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Seher Shah
Born 1975, Karachi, Pakistan
The Artist Lives and Works in Brooklyn
Education: 1998 Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, R.I. Bachelor of Architecture, Bachelor of Fine Arts
1993 Fiorella LaGuardia, High School of the Arts and Performing Arts, New York
Solo Exhibitions
2012
Nature Morte, Berlin
2011
“Object Anxiety”- Scaramouche, New York
2009
”Paper to Monument”- Nature Morte, New Delhi
2008
”Jihad Pop”- Bose Pacia Gallery, New York
2007
”The Black Star”- Momenta Art, Brooklyn
Group Exhibitions
2012
"The Phenomenal World"- Otto Zoo Gallery, Milan
"Cardinal Meridians: New Geometries of the Infinite"- Lakeeren Art Gallery, Mumbai
"Brute Ornament"- Green Art Gallery, Dubai
"Cynical Love: Life in the Everyday"- Kiran Nadar Museum of Art, New Delhi
2010
“Spiral Jetty”- Nature Morte, New Delhi
“On Rage” - House of World Cultures, Berlin
2009
”How Nations are Made”- Green Cardamom, Cartwright Hall
”The Last Sessions”- Flemish Cultural Center, Amsterdam
”The Jameel Prize Exhibition”- Victoria and Albert Museum, London
”Bad Moon Rising”- Gallery Sans Titre, Brussels
”Art Basel”- Bose Pacia & Nature Morte, Basel, Switzerland
“Group Show” - Nature Morte, Berlin
”Armory Art Fair”- Bose Pacia & Nature Morte, New York
”Line of Control”- Green Cardamom, Third Line gallery, Dubai/ Karachi/ London
”Infinite Possibilities”- Momenta Art, Brooklyn
2008
”The Labyrinth Wall: From Mythology to Reality”- Exit Art, New York
”FIAC”- Grand Palais & Louvre, Paris
”Zoo”- London
”Empire and its Discontents”- Tufts University, Medford
”New Acquisitions”- Queens Museum of Art, New York
”21: Contemporary Art”- Brooklyn Museum, New York
”Showcase Singapore”- Nature Morte, Singapore
”Art Basel”- Bose Pacia & Nature Morte, Basel
Drawing Space, Green Cardamom, London
NY/LA, Gallery Barry Keldoulis, Sydney
2007
Generation 1.5, Queens Museum of Art, New York
”Art Basel Miami Beach”- Bose Pacia & Nature Morte, Miami
”New Art Dealers Alliance”- Momenta Art, Miami
”Summertime”- Gallery Gisele Linder, Basel
”Group Summer Exhibition”- Nature Morte, New Delhi
”Zeichnungen: Contemporary Drawings”- Gallery Gisele Linder, Basel
”Gulf Art Fair”- Bose Pacia & Nature Morte, Dubai
”Armory Art Fair”- Bose Pacia & Nature Morte, New York
”The Devotee Exhausts the Forces of Activity”- Gallery Barry Keldoulis, Sydney
”Changing Climate”- Abrons Art Center, New York
2006
”In a State of Emergency: Women, War and the Politics of Urban Survival”- New York
”Liverpool Biennial”- The Independents, International Digital Art, Liverpool
”Fatal Love: Radical political art from South Asia”- Queen's Museum of Art, New York
”29th Small Works Exhibition”- Washington Square East Gallery, New York
2005
”Solo series at 526 Open”- Chelsea Arts Building, New York
2004
”Group Drawing Exhibit”- Galapagos Art Space, Williamsburg
”Art Students League”- New York
Williamsburg Kent Avenue Open Studios, New York
Reviews and Publications
Exhibition Catalogue, 'Women, War and the Politics of Urban Survival 2006
Siddhartha Mittar, 'Sepia Mutiny (blog) In a State of Emergency 2006
New York Magazine, 'Best of the Armory Show- A Fine Art Browser 2007
Art India, 'State of Emergency 2007
Tara Kyle, Bilal Qureishi, Ahmed Shihab-Eldin, 'Defining Middle Ground, The Next Generation of Muslim New Yorkers 2007
Charles Bonenti 'Berkshire Regal','How Fair thou Art 2007
Kunstmagazin, Annette Hoffmann, 'Eine Zeichnung kommt selten allein', Regioartline 2007
ArtInfo News, Judd Tully, 'Gulf Art Fair 2007
Queens Tribune, Juliet Werner, 'Queens Museum meets Generation 1.5 2007
Flavorpill NYC, Cultural Events across Music, Art and Film 2007
Art Papers, Lara Kristin Lentini, 'Changing Climate 2007
Time Out Delhi, Sonal Shah, Review for Nature Morte 2007
Art Concerns, Aakansha Rastogi, Freedom of Interpretation 2007
Pol Oxygen Magazine, Kellie Holt, 'Shah Thing'-New Art and Innovation from around the Globe, Issue 22 2007
The New York Times, Martha Schwendener, 'Generation 1.5', Art in Review 2007
Surya Singh, Of 'Different' Classes, (Matters of Art.com) 2007
Ego Magazine, Jihad Pop 2007
John Hill, A Daily Dose of Architecture, Jihad Pop, (blog) 2007
The New York Times, Holland Cotter, Art in Review, 'Seher Shah-Jihad Pop 2007
Bidoun, Manjula Padmanabhan, Nature Morte Exhibit Review, Fall 2007
Elle Girl Magazine (Korea), New Artist Profile 2008
Art US, Foundation for International Art Criticism, Yaelle Amir, 'Jihad Pop', Issue No. 21 2008
Frieze Magazine, Emerging Artists of 2007, Issue 112 2008
Phillip Art expert, Collins, Veronica, 'Jihad Pop 2008
Jihad Pop, catalogue for Bose Pacia exhibition2008
Drawing Space catalogue, Green Cardamom 2008
Schauffhausen new acquisitions publication, Hallen fur Neue Kunst 2008
Empire and its Discontents, Tufts University publication, forward by Amy Schlegal 2008
The Boston Globe, Cate McQuaid, 'Empire', Art Review 2008
The Khaleej Times, Maria Waqar, 'Looking Beyond the Lines of Control', Int'l News 2008
Gulf News, Leyla Haroon, Form and Colour of Divided destinies 2009
Line of Control, catalogue, forward by Hammad Nasar 2009
Sophia Money-Coutts, The National, Aligning the Debate 2009
Frieze Magazine, Elize Williams, Lines of Control 2009
Interview Magazine, Armory Selects 2009
Generation 1.5, Publication, Queens Museum of Art 2009
Public journal: projects for a small world, Curated by Gregory Burke and Christine Davis 2009
Printed Matter: Nominated for Artist award 2009
Collections
Brooklyn Museum, New York
The Devi Art Foundation
Deutsche Bank Art Contemporary
Museum of Modern Art, New York
Museum of Contemporary Art, (Hallen fur Neue Kunst), Schauffhausen, Switzerland
The Progressive Collection
Queens Museum of Art, New York
Thyssen - Bornemisza Art Contemporary Foundation (T-B A21), Vienna, Austria