Exhibitions I have curated nationally & internationally
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‘Hope and Healing’
A collaboration with Refugee Roots at City Arts, Nottingham. 2022
This exhibition celebrates the hope that is felt within every session of our art group and the healing that creativity can nurture. Working with artists Antonietta Sacco and Ismail Khokon refugees and asylum seekers met in twice weekly art sessions to explore clay, collage, photography and printmaking.
Our invited curator Diana Ali who has elevated their art work to showcase their creations said “It is an honour to be asked to curate such diverse artworks, people and backgrounds. Individual creativity has been demonstrated in a shared space where different fragments of culture come together without barriers of land, language, race or religion. We have put differences aside and curated an exhibition which celebrates asylum seekers and refugees. We have a universal language in creativity where everyone has an equal voice to be able to be part of a positive
community and to co-exist.”
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‘Women: Their voices, Vibrancy and Vitality’
Collaboration between Nottingham Women’s Centre & Nottingham Castle, Nottingham, 2020
The artwork exhibited is from the Nottingham Castle’s collection of women artists from our local area and beyond. From historical to contemporary times, we are looking at the work they have produced in times of challenge, through contesting and having a voice. The art featured varies from the Suffragettes and Feminist movements, political and social themes to mass media and cultural identity. You will see works in painting, photography, sculpture as well as other explorative media.
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‘Loss & Lucidity’
(The Lost & Found *2/3)
Appleton & Fabrica Braco de Prata, Lisbon 2019
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‘Loss & Lucidity’
(The Lost & Found *1)
SANTORASPACE, California 2018
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‘DNMGS’ Art & Medieval Graffiti
Creswell Crags, Derbyshire, UK 2017
In collaboration with archeologists surveying Medieval graffiti
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‘Engagement AND Entrapment’ (*1,2,3)
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Gallery GAIA, Seoul South Korea 2016 Images
Benjamin Gallery, Tel Aviv Israel 2014
Zmart Gallery, Nicosia Cyprus 2015 Images
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St.Wulfrum’s Church
Grantham, UK 2017/18
Gopro video
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‘A State of Un-Play’
Atelier 35, Bucharest Romania 2013
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‘Beyond the Material World’
Barlane Studios, York 2012
In association with International Association with Quantum Artists (IAQA)
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‘Mis-IN-Formation’
In conjunction with Fringe Arts Bath (FAB) 2012
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‘double lives: duple trials’
MaltCross Gallery, Nottingham 2011
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‘Dialogues: A Fake Romance?’
Elysium Gallery, Swansea, Wales 2010
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‘Subversive Correspondence 1&2’
Broadwalk Arts Space, Bristol & BAR gallery, London 2009
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‘Olfaction’
The Empty Shop Gallery, Durham 2009
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‘Pop Samati’ 2009
Pop Samati art paper is an experimental open platform for people with an interest in South Asian narratives.
Work by Diana Ali ‘Shifting Identities’
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‘Up & Coming’ 2008
A showcase of over 60 national and international emerging artists.
Contemporary Urban Centre northwest, part of the City of Culture, Liverpool 2008
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