Divya Mehra, I am the American Dream (still just a Paki), 1987 Gold Jaguar Vanden Plas, 75” x 192” x 40”, 2010
- Saturday, May 14, 2011
- 2:00pm – 3:00pm
- MAWA
In her practice, Mehra explores cultural appropriation, displacement and hybridization. She will talk about how these issues play out in her work, as well as her use of humour as an ongoing strategy. Divya Mehra is a multimedia artist who recently earned her MFA from Columbia University, New York. Her work has been included in a number of exhibitions and screenings across North America and overseas, most notably at the Queens Museum of Art and Hendershot Gallery (New York, U.S.A.), the Beijing 798 Biennale (Beijing, China), Plug In ICA and PLATFORM: center for photographic + digital arts (Winnipeg, Canada), Images Festival and A Space (Toronto, Canada), Groupe Intervention Video (Montreal, Canada), and Gallery OED (Cochin, India). Mehra currently divides her time between Winnipeg and New York.
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Divya Mehra is a graduate of the MFA program at Columbia University, New York. Her practice draws from experiences of displacement, cultural conventions and hybridization, infusing a biting wit in the execution of her projects. Divya’s work has been included in a number of exhibitions and screenings, most notably at Creative Time, MoMA PS1, MTV, The Queens Museum of Art, MASS MoCA, Art Asia (Miami), Platform Centre for Photographic + Digital Arts, Plug In ICA, Artspeak, Images Festival, The Beijing 798 Biennale, Bielefelder Kunstverein (Germany) and Latitude 28 (India). Recent publications featuring her work have appeared in print and online through The New York Times, Art in America, Whitewall Magazine, and Vogue India. Divya Mehra was longlisted for the Sobey Art Award in 2013. She is currently represented by Georgia Scherman Projects (gallery) in Toronto.