Education
2003-2005 MA Fine Art Media
Slade, University College London, recieved Prankard-Jones Memorial award in Fine Art
1999-2002 BA Fine Art in Context
University of the West Of England, Bristol
Commissions
2009
Live Art Development Agency, (10th anniversary)
Futuresonic
HOME:LiveArt
2008
The Delfina Foundation, London
RADAR, Loughborough
Chelsea Theatre, London
Pavilion Film project, Leeds
2007
BBC
Live Art UK
Arnolfini, Bristol
2006
BBC/Arts Council England
SPACE Media arts, London
Artist Book
2005 Shiekh 'n' Vac Book Works, London
Residencies
2011Artist In Residence as part of The Global Contemporary, ZKM center for Art and Media, Germany,
2010-2011 Artist In Residence [one year], Whitechapel Gallery : devising ongoing AIR programme
2010 Home and Abroad, [Triangle Arts]Portugal
2008 Artshouse, Melbourne, Australia
2007 Can Marques, Spain
Talks (selection)
2010
Artist Talk, Across Histories, ArteEast, New York
Artist Talk. Bard College, New York
2009
Perspectives & Seeing , RCA, London
The Art Of Protest, panel discussion, Chelsea School of Art & Design, London
Altermodern Manifesto Lecture, (Tate Triennale), Tate Britian, London
2008
Invitation to Play: an informal colloquium at the Tate Britain, devised by RCA and Middlesex University.
2006
Artist Talk.Faith & Identity in Contemporary Visual Culture, Manchester University
2005
Artist Presentation/Panelist. 'A quiet tradition, the Muslim vernacular'. Tate Britain, London
Solo exhibitions
2009
A Rather Trival Pursuit, PROJECTROOM, Madrid
2006 & 2008
Yara El-Sherbini, La Caja Blanca, Spain
Exhibitions/ Performances / Screenings (selection)
2012
The Global Contemporary, ZKM, Germany
The Bravery of Being Our Of Range II, Sultan Gallery, Kuwait
HaHa Road, Mostyn Gallery, Wales
2011
HaHa Road, Quad Gallery, Derby
A Pub Quiz at The National Maritime Museum, Greenwich
A Pub Quiz at I'll talk with anyone tht will talk with me, City Gallery, Leicester Art Gallery
The Bravery of Being Our Of Range, ATHR Gallery, Jeddah
2010
A Pub Quiz, Bard College, New York
Universality Challenge, Arnolfini
A Pub Quiz, BALTIC
A Rather Trivial Pursuit, The Jewish Museum
2009
Great British Art?, Norwich Castle Museum
The Girl Effect, Lombard-Freid, New York
Transmission Interrupted, Modern Art Oxford, Oxford
At Your Service, The David Roberts Art Foundation, London
100 years of Climate Change, Futuresonic, Manchester
Vienna Art Fair, Vienna
Universality Challenge, Battersea Arts Centre
2008
With a small p The Delfina Foundation, London
BAC! CCCB Bareclona, Spain
A Pub Quiz, The Melbourne Fringe Festival, Australia
ARTDubai, Dubai
A Pub Quiz, The National Portrait Gallery, London
A Pub Quiz, IKON gallery, Birmingham
Taiwan Women Theatre Festival,Taiwan
Universality Challenge Chelsea Theatre, London
Temporary Agency, Chelsea Space, London
Khoj Live 08, Delhi, India
ARTfutures, Contmeporary Art Society, London
Live Art Unpacked,Centre d'Art Contemporain Geneve, Switzerland
Trans-actions, ARCO, Madrid
Performing Rights, National Review of Live Art, Glasgow
2007
Absence of Present, Can Marques, Spain
Joking Aside, Bury St Edmonds Art Gallery, Suffolk
Festival de Video arte del Mercado de las Flores, Spain
System Error, Palazzo delle Papesse, Italy
A Pub Quiz; Artsadmin Summer Season, Artsadmin, London
Artsadmin Film Programme, Artsadmin, London
Breathing Space, The Junction, Cambridge
Emerging Artists, Tokyo Wonder Site, Japan
A Pub Quiz, Live Art Development Agency Open Night, Rich Mix, London
Breathing Space, Arnolfini, Bristol
2006
Who are you? Where are you really from? Whitworth art gallery, Manchester
Tagged, SPACE Media Arts, London
Breathing Space, Tramway, Glasgow
Breathing Space, Greenroom, Manchester
Interventions, Late at Tate, Tate Britain, London
East International, Norwhich
Performance Studies International #12, London
Inbetween Time Festival, Arnolfini, Bristol
2005
Ephemeral Cities, London
Loop, Barcelona
Bienal De Jafre, Spain
Transart, Italy
Do Not Interrupt Your Activities, Curating Contemporary Art, RCA, London
2003
National Review Of Live Art, Glasgow
9th Cairo International Biennale, Egypt
Inbetween Time Festival, Arnolfini, Bristol
2002
Mute-Dialogue Watershed, Bristol
Publications
2010 Contemporary Practices vol VII, December
2009 Group Process, Radar, Loughborough University
Younger Than Jesus catalogue, New Museum, New York
2008 Documenting Live, David A Bailey & the Live Art Development Agency
2007 Life is More Important Than Art. Ed. Gilane Tawadros
Bibliography:
2009
Art in the Global Age.
Aesthetica magazine, April
Transmission Interrupted catalogue essay. Gilane Tawadros
Transmission Interrupted review, Art Monthly, Coline Miliard, issues 327
Transmission Interrupted review, Bidoun, Sam Thorne, Summer
Transmission Interrupted review, Frieze, Nav Haq, issue 124
At Your Service catalogue essay. Cylena Simmonds
At Your Service review, Time Out, May 7th
At Your Service review, The Art Newspaper, 29th April
Play as Political Gesture, RealTime Arts magazine, Marie-Anne Mancio, issue 90
2008
Pub quiz taps into social issues. The AGE. Fiona Scott-Norman
The league of extraordinary women.Emel magazine.August
Art into Reality. Niki Seth-Smith. The London Magazine. June/July
New artistry, unveiled,Sara Wajid.Mslexia.June
Universal Humour, Andrea Enisuoh, New Nation. May
Is it Art? 4Talent, online profiles. Nathan Lyons. April
Art – Not just for art’s sake, The Muslim News. Ala Abbas. 29 Feb
2007
Universally Challenging. Sara Wajid. The Guardian G2. Aug 1st
Radical positions. Manick Govinda. AN collections
Dispatches. James Silver. The Guardian. May 21
Art, race and religion. Hammad Nasar. Arts Professional. Issue 137
System Error - War is a force that gives us meaning catalogue
2006
Q:What social phenomenon separates UK drinkers from all others? A:The pub quiz. Sunday Herald 10th Dec
Where funny is more than peculiar . Jack Mottram. The Herald. 1st Dec
New Shades of Black. Hammad Nasar. Who Are You, Where are you really from? Catalogue
Challenges & Possibilities: Contemporary Muslim Cultures & Identities in Visual Art. Rajinder Dudrah. Who Are You? Catalogue
The Spychip under your skin. Armin Medosch. Tagged catalogue.
Thinking inside the box. Sarah Thompson. Mallorca style and culture. March
La Resistència. El Mundo. March
Compormisco e Ironia. Biel Amer, Diario de Mallorca, 17th March
Scape Specific. Eddie Chambers. ArtMonthly. Feb
Los musulmanes somo demonizados en Occidente. Matías Vallés Diario de Mallorca. 4th Feb
I started a joke. Kim Dhillion. La Caja Blanca Catalogue
Foreword Eva Shakouri. La Caja Blanca Catalogue
2005
Have you heard the one about the veil? Sara Wajid. Times Higher Education Supplement.18th Nov
Move over Brit Art, Here's Grit Art. Hester Westley.The Knowledge.The Times. 9th July
Do Not Interrupt Your Activities. Rebbeca May Marston. Catalogue. RCATransart Catalogue
Tate What's on guide. June-July
2004
Dust in the desert 9th Cairo Biennale. Grady T Turner. Flash Art International. March
The 9th Cairo international Biennale. Dina Ramadan. Frieze. April
LIVE art and performance. Tate Publishing
2003
It makes cents. Yara El-Sherbini A-N Magazine. Nov
Signs of the Times. Mathew Mirapaul. The New York Times. Feb 3rd
New Territories. Catalogue
7 performing artists. Kevin Emery. Seven Evening Post
Emerging Young Artists CDA Catalogue
Awards
2009 Arts Council England Touring Grant
2006 Artsadmin Bursary recipient
2005 Arts and Humanities Research Board
2003 Support to exhibit at the 9th Cairo Biennale: Arts Council of England
2002 Research and Development Fund: Arts Council of England
Tv and Radio
2007/9 Regular contributer to BBC Asian Network Nihal's Show. (15)
2007 Presented BBC documentary ‘Single British Muslim.Com’ BBC ONE
Art and Morality discussion panelist ‘Nexus’ PRESS TV
Education projects
2010
VerbalEyes, Tate Britian
Your The Boss residency, Chisenhale and Vital Arts at the Royal London Hosptial
2009
Inivators, Iniva, London
Visiting Lecturer, City Lit, London
Your The Boss residency, Chisenhale and Vital Arts at the Royal London Hosptial
Iniva teaching project, for MA Goldsmiths students, London
Visiting Lecturer, Leeds Metropolitian University
2008
Visiting Lecturer, City Lit, London
Residency at Osmani School, as part of Chisenhale project.
DIY 5: Leading a professional development project for artists to explore uses of popular culture forms within their practise, Newcastle
Fierce Platinum Artist Talks, Birmingham
Talking About Living Together, Artist Workshop-Lead Artist [of Two], INIVA, British Council Touring Exhibition, Belfast
Mapping educational workshops, NewVic Community College, as part of an InIva project
Mapping educational workshops, Hackney Community College, as part of an InIva project
2007
DIY4; Leading a professional development project for artists to explore humour, The Live Art Development Agency project, London
DIY4; IBID, Birmingham
I & Me Too. Collaborative art& education project. Studio Voltaire, London
Mapping educational workshops, Hackney Community College, as part of an InIva project
Artist Talk. Anthropology and Visual Culture Dept. University College London
2005
Visiting Lecture. Art Institute, Bournemouth
2003
Artist Presentation/Panelist.Media as a political tool. Cairo Biennale
Re-authoring black identity within mass media workshop. Afford/UEL, London
Collections: Whitworth Gallery, Can Marques Museum, and numerous international private collectors.