Artist Bio:

Shalalae Jamil was born and raised in Pakistan. Educated at Bennington College and The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, she has exhibited and curated work in Pakistan, the United States and the U.K. Her work is in several private collections including the Arts Council in Pakistan and the Devi Art Foundation in India.

 Using photography, film, video, installation and elements of performance, her works target home as a region consumed by the collisions between religion, tradition and modernity. Continually investigating how perception and meaning are altered by the shifting parameters of private and public space, she incorporates autobiography as a tool to address the ambiguities of cultural belonging.

Her works lend voice to various ideological conflicts that shape contemporary life in South Asia and its Diaspora.

Currently the artist lives and works in Karachi.

Artist CV:

Education

2006  School of the Art Institute of Chicago. MFA, Film, Video and New Media.

2001  Bennington College. BA, Photography.

  Selected Exhibitions & Screenings: (As Artist)

2010  Split Beds and Windows, Solo show, Guild Gallery, New York

2010 The Rising Tide, The Mohatta Palace Museum, Karachi

2010  Connecting Edge, Chicago Cultural Center, Chicago

2010  Heretic Heredity, 4^th Cairo video Festival, Cairo

2009  Domestic Policy, Guild Gallery, New York

2009  Oh My God!, I can Buy Art!, Grey Noise, Lahore

2009  Tumhara Zikr, Independent South Asian Film Festival, Seattle

2009  Cultural Memory, Transdiasporic Art practices, Woman Made Gallery, Chicago

2009  Tumhara Zikr, Kara Film Festival, Karachi.

2009  Conversations at the Edge, Solo show, Greynoise, Lahore                                   

2009  360 Degrees, Traveling Show, India, Pakistan, U.K.                                               

2009  3 Views, Sadequain Gallery, Karachi                                                           

2008  The F’ Stops Here, Two Person show, Vibe Gallery, London                       

2008  Between White Walls, Two Person show, The Commune, Karachi           

2008  60x60, Traveling Show, India, Pakistan, U.K

2007  Shanaakht,The Identity Project, Citizens Archive of Pakistan, Karachi                       

2006  Indo-Pak Film Festival,  SAAFA, Chicago           

2006  Mentioning You, Gene Siskel Film Center, Chicago                                   

2006  Probes, A look at contemporary Pakistani Artists, Hothouse, Chicago

2006  Revolutions, Contemporary Film and Video from Pakistan, Chicago           

2006  Urban Hum of Pakistan, Traveling screenings with Third I, NY Chapter           

2005  Untitled, Seattle South Asian Film Festival, Seattle                                   

2005  Heretic Heredity, Galeria Noua, Bucharest                       

2005  Foot by Foot, Kara Art Exhibit, Karachi                                               

2005  3 Generations and the Tourist I,  Gallery 2, Chicago                                               

2005  Aar Paar Project, Traveling Exhibition, India, Pakistan                                   

2004  Self Portrait, Kara Film Festival, Karachi,                                                           

2004  Tasveer, Insight Arts, Chicago                                                                        

2004  Namaz e Janaaza, Patchwerx, Hothouse, Chicago

2003  Mirror Mirror, SAIC, Chicago                                                                       

2002  Portraits, Arts Council, Traveling Show, Pakistan

2001  Summer, Usdan gallery, Bennington, Vermont

Selected Events: (As Lecturer/Panelist)

2010 Visiting Artist Lecture, Bennington College, VT

2010 Visiting Artist Lecture, Washington University,  MO

2009 Visiting Artist Lecture, Hampshire College, MA

2009 Panel Discussion, SAWCC, New York, NY

Teaching Experience:

2010 Chair of Post Graduate Diploma course In Film,

                Indus Valley School of Art and Architecture, Karachi

2010 Thesis Advisor in the Fine Art Department,

                Indus Valley School of Art and Architecture, Karachi

2010 Part-time Faculty, Post Graduate Diploma Course in Photography,

                Indus Valley School of Art and Architecture, Karachi

2010 Visiting Faculty, Still and Moving Images, Nixor College, Karachi

2010 Part-time Faculty in Film, Indus Valley School of Art and Architecture, Karachi

2010 Visiting Faculty, Beaconhouse National University, Lahore, Pakistan

2008 Part-time Faculty, Fine Arts, National College of Arts, Lahore, Pakistan

2007 Part-time Faculty, Digital/Video Art, Beaconhouse National University, Lahore

2006 Part-time Faculty, Film, Video and New-Media Art,

                School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL

2006 Youth Program Instructor, Digital Moviemaking Summer Camp,

        Chicago Filmmakers, Chicago, IL

2005 Part-time Faculty, Microcinema and The Short,

                Indus Valley School of Art and Architecture, Karachi

2005 Extracurricular Program Instructor, The Lyceum, Karachi

2004 Teaching Assistant, Film,Video and New Media Dept,

                School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL

2004 Teaching Assistant, Photography Dept,

                School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL

2003 Part-time Faculty, Photography Dept, The University of Karachi, Karachi

2001 Teaching Assistant, July Program, Bennington College, Bennington, VT

Film Crew Experience:

2010 Second Assistant Director, Rafina - Dir Sabiha Sumar

2010 First Assistant Director, Mor Sahib's Wish - Dir Till Passow

2008 Producer, Paths To Prosperity - Dir Syed Ali Nasir

2007 Still Photographer, A Hand Full of Dirt - Dir Russell Watson

Awards and Scholarships:

2006 Fellowship Award, School of the Art Institute of Chicago

2003 Full Merit Scholarship for Graduate Studies, School of the Art Institute of Chicago

2001 Sandra Kesselman Award for Outstanding Academic Achievement, Bennington

               College