My creative practice spans curation and production. I’m passionate about bringing together the arts and academia to create stimulating and insightful engagements with global politics, especially in relation to Asia and its diaspora(s). I’m particularly interested in using the arts as a vehicle for platforming those otherwise often rendered as voiceless. My work has been featured in the Guardian, Vice, The Conversation, and the New Humanitarian. To date, I’ve collaborated with: SOAS, LSE, the Peace Research Institute of Oslo, and over a dozen artists.
-
Visual art exhibition at LSE's Atrium Gallery in February 2024
Not another protest exhibition: Myanmar in revolt and feminist art practice. A four week exhibition featuring artwork by the Paris-based artist, Chuu Wai. In collaboration with LSE Arts, funded by AHRC as part of doctoral research. Featured artwork collected by the British Museum. Artwork by Chuu Wai, photo by: Chelsea Pineda. (Curator)
-
Illustrated visual story with the New Humanitarian
I am the leader of my house: interactive illustrated reportage produced while at PositiveNegatives for The New Humanitarian, about Rohingya women in Cox's Bazar. Illustrations by Fahmida Azim for PositiveNegatives. Nominated by Broken Frontier for Best Webcomic 2021 and Nominated for One World Media award. (Researcher & Producer)
-
Educational films and comics with Hogan Lovells
Drawing on Rights: A set of educational films on human rights law in India, produced while at PositiveNegatives in collaboration with Barefoot College and Hogan Lovells. Illustrations by Kruttika Susarla and Animation/Creative Direction by Akhila Krishnan, for PositiveNegatives. (Researcher & Producer)
-
Short illustrated animation with SOAS
Outside the Box: a short animated video produced for SOAS in collaboration with Coventry, Durham and Lancaster University, as part of the research project: Re/presenting Islam on Campus. Illustration and Creative Direction by Sabba Khan for PositiveNegatives. Featured in the Conversation and the Guardian. (Producer)
-
Illustrated stories, comics & animated short films with SOAS
Drugs and disorder portfolio over 4 year project: produced while at PositiveNegatives. Drugs & (dis)order is an interdisciplinary research consortium led by SOAS, exploring the relationship between illicit drugs and conflict in Myanmar, Afghanistan and Colombia. Illustration by Kruttika Susarla for PositiveNegatives. Featured in The Conversation and Vice. (Research & Producer)
-
Animated short with Peace Research Institute Oslo
Fighting for Land, Dreaming of Peace: short animated film produced while at PositiveNegatives for the TRANSFORM research project at the Peace Research Institute Oslo, telling the story of a land rights activist from Northern Myanmar. Illustrations by Kue Cool & Creative/Animation Direction by Akhila Krishnan for PositiveNegatives. (Researcher & Producer)