BBC Asian Network Radio. ‘At the Heart of the Nation: India in Britain’.
Press Shows&Screenings / 06.10.17
Nomia Iqbal interviews Dr. Florian Stadtler & myself as part of, ‘At the Heart of the Nation’ is led by the… Continue »
Patchwork Archivists; Existence as Resistance
Sunday, September 10, 2017 – 13:15 – 14:45 Festival Bargehouse Barge House St London SE1 9QS Join me &… Continue »
Reel Equality Panel, Nottingham Contemporary
Talks / 25.08.17
Earlier this week, I spoke on a panel at The Nottingham Contemporary, alongside Michelle Hubbard, Black Lives Matter with Patcee… Continue »
NEW COMMISSION! ‘Art as Life’, Derby Quad
Lightseekers News / 15.07.17
Lightseekers has been commissioned by The Derby QUAD, for a new project. Entitled ‘Art as Life. A Practice for everyday… Continue »
The State of Photography II : Symposium, 16 Jun
Lightseekers Talks / 16.05.17
I’m pleased to be among the speakers at this symposium, but it delights me more that my work as a… Continue »
‘Protection’ screening, RCA
Shows&Screenings / 16.05.17
Procreate Projects presents: OXYTOCIN – Birthing the world Royal College of Art, London – 3rd June 2017 Oxytocin… Continue »
Re. Connecting Struggles, Uni of Leicester. 5th Jun
Lightseekers Talks / 01.05.17
A one-day workshop to connect people who work on different struggles across continents, class, gender, race, ethnicity, sexuality, religion, etc…. Continue »
TV Interviews for Migration Museum
Press / 25.04.17
I was interviewed by @felipethejourno from German TV channel, ZDF & CNN for the launch of a new temporary exhibition space… Continue »
Make.Practice.Perfect.
Talks / 20.03.17
Annual Event: How do we make art. How do we maintain our art practice. Where do we look for help…. Continue »
Four Women, Five Stories: Film Screening and Q&A
Talks / 03.03.17
As part of International Women’s Day, I will be in conversation with Dr Melanie Kennedy from the School of Media,… Continue »
‘Samsara’ @Attenborough Arts Centre
Art Leverhulme Lightseekers / 07.02.17
‘Samsara’ as part of The Attenborough Arts Centre ‘Takeover’. This display follows the inaugural launch of ‘Liberation’, at the Charles Wilson building… Continue »
Step Up, European Youth Video Award. Jury Member
Journal / 19.01.17
I’ve been invited to participate as a jury member for the WAVE (Women Against Violence Europe) Step-Up Campaign, in Brussels. The… Continue »
Woven Stories and Other Projects (2013 – 2016).
Leverhulme Lightseekers News Shows&Screenings / 17.01.17
This exhibition combines selected works produced in collaboration between myself and different communities within local, national and international settings. It demonstrates… Continue »
‘Be Fearless’. Irene Shamma
Journal / 20.11.16
‘When the forest is gone, life is gone. The music stops and the party is over. To heal our planet from… Continue »
Do Arts and Culture Need a Digital Suffragette Movement?
Lightseekers Talks / 20.11.16
Panel Discussion, ‘Taking the Lead: Do Arts and Culture Need a Digital Suffragette Movement?’ at Rough Trade, Nottingham on Wed 23… Continue »
Activism, Art & Social Change
Lightseekers Talks / 13.11.16
Panel Discussion. 5th Nov 2016, 2pm – 4pm Artists Kajal Nisha Patel and Sunil Shah hosted a panel discussion with… Continue »
Diwali Light
Journal / 29.10.16
I’ve noticed it’s becoming fashionable to celebrate one’s own culture. 3rd, 4th 5th generation seem to be much more self… Continue »
Photography Intro. The Loughborough University
Lightseekers Talks / 10.11.16
A one off Photography session at the University of Loughborough. Mon 14 November 2016, 19:30 – 21:30.
Twenty-Eight Hours
Journal Lightseekers / 11.08.16
After being awarded Leverhulme Artist in Residence in January 2016, I promised myself I would keep a diary and blog… Continue »
💥 ‘Black Feminism & the Politics of WOC in Europe’. Edinburgh, 3rd Sept 💥
Talks / 08.08.16
A one-day symposium. I’ll be sharing some of my latest work & research on the working & domestic lives of British… Continue »
Cultural Fabric Talk. The New Walk Museum; 10th Aug.
Talks / 29.07.16
Cultural Fabric. Wed 10th August 10.30am – 12pm. I’ll be leading a conversation at The New Walk Museum, drawing… Continue »
Woven Stories, An Intergenerational Workshop
Leverhulme Lightseekers / 18.07.16
Session1. After lots of planning, we just delivered our first workshop to a cohort of women, connected by a personal interest… Continue »
Selected by CVAN for DOCUMENT
News / 10.06.16
A huge amount of respect for non London centric projects that are set up to support emerging artists. A similar… Continue »
Rekha (film)
Art / 08.06.16
These films share an intimate view of British South Asian women’s lives, connected through a shared history of working at… Continue »
Kajal Nisha Patel – Photographer in Flight
The birds in the image towards the end of this article symbolise those who walk with me, those who reject… Continue »
Cookery Workshops!
Journal Leverhulme / 13.05.16
Learn cooking from the masters. Local British South Asian women will share cooking skills. You will be able to cook, taste… Continue »
New Storytelling Website!
Leverhulme / 17.04.16
First stories now up on the new website which is dedicated to the participatory component of my Leverhulme Artist Residency.From March – December 2016,… Continue »
Royal Photographic Society (video)
Talks / 01.04.16
A lovely opportunity passed onto me by Abbie Trayler-Smith since she was on assignment in Nigeria. The staff and students… Continue »
Chinese Studies PhD reading group (ChiSRA)
Talks / 31.03.16
I was invited by Stephanie Lu (PhD Museum Studies, University of Leicester), to share my work with The Chinese Studies PhD… Continue »
Jantar Mantar
Journal / 22.03.16
Jantar Mantar Observatory, Delhi as depicted by William Simpson of Glasgow in 1859. Commissioned by Day & Son, one of… Continue »
Dr Maria Rovisco chairs panel on global migration
Talks / 18.02.16
I will share the stage with: Mirjam Abigail Twigt (Department of Sociology and Media and Communication, University of Leicester) Ambrose Musiyiwa… Continue »
Flaneur, PORTRAIT; First Art
News Shows&Screenings / 09.04.15
PORTRAIT: People and Places of the First Art Area; Mansfield. I am officially a flâneuse following four months of photographing people… Continue »
Magenta Flash Forward Festival, Boston (video)
Shows&Screenings / 16.06.14
Fabric. Group show at the Fairmont Battery Wharf, Boston. Thankfully I’m not in the video, but I was in Boston… Continue »
#100 Stories Exhibition
Shows&Screenings / 13.01.14
As I attempt to reach the wider public with my work, my interaction with universities has increased over the past… Continue »
TEDx AshokaU Exchange, San Diego.
Art / 09.03.13
Self-Discovery and Changemaking Through Photography – My first showcase in the USA and one of my first experiences of making a… Continue »
Exhibition. Street Level Photoworks
Shows&Screenings / 30.05.13
A group Exhibition with Ken Grant : Moira Lovell : Louis Quail. Runs 1st – 23rd June 2013
Interview. FORMAT13 Festival. Factory
Press / 23.12.12
A short interview taken during FORMAT13 press launch at St Pancras Station, London. I’m delighted to have been been selected… Continue »
Flight to Greenham Exhibition, Newbury
Art Shows&Screenings / 08.11.12
In 1972 leader Idi Amin expelled the entire Asian population of the country, giving them 90 days to leave the… Continue »
Migration Exhibit @LCB, Leicester
Shows&Screenings / 20.03.12
‘Migration – Our Story So Far’. (The Golden Mile). 20th March 2012 – 3rd April 2012
Selected. Everyone’s a Curator – Miniclick Response Exhibit
Shows&Screenings / 13.11.13
Brighton Photo Fringe, 2013 hosted the first ever Miniclick Response Exhibition at the Fringe HQ at Phoenix, Brighton with Lucy… Continue »
Finalist. Yumi Goto’s Asian Women Photographer Showcase
News Shows&Screenings / 23.12.12
I’m delighted to be selected as a finalist for the 2nd “Asian Women Photographers Showcase” (AWPS), which will be presented… Continue »
Shortlisted – Culture 360.org
News Shows&Screenings / 27.09.12
I have been shortlisted as one of the top 5 finalists, voted most by the culture360.org readers during the period… Continue »
Selected! Culture Cloud, New Art Exchange
New Art Exchange in Nottingham worked with Artfinder to develop Culture Cloud, a virtually curated art programme/competition which allowed audiences… Continue »
Birth
Journal / 30.12.15
Ramapir slum. Ahmedabad, India. ‘Some will say no life is a waste. Others will claim waste or usefulness are both… Continue »
Portrait Salon Talk: Fuse, Bradford
Talks / 05.02.14
I’m delighted to be speaking alongside founders; James O Jenkins, Carole Evans and Photographer, Rick Pushinsky as part of Portrait Salon’s… Continue »
Kampala to Leicester
Art Shows&Screenings / 01.05.12
I’ve been commissioned by The Leicester New Walk Museum to deliver a series of participatory workshops to a group of… Continue »
Indian Britain, BBC Radio2
Press / 15.08.12
I was interviewed by Hardeep Singh Kohli during his UK road trip. As part of this programme, he visited Leicester, Birmingham, Nottingham,… Continue »
Lightseekers Exhibition @Atkins Hosiery Factory, Hinckley
Lightseekers Shows&Screenings / 14.12.12
Launch event of our Lightseekers UK Exhibition in Hinckley. We were very happy to welcome Anne Wesseberg, curator at Gammelgaard Herlev,… Continue »
Suits & Sarees
Art Shows&Screenings / 25.02.12
A new commission, in partnership with Dipak Mistry. Dipak & I will be running a series of workshops for a… Continue »
Selected for East meets West (FORMAT)
News Shows&Screenings / 01.03.12
I have been selected for FORMAT, QUAD and Light House’s new initiative ‘East meets West’. This is a collaboration to showcase emerging photographers… Continue »
Sooraj Subramaniam
Commercial / 11.11.11
Moving Forward event. CICD (Centre for Indian Classical Dance).
Transform CPD. Bursary Winner
News / 03.02.12
I’m absolutely thrilled to receive one of ten artist bursaries from Snibston Discovery Museum as part of TRANSFORM (Arts Council England)…. Continue »
Migration Museum, London – Winner
News / 19.11.11
100 Images of Migration was the result of a competition run with the Guardian that asked for images relating to migration…. Continue »
Last day at The Highfields Centre
Journal / 16.05.11
After three years working as an arts practitioner, I am leaving the Highfields centre due to cuts in staff and… Continue »
Gammelgaard Project, Copenhagen
Lightseekers / 08.10.11
An international project, organised by Gammelgaard Kunst & Kultur Centre, Copenhagen. There will be two fundraising exhibitions in the UK… Continue »
Satyaprakash Exhibition at LCB Depot
Shows&Screenings / 09.08.10
I was awarded with the LCB Depot Prize, during the City Gallery’s annual Open exhibition in Leicester. As part of… Continue »
Open 22 @ New Walk Museum
News Shows&Screenings / 13.11.11
My third attempt, entering the New Walk Museum’s Open exhibition. The first time I entered was in 2008/09 with some… Continue »
Creative Leicestershire Business Development Grant!
News / 18.04.09
I am finally upgrading my Canon 350D for a 5d mkii, with the help of Creative Leicestershire. The grant is… Continue »
Exhibition at BBC Radio Leicester
Shows&Screenings / 23.10.10
A small selection of my work is up at BBC Radio Leicester for three months. The exhibition follows an online feature,… Continue »
Vision Photography Competition
Journal / 29.10.10
I was invited by Kevin Ryan at Charnwood Arts to judge their annual open international photography competition, Vision.
Darbar Classical Music Festival
Journal / 07.07.09
I have been attending Darbar classical Indian music festival almost since the beginning so it is a real pleasure to have… Continue »
Satyaprakash Online
Art Lightseekers / 13.11.07
Charnwood Arts have been enormously supportive of my work from the outset. Following a long trip to India for an… Continue »
Indicorps; Photographer in Residence
Journal / 31.05.07
It’s been eight months since I joined Indicorps, NGO. With the support of Manav Sadhana, I have been working with the… Continue »