed green paisley woodblock printed cotton tablecloth.

570 x 750mm (incl. 30mm tassels at bottom end)

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Within the Magian Tavern (2018)
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Folding Screen Two: The Solaces of Matriarchy, 2018
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BILDUNGSROMAN
Malcolm Smith Gallery
2019

Cotton thread hand embroidery, silk-cotton khadi, pinewood.

Dimensions: 1800mm H x 1700mm W x 700mm D
(Individual Panels: 1305mm H x 555mm W each)

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Folding Screen Two: The Solaces of Matriarchy, 2018
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BILDUNGSROMAN
Malcolm Smith Gallery
2019
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Bildungsroman
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Malcolm Smith Gallery

2nd February - 17th March 2019

Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland, NZ

Nāvar Initiation (Zoroastrian Priesthood), 2018
Cotton thread, hand-woven cotton tea towel
440mm H x 440mm W

Photography by Andrew McLeod

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Bildungsroman
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Malcolm Smith Gallery

2nd February - 17th March 2019

Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland, NZ
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Bildungsroman
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Malcolm Smith Gallery

2nd February - 17th March 2019

Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland, NZ

Still Life, Spin & Thrust, 2018
Cotton thread, found dust cloth (c. 1990)
355mm H x 390mm W

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Bildungsroman
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Malcolm Smith Gallery

2nd February - 17th March 2019

Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland, NZ
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Agiary Series, 2018
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i: Batliwalla Agiary (Closed Threshold)
ii: Temple of Anāhita
iii: It’ll Rot if You Don’t Chew Fast, Shirin!

BILDUNGSROMAN
Malcolm Smith Gallery
2019

Cotton thread hand embroidery applied over hand-loomed cotton Khatka textile.

(431 x 431mm each)

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Agiary Series, 2018
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i: Batliwalla Agiary (Closed Threshold)
ii: Temple of Anāhita
iii: It’ll Rot if You Don’t Chew Fast, Shirin!

BILDUNGSROMAN
Malcolm Smith Gallery
2019
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Bildungsroman
'

Malcolm Smith Gallery

2nd February - 17th March 2019

Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland, NZ

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Bildungsroman
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Malcolm Smith Gallery

2nd February - 17th March 2019

Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland, NZ
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Marabar Caves
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The Gus Fisher Gallery

August – September 2017

Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland, NZ

Dwelling, 2017
Cotton thread, silk textile
1250mm W x 1850mm H x 300mm D

Photography by Samuel Hartnett

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Marabar Caves
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The Gus Fisher Gallery

August – September 2017

Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland, NZ
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Vanished Delft
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The Pah Homestead | Wallace Arts Trust

March – May 2017

Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland, NZ

Ravel Scroll: Daybreak, 2017
Cotton thread, silk textile
1450mm W x 6750mm H

Photography by Samuel Hartnett

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Vanished Delft
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The Pah Homestead | Wallace Arts Trust

March – May 2017

Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland, NZ
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Beauty is in the Street
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Objectspace

August – September 2016

Kirikiriroa Hamilton NZ

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Beauty is in the Street
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Objectspace

August – September 2016

Kirikiriroa Hamilton NZ
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Beauty is in the Street
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Objectspace

August – September 2016

Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland NZ

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Beauty is in the Street
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Objectspace

August – September 2016

Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland NZ

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