Curriculum Vitae

Select exhibitions
2009 June: The Emperor’s New Clothes Talwar Gallery — New York City, NY
2009 May: The Seen and the Hidden Austrian Cultural Forum — New York City, NY
2008 December: Pulse Contemporary Art Fair — Miami, FL
2008 October: solo show—Ministry of Casual Living, Victoria BC
2008 September: Endless Tether (solo show)—Struts Gallery, Sackville, NB
2008 June: solo show—Niagara Artist’s Company, St.Catharines ON
2008 February: 2 person show—Forest City Gallery, London ON
2008 February: solo show—Gallery TPW, Toronto ON
2008 January: Modern Fuel Gallery—Kingston ON
2007 November: solo show—Khyber Centre for the Arts, Halifax NS
2006 December: Homecoming—National Gallery of Art, Islamabad, Pakistan
2006 November: In-Between (2 person show)—Truck Gallery, Calgary AB
2006 September: Farheen HAQ (solo show)—Kelowna Art Gallery, Kelowna BC
2006 May: Seeker, Sentry, Sage—Maltwood Gallery, Victoria BC
2006 January: Breach (solo show)—Trinity Square Video Gallery, Toronto ON
2005 December: Image Bar—Blackwood Gallery, Mississauga ON
2005 September: Dance of Pattern—Textile Museum of Canada, Toronto ON
2005 August: Little Comets—64 Steps Gallery, Toronto ON
2005 June: The Living Stitch, 5 year public art installation—Harbourfront Centre, Toronto ON
2005 March: Endless Tether (solo show)—Lennox Contemporary Gallery, Toronto ON
2005 February: Fatal Love—Queens Museum of Art, Queens NY
2005 January: Subject(ive) Aesthetics—A Space Gallery, Toronto ON
2004 October: (GUARD)IAN (performance) Toronto Alternative Art Fair International (TAAFI)
2004 July: Sacred/Profane—Redhead Gallery, Toronto
2004 July: Breathing Space (solo show)—Art Gallery of Greater Victoria, Victoria BC
2004 July: artwallah—Barnsdall Art Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2004 May: explorAsian—Roundhouse Community Art Centre, Vancouver BC
2004 March: Wrapped in Code (2 person show)—Gallery 1313, Toronto ON
2003 January: Rumble on the Edge of Town Goldfarb Centre Art Gallery, York University, Toronto ON
2003 September: Nice to Meet You—Goldfarb Centre Art Gallery, York University, Toronto ON
2003 July: PRISM—The Advocate Gallery, Los Angeles CA
2003 June: artwallah—The Advocate Gallery, Los Angeles CA
2003 May: The Tiger Returns Pendulum Gallery, Vancouver BC
2003 May: Art in Exile Artropolis, Vancouver BC
2002 December: Farther West—UBC Fine Arts Gallery, Vancouver BC
2002 December: Who Knows (solo show)—Gallery at the Mac, Victoria BC
2002 November: Organism of Information. (2 person show) Visual Arts Gallery, University of Victoria BC
2002 November: All Sorts—Leanne Cadden Gallery, Victoria BC
2002 September: Cultural Intersections—Federation Gallery, Vancouver BC
2002 May: BC Festival of the Arts: Group Exhibition—Surrey BC
2002 April: artwallah—The Advocate Gallery, Los Angeles CA
select screenings
2007 November 7—11: Regent Park Film Festival (featuring adrift)—Toronto, ON
2006 October 19: Women’s Voices for Change (featuring (un)covering)—Victoria International Arts Symposium, Carnegie Building, Victoria BC
2006 August 26: Espresso Bongo (featuring Adrift 2005)—Vancouver Island College of Art, Victoria BC
2006 July 31: Far and Wide (featuring Adrift 2005)—Pacific Cinematheque, Vancouver BC
2006 June: Achtung Baby! (featuring untitled 2002)—Tranzit Ateliery, Slovakia
2006 June: Actung Baby! (featuring untitled 2002)—Ludwig Museum, Museum of Contemporary Art, Hungary
2006 June: Actung Baby! (featuring untitled 2002)—Casa Tranzit Haz, Romania
2006 April: edges of consciousness (featuring Adrift v.2 2005)—Edges Festival, Victoria BC
2005 September: Tamasha! (featuring Burke and Dream 2003)Design Exchange—Toronto ON
2005 March: New Toronto Works (featuring Burke and Dream 2003)—curated by Pleasuredome, Toronto ON
2003 May: Asian Shorts (featuring (un)covering, Ascension, Burke and Dream), Asian Heritage Month Program—University of Victoria, Victoria BC
publications/media coverage
Full Circle by Lori Littleton, The St.Catharines Standard, Fri. May 9, 2008
Alone Together Exhibition Essay by Carolyn Wren, Niagara Artists Company, St.Catharines, ON, 2008
Farheen HaQ: The Landscape of Impermanence Exhibtion Essay by Deborah Root, Gallery TPW, Toronto, ON, 2008
In-between Exhibition catalog. Introduction by Sandra Vida, Interview by Candice Hopkins, TRUCK Contemporary Art & EMMEDIA Gallery, Calgary, AB, 2006, ISBN 978-1-895684-25-4
Imagining Ourselves, Ed. Paula Goldman, New World Library, Novato, CA, 2006, ISBN-10: 1-57731-524-3
Voices of Resistance, Ed. Sarah Husain, Seal Press, Emeryville, CA, 2006, ISBN-13: 978-1-58005-181-1
Seeker, Sentry, Sage: Shades of Islam in Contemporary Art, University of Victoria, 2006, ISBN 1-55058-340-9
Small Space Big Impact by Peter Goddard, The Toronto Star, Jul.24, 2005
Endless Tether , ArtFlack 2, Summer 2005 web review
Fatal Love catalogue, Queens Museum, NY, February 2005
Religious argument made at wrap speed by Peter Goddard, The Toronto Star, April 7, 2005
Don’t underestimate the power of lament, by Peter Goddard, The Toronto Star, February 17, 2005
Getting Personal: Women explore subjectivity, by Catherine Farquharson, NOW Magazine, Toronto, February 10-16, 2005
Subjective Aesthetics: Asian Canadian Art News
Pakistani Artists to Figure Prominently in Artwallah, by Huma Ahmed, September 2004
ArtWallah exhibition review, Niralimagazine.com, September 2004
Sacred/Profane catalogue, Toronto, August 2004
Sacred/Profane Exhibition statement, August 2004
The New VI arts coverage (TV) (artist interview) August 5, 2004
Urban Prayer review by Wendy Welch, Monday Magazine, August 26, 2004
Wrapped in Code review by Eleni Karkas, Artery Magazine, Spring 2004 Vol9 Issue2
Spotlight in exhibitions/openings, Now Magazine, Toronto, March 4, 2004
CBC Radio 3 website (for The Tiger Returns exhibition) May 2003
Art in Exile, exhibition essay by Vjeko Sager
artist talks/presentations/conferences
Open-Ended Conversations, Panel discussion on art practice, Open Space Gallery, Victoria, BC, Sat. Feb 24, 2007
Artist talk, Kelowna Art Gallery, September 16, 2006
Artist talk, MediaNet, Victoria BC. March 2006.
Artist talk, Vancouver Island School of Art, Victoria BC, February 24, 2006
Artist talk for Breach, Trinity Square Video Gallery, Toronto ON, January 28, 2007
Artist talk, Blackwood Gallery, Mississauga ON, January 27, 2006
Artist talk, Textile Museum of Canada, Toronto ON, January 25, 2006
Fatal Love Artist talk, Queen’s Museum of Art, NY February 2005
CTRL, Controlling Bodies, Controlling Spaces Conference, McGill/Concordia, October 2004
Artist-Academic Interview, McGill University, October 22, 2004
Artist talk for Breathing Space, Art Gallery of Greater Victoria, July 29, 2004
Feminist Research Group Conference University of Windsor, May 2004
Error 404: File Not Found. Communication & Culture Conference, York University, March 2004
Intersections. Art History Graduate Conference, York University, March 2004
Erogenous Zones. Sociology Graduate Conference, York University, March 2004
curatorial/art-related experience
Programming Committee for South Asian Visual Artists Collective (SAVAC) (2003- 2005)
Curated Interscapes group exhibition, Gallery 401, Contact Photography Festival 2004, Toronto
Juror for Ontario Arts Council Exhibition Assistance Grants 2005
Volunteer for AntiMatter Underground Film Festival, Victoria BC, 2005
teaching experience
Art: Ideas & Approaches, Foundation course mixing theory & studio work. Vancouver Island School of Art, January-April 2006
Abstract Drawing, York University, January-April 2005
Introduction to Electronic Art, York University, September-December 2004
Art in the Woods: Exploring Site Specific Sculpture Outdoors. Workshop for Ministry of Environment Adult Educators, July 2004.
Critical Issues in the Studio, Theory course. York University, September-December 2003
prizes & awards
BC Arts Council Media Arts Grant, March 2007
BC Arts Council Visual Arts Grant, March 2007
Artist of the Year, SAVAC (South Asian Visual Arts Collective), June 2006
Sarick Purchase Prize, York University, May 2006
Canada Council Travel Grant, February 2006
BC Arts Council Grant, January 2006
BC Arts Council Visual Art Senior Award Scholarship, 2004
Ontario Graduate Scholarship, 2004
Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council Grant, 2003
DuMaurier Artist Grant, 2003
Artwallah Visual Artists Travel Award 2002
Millenium Scholar, 2000
Shastri Indo-Canadian Award Recipient, 1997
Trillium Foundation Project Grant, 1997
collections
York University
Magda Gonzalez-Mora (Curator, Havana, Cuba)
Private collection of Joan Richardson & Charles Gordon, Victoria BC
education:
2005 M.F.A in Visual Arts, York University
2000 B.Ed.(with distinction) with Teaching Certificate, University of Ottawa
1998 B.A. (with distinction) in International Development, University of Toronto
distributor
Video works distributed by: Vtape 401 Richmond Street West, Suite 452 Toronto ON, M5V 3A8, 416.351.1317, info@vtape.org