Curriculum Vitae

Chila Kumari Burman

Born Liverpool
Lives and works in London

Education

Southport Art College,
Art & Design Foundation Course

Leeds Polytechnic, BA (1st Class Hons.)
Fine Art and Graphic Design

Slade School of Fine Art,
MA Fine Art (Printmaking)

Solo Exhibitions
 

2008 - 2009
Roast - Borough Market, Floral Hall, London

2008
Huyton Gallery - Liverpool 2008

2007
Valentine Crush -Solo Show - Tamarai Space, 167 Drury Lane, Covent Garden, London
Prints I've Made... Desi Stylee - Solo Show - londonprintstudio, 425 harrow road, london

2006
CANDY-POP & JUICY LUCY - Solo Show - Stephen Lawrence Gallery, London

2005
Waterside Arts Centre, Manchester
Damascus and Aleppo / British Council

2004
Apna Arts, Nottingham
Cecil Higgins Gallery + Museum, Bedford
Plymouth Arts Centre

2003
Hastings Museum & Art Gallery
University of Bath, Institute of Contemporary Interdisciplinary Art
DNAasia, Watermans, London
BBC Bush House, London

2002
Rich Mix, London

2001
Admit One Gallery, New York

1999
'Hello Girls!' Andrew Mummery Gallery, London
'Hello Girls!' Northbrook College of Technology
'Hello Girls!' Bretton Hall, Leeds University
'Hello Girls!' Rochester Art Gallery, Rochester
'28 Positions in 34 Years' Victoria & Albert Museum, London
'Talvin Singh's Anokha Night', Fabric, London

1998
One Spirit Gallery, London
'Gender and Nations' Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, New York
(with Shirin Neshat)

1997
'Ice Cream and Magic', The Pump House Peoples History Museum, Manchester

1995
Banff Centre for the Arts, Banff, Canada
'28 Positions in 34 Years (Retrospective Touring Show)', Camerawork, London; Liverpool Bluecoat Gallery, Liverpool; Oldham Art Gallery; Huddersfield Art Gallery; Street Level Gallery, Glasgow; Cardiff Technical College, Cardiff; Watermans Arts Centre, London

1993
'Body Weapons', Seven Vintappres GR3, Stockholm, Sweden

1992
Radical Hair Gallery, London

Selected Group Exhibitions

2009
Group Show Mumbai Expo India

2009
INDIA ART SUMMIT

2009
British Subjects - Neuberger Museum of Art, New York

2008
Bodhi Art Gallery, New York

2008
Dubai Art Fair

2008 - 2009
Dragons in the sky

2008
Agitpop - London Print Studio

2008
Space Studios London

2007
Seeing Dragons in the Clouds Group show - Group Show - The Harley Gallery, A60 Mansfield Road, Worksop, Nottinghamshire
Trigger - Group Show - Woolwhich Arsenal
Candy Culture - Group show - 100 Tonson Gallery, Bangkok

2006
Bollywood, Scunthorpe Art Gallery

2005
'Angels in the Studio' Slade Women Artists, Cecil Higgins Gallery

2004
ORIGINALS 04, The Contemporary Printmaking Show - Mall Galleries, London
'Hybrid' - Royal Overseas League, Piccadilly, London

2003
'Women and Representation', Sakshi Gallery, Bangalore, India
'ARCO 2003' Madrid (with Sunli Gupta), presented by Andrew Mummery and Hammer Sidi, London
'Points of View' Hastings Museum and Art Gallery, Hastings
'History Revision' Plymouth Arts Centre, Plymouth
Platform for Arts, London Underground

2002 /2003
'Text & Subtext', Sternersenmuseet, Oslo, Norway; Taipei Fine Arts Museum, Taiwan, Republic of China Xi Rui Wen Hua Yi Shu Zhong Xin (x-ray Art Centre), Beijing, China

2002
'Art of Nations' Visual Arts Centre, North Lincolnshire (June-August)
'A Thousand Ways of Being: Memory and Presence in the Arts of Diaspora', October Gallery, London
'Space Cooks' @Fresh Art 2002
'Private View', London Print Studio, and Kent Institute of Higher Education
'In Print', Cardiff, Wales
'Curio', Hanbury Street, London

2001
The 1st Valencia Biennial
'Text & Subtext' Ostasiatiska Museet (Museum of Far Eastern Antiquities), Stockholm
'RCA Secret', Royal College of Art, London
Art 2001, Business and Design Centre, London
'Evolution in Contemporary Printmaking', Feren Art Gallery, Hull
'South Asian Women of the Diaspora', Queens Library, New York
'In Print', Quay Art, Hull

2000
'Explorations of the Environment: Landscape Redefined', Barbara Gillman Gallery, Miami, Florida
'Wish I Was Here', Scottish National Portrait Gallery, Edinburgh
'Movin on Up' Andrew Mummery Gallery, London
'Text and Subtext' Earl-Lu Gallery, Singapore
(also touring Australia and the south Pacific)
'Text and Subtext', Ivan Dougherty Gallery, Sydney, Australia
'A Grand Design', Victoria and Albert Museum, London

1999 /2000
'Sister India', exhibition/club night of Asian performers and artists,
touring the UK

1999
'Crown Jewels' Berlin NGBK, Kampnagel, Hamburg, Germany
'000 Zero Zero Zero', Whitechapel Art Gallery, London
'Art Karaoke Dream Stealers', Evolution Club, Leeds

1998
'Out of India', Queens Museum, New York
Khoj International Workshop, Sikribagh Modinager, India
'Art in Freedom', Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Rotterdam
'Revelations and Performance', Centre for Contemporary Arts, Glasgow
'Tourists in Our Own Lands', Gallery 44, Toronto, Canada
'You and Me', Walsall Museum and Art Gallery, Walsall
'North Current', Museum of Varberg, Sweden
'North Current', Gedok-Haus Lubeck, Germany

1997
'Transforming the Crown', Studio Museum, Harlem and Bronx Museum,
New York
'South Asian Artists', Transcultural Gallery, Cartwright Hall, Bradford

1996
'Portrait of Our Mothers', French Institute, London, Paris, Edinburgh
'My Grandmother, My Mother, Myself', Southampton City Art Gallery and Sandton Art Gallery, Johannesburg, South Africa
'Uncommon Thread' Civic Theatre, Johannesburg, South Africa

1995
'Under Different Skies', Oksenhallen, Copenhagen, Denmark
'Photo-Genetic, Review the Lens of History', Street Level Gallery, Glasgow
'Cominex Camera with Tiong Ang and Vong Phaophanit', Withzenhaufen Gallery, Amsterdam 'Digital Equinox', Custard Factory, Birmingham

1994
'With Your Own Face On It', Plymouth Arts Centre; Nottingham Museum and Art Gallery; Watermans Arts Centre, London
Fifth Havana Biennale, Havana, Cuba
'Femme Noir 21st Century', British Council, Manchester
'Recontres Au Noir', MOMI, South Bank Centre and Ministry of Sound, London

1993
'Transition of Riches', Southampton City Art Gallery;
Birmingham City Art Gallery; and Tour.

1992
'Fine Material For a Dream', Harris Museum and Art Gallery, Preston; and Tour
'Confrontations', Walsall Museum and Art Gallery, Walsall
'Back of Beyond', The Pavilion, Leeds
'Recontres Au Noir', International Photo Festival, Arles, France; and
Washington DC, USA

1991
'The Circular Dance', Arnolfini, Bristol; and Tour

1990
'Let the Canvas Come to Life With Dark Faces', Coventry City Art Gallery;
and Tour
'Heroes and Heroines', Ikon Gallery, Birmingham
'Fabled Territories', Leeds City Art Galleries; and Tour

1989
'Black Art New Directions', Stoke on Trent Museum and Art Gallery
'Along the Lined of Resistance, Contemporary Feminist Art',
Cooper Art Gallery, Barnsley
'Artists for Animals', Rochdale Art Gallery

1988
'The Medium and the Message, Five Women Printmakers', Rochdale Art Gallery
'Numaish Lalit Kala', Bluecoat Art Gallery, Liverpool

1987
'The Devils Feast', Chelsea School of Art, London
'The Image Employed', The Cornerhouse, Manchester

1985
'Artists Against Apartheid', Royal Festival Hall, London
'The Think Black Line', ICA, London

1983
'Indian Artists, UK Festival of India', The Barbican, London
'Black Women, Time Now', Battersea Arts Centre, London
'Creation for Liberation', Brixton Art Gallery, London

1982
Stowells Trophy, Royal Academy, London

1981
'New Contemporaries', ICA, London

Awards

2007
Heritage Lottery Award
Candy Pop and Juicy Lucy

2004
Arts Council Individual Artists Award - PUNK & ICE CREAM

2000
Tower Hamlets Arts, London, Research Travel Award for travel to Dhaka, Bangledesh

1998
British Council, travel award to participate in the KHOJ International Workshop, Modinager, India

1997
British Council, travel award to cover travel to Johannesburg for installation of work at the Sandton Gallery, Johannesburg

1995
ANC Award to cover costs of travel to Johannesburg to install work for the Johannesburg Biennale

1994
Gulbenkian Foundation, The New Horizons Award for Established Artists

1994
British Council, award to cover travel and installation of work for the Fifth Havana Biennale, Havana, Cuba

Selected Public Collections

Walsall Museum and Art Gallery
Birmingham City Museum and Art Gallery
Alfredo Lam Centre, Havana, Cuba
Cartwright Hall, Bradford
Victoria and Albert Museum, London
Arts Council of England
BBC Bush House, London

Selected Private Collections

Richard Branson, England
Ingrid Rosenburg, Berlin, Germany
Janice Cheddie, London, England
Maura Teague, London, England
Bergé Collection, Madrid, Spain
Linda Goodman, Johannesburg, South Africa
Leszek Dobrovolsky, London, England
Peter Ashan, London

Selected Film and Video Projects

2006
CANDY-POP & JUICY LUCY

2002
'La Notte dei Musei', Gallery of Modern and Contemporary Art, Bergamo Video Rom, Gian Carla Zanutti, Milan, Italy

2001
'Chanting Heads', showing at 'Shades of Black' Conference AAVAA African and Asian Visual Artists Archive, USA
'Chanting Heads', a video/CD-Rom projection

1996
'Kamla', 8 minute film commissioned by the Arts Council of England Black Film and Video, a portrait of Burman's father, co-directed with Magic Burman

1996
'The Dreaded Comparison', three screen video installation commissioned by the Arts Council of England
'Colours of Britain', Channel 4, directed by Pratibha Parmer

1994
'Ice Cream and Magic', 8 minute film commissioned by the Arts Council of England, for the Black Arts Series

Radio and TV Documentaries and Interviews

2007
BBC NORTHWEST - INSIDE OUT PROGRAMME. FILM ON CHILA BURMAN
BBC Radio 4, Midweek
BBC Asian Network

2005
BBC DNA Asia

2003
Radio 4, with Yasmin Alibhai Brown 'New Brit Art Series'

2000
Channel East

1999
'Eastern Mix', Carlton TV, Central TV

1997
'Black British Photography', with Stuart Hall

1995
'Chila Kumari Burman', BBC Bristol. Documentary on own work 'Right to Hope'

1995
'I'm British, but!', Pratibha Parmar, Channel 4

1989
'Four Indian Women Artists', BBC Pebble Mill, Birmingham

CD ROM's

2003
CD Rom for Axis Education

2001
'Chanting Heads', Glimpse of 11 Visual Artists Working in Britain Today. Produced by AAVA Archive and the John Jop Franklin Centre at Duke University, USA

Exhibition Commissions

2007
Asian Routes and Remedies
Wellcome Trust

2004
Wellcome Library and Asia House 'Mind, Body and Spirit' exhibition
'Material Serendipity', Arts Council Touring Grant
'A Place called Home', British Council, Durban and Capetown, South Africa

2003
BBC World Service, Suite of Prints
BBC Bush House, Installations for Foyer

1999
'Sister India', QEII Hall, London

1998
Mural for Nine Acres School, Plumstead, London

1998
'Art in Freedom', Museum Buimans, Van Beuningen, Rotterdam

1995
Performance in collaboration with Maggie Burman, 'Ice Cream and Magic', Copenhagen

1995
Performance in collaboration with Maggie Burman, 'Ice Cream and Magic', Portsmouth

1995
Autoportraits and Photographic commission at Autograph, London

1994
Performance in collaboration with Maggie Burman, 'Ice Cream and Magic',
Black Art Live Event, 24th April, Cornerhouse, Manchester

1994
Performance in collaboration with Maggie Burman, 'Ice Cream and Magic', ICA, London

1993
'Transition and Riches', exhibition, Birmingham City Museum and Art Gallery

1991
'Circular Dance' Arnolfini Gallery, Birmingham

1990
'One Love' mural, in collaboration with Maggie Burman,
Finsbury Park YMCA, London

Education and Selected Residencies

2009 Currently ARTIST IN RESIDENCE AT UNIVERSITY OF EAST LONDON -
DOCKLANDS CAMPUS

2004
Mentor for three artists working with PACE, Cambridge

2003 /2004
Artist in Residence at Cecil Higgins Gallery and 3M Art and Business, Bedford

2003
'Identity and Weavers Field, Arts of Change', Bethnal Green Technical College, London

2002
'Building Bridges', Hackney Community College, London
Float for the Thames Festival, Emergency Exit Arts, London

2001
'Crossing the Parallels', Silent Peoples Theatre, Southampton
'Ghetto Stars', Tate Modern, Education Department
'Fresh Art', Tower Hamlets, Summer University

2000
'Cabinet of Curiosities', Artist in Residence, Axis

2000
'The Little Room with the Big Questions', Cartwright Hall, Bradford

2000
Club visuals at Tower Hamlets Summer University, London

2000
Chol Theatre, Cartwright Hall, Bradford

1999 /2000
Mid-Pennine Art C2K

1999
Sheffield Council, Artist in Residence programme at Sumunye Intercultural Arts Centre, Sheffield

1998
'Me and You', Walsall Museum and Art Gallery, Walsall

1988
Artist in Residence at the Haringay Black Arts Forum, London

1988
Artist in Residence at the Haringay Arts Council

1986
The Roundhouse Mural Project, Camden, London

1985
Artist in Residence at Southall Asian and Afro-Caribbean Arts Collective, London

1985
GLC Award to paint 'Southall Black Resistance' mural in collaboration with Keith Piper

Other Commissions

2003
BBC Bush House, London, Strand: Installation for Foyer
Commissioned to make work for 3M Art and Business, Bedford

2002
Digital Art Work on Canvas, Kobi Nazrul Centre, London

2001
Public Art Commission 'LXE9 Art + Light', Homerton High Street, Hackney Hospital

2000
'A Cabinet of Curiosities', online gallery space curated for Cyberaxis (www.axisartists.org.uk)

2000
Kobi Nazrul Islam Centre, London - banner and etched glass front

2000
Public Art Commission for the Kobi Nazrul Centre, London

1999
Portraits of 'Sister India' performers

1999
Cover for Meera Syal's novel 'Life Isn't All Ha Ha Hee Hee'

1997
Cover for Meera Syal's novel 'Anita and Me'

Internet Activity

2002
Art net piece for 'Curio', www.amoment2herself.com

2001
'Us & Them', Online exhibition. Produced and Curated by Alana Jelinek of Terra Incognito. www.axisartists.org.uk/exhibitions/jelinek/default.htm

2000-2001
www.chaitime.com, ongoing project

1999
www.axis.com, ongoing project

1999
www.ziptang.com, profile

1999
www.autograph.com, profile

Book Cover Commissions & Magazines

2004
Arts Council Calendar
Book cover for Arts Council Collection Acquisitions

2002
Cover for BBC On Air Magazine 'Asian Diaspora'

2001
Cover for WASAFIRI Magazine, no.32
Writing Black Britain 1948-1998. Ed. James Proctor,
Manchester University Press
Narratives for a New Belonging. Ed. Roger Bramley, Edinburgh University Press

2000
'Postdoctoral Fellowships 2001-2002', Cornell University, USA

2000
'Culture in Psychology'. Ed. Corinne Squire

2000
'Against Purity', by Irene Gedalof, Routledge

1999
'Life Isn't All Ha Ha Hee Hee', Meera Syal, Doubleday/Transworld

1999
'Other Kinds of Dreams', Julia Sudbury, Routledge 1999
'An Introduction to Post Colonial Theory', Peter Childs and Patrick Williams, Prentice Hall

1997
'Anita and Me', Meera Syal, Doubleday/Transworld

Education Work

1995-2002
Numerous workshops in schools, museums and community centres

Theses and Dissertations on Artist's Work

2003
Monica Sentamu, 'Historical Analysis to Black Feminism'
BA Graphics, Middlesex University

2002
Payal Sarin, MA Histoy of Art, Sotheby's

1999
'In What Ways are British Asian Women Finding Their Identities in Contemporary Britain', by Anjula Sharman, BA Hons in Fine Art, Southampton Institute

1997
'Chila Kumari Burman - A Martial Artist Beyond Two Cultures', by John Holt
'To What Extent is Lynda Nead's Observation that Burman's images...', by Irruni Ahmed, BA Hons Fine Art, Cheltenham College of Art

1995
'A Study into Issues of Cultural Identity in the Artwork of Chila Kumari Burman', by Rajiv Anand, MA Contemporary Art and Theory, University of Southampton

Bibliography

Selected Published Writings

2002
Space Cooks, Space Studios, London

2001
Artist's Statement, 'In Print', exhibition catalogue, Ferens Art Gallery
LXE9 - Art and Light on Homerton High Street

2000
'Storm in a D-Cup', Artists Newsletter
2000
Artist's Statement in 'Wish I Was Here', exhibition catalogue, Scottish National Portrait Gallery

2000
Artist's Statement in 'Text and Subtext', exhibition catalogue,
Earl-Lu Gallery, Singapore

1999
Book 'Women and Self Portraiture', Francis Borzello, Thames and Hudson

1999
Artist's Statement in West Coast Line, 'Here and There Between South Asia's', New Writing from Canada and India, no's 26 and 27

1999
'Crossing Cultures', artist's statement in KHOJ International Workshops, Artists Newsletter Magazine, January 1999

1998
'Objects of Désireé', Artists Pages with Lucretia Knapp Paradoxa, Vol.1, International Feminist Art Journal

1998
Artist's statement in 'Eight Technologies of Otherness', Sue Golding,
Routledge, London

1998
Artist's statement in 'Portrait of My Mother', exhibition catalogue,
French Institution, London

1996
Artist's statement in 'Portrait of My Mother', catalogue

1995
'Automatic Rap' in 'Let's Get It On: The Politics of Black Performance', Catherine Ugwu (ed.), ICA , London; and Bay Press, Seattle, p 13.

1995
'Right to Hope', One World Art, UNESCO publication

1994
Artist's statement in 'With Your Own Face On It', exhibition catalogue,
Waterman's Art Centre, London

1994
Artist's statement in 'My Grandmother, My Mother, Myself', exhibition catalogue, Southampton City Art Gallery

1993
'Enough is Enough', Feminist Art News, Special Issue, Vol 4, No 5

1993
Artist's statement in 'Transition of Riches', exhibition catalogue,
Birmingham City Museum and Art Gallery

1992
'Power to the People: Fear of a Black Community',
Feminist Arts News, Vol 3, No 4

1992
'Ask How I Feel / Automatic Rap / My New Work',
Third Text, No 19, Summer

1992
Artist's statement in 'Keeping Together', exhibition catalogue,
The Pavilion, Leeds

1992
Artist's statement in 'Fine Material for a Dream', exhibition catalogue,
Harris Museum and Art Gallery, Preston

1992
Artist's statement in 'Confrontations', exhibition catalogue,
Walsall Museum and Art Gallery, Walsall

1992
'Identikit, Profile of Chila Burman' and artist's statement,
Bazaar Magazine, No 15, London

1991
Artist's statement 'The Circular Dance', exhibitions catalogue,
Arnolfini, Bristol

1991
'Ask How I Feel', in Feminist Arts News, Vol 3, No 6

1990
'Talking in Tongues', in 'PASSION: Discourses on Black Women's Creativity', Maud Sulter (Ed.), Urban Fox Press

1990
Artist's statement, 'Fabled Territories', exhibition catalogue, Leeds City Art Gallery

1989
Artist's statement, 'Animal Liberation: The Centre of the Circle', exhibition catalogue, Rochdale Art Gallery.

1988
Artist's statement in 'Numaish Lalit Kala', exhibition catalogue,
Bluecoat Gallery, Liverpool

1988
Artist's statement in 'The Medium and the Message: Five Women Printmakers', exhibition catalogue, Rochdale Art Gallery, Rochdale

1987
'There Have Always Been Great Black Women Artists', in 'Charting the Journey: An Anthology of Black and Third World Writers', edited by the Collective Black Women Editors, Sheba Publishers, London

1987
Artist's statement in 'The Image Employed', exhibition catalogue,
Cornerhouse, Manchester

Selected Reviews, Articles, Publications and Catalogues

2007
Guardian Saturday 2nd June
Review

2007
Eastern Eye

2007
Liverpool Echo
Are Chila

2006
Timeout
Review of Candy Pop and Juicy Lucy

2005
Richard Noyce, 'Printmaking - a survey' (Book)

2004
Amit Roy, Calcutta and Bombay Times
Derwent May 'A Medicine Show perks up', Time, sept. 2004
'Mind, Body, Spirit', British Medical Journal
Lynda Nead, 'Material Serendipity', (Monograph), Plymouth Arts Centre
Amit Roy, 'Ice-Cream Van Girl Cometh', Eastern Eye and Daily Telegraph
Ali Hussein, 'Dazzling', Times of India (Britain)
Review of 'Points of View' solo exhibition at Hastings Museum and Art Gallery, A-N Magazine, January 2004

2003
'Disrupting the Tourist Zone' Curio Catalogue
ARCO Art Fair catalogue, Madrid
'Interview with Nancy Hynes' Altantica, 35 (2003)
'Enchanting the Icon', Sakshi Gallery. Catalogue by Marta Jakimowi(c)

2002
Catalogue for 'Private View', London Print Studio
'Space Books', Space Studios, London Press
'Different', Edited by Stuart Hall, Phaidon

2001
'Beyond Frontiers', Saffron Books, edited by Amol Ghosh and Juginder Lamba
'In Print', exhibition catalogue, Ferens Art Gallery,
curated and edited by Rauland Box
'Art in America' (Review of Flirt at Admit 1), October
Massimo Tommaso Mazza, 1st Valencia Biennial, Video Showroom
Christina Kasrlstam, 'Text + Subtext' Exhibition,
20-25th October, Stockholm Times
Franklin Sirmins, New York Time Out, February 7th
Flirt, Storm in a D-Cup, Admit 1 Gallery, Feb 8th
New York Times, Flirt Exhibition, 9th February, 2001
Art in Review by Holland Cotter
Artists Magazine - Singapore, 'Text + Subtext', by Victoria Lu

2000
'Wish You Were Here', Scottish Multicultural Anthology, Scottish National Portrait Gallery, Pocket Books Publication
'Portraits of Women Artists' Ed. Francis Borzello, Thames & Hudson
Art Monthly, Australia
'Text + Subtext' Exhibition, Lasalle-Sia
'College of Art', Singapore; Eatle-Lu Gallery, Sydney
'By En Young Ahn'
'Hello Girls', by Rachel Jaques in Wasafiri, no 32, Autumn 2000
'The Wonder of the Bra', by Rachel Jaques, Singapore Arts Magazine
'Hello Girls', by Richard Dyer, Wasutiri, No 32

1999
David Cohen 'Close Encounters of Lunar London', artnet.com, 8/19/99
'Storm in a D-Cup' by Viv Perry, Straight No Chaser
Zero Zero Zero by Samantha Ellis, Evening Standard, 24th July
Review of 'Hello Girls!' in The Week, 14th August, London
Review of exhibition at Old England, Paris; in Le Figaro, 13th September
'The Bra's the Star' by Margan Falconer,
in Highbury & Islington Express, London, 6th August
Carolyn Waudby 'Brushing Aside the Stereotypes', in The Star, Sheffield

1998
Katy Deepwell 'Visions of Identity in Flux', Gender and Nations Catalogue, Herbert F Johnson Museum of Art, Cornell University, New York
Prasad Bidaye 'Tourists in Our Own Lands', Gallery 44, Toronto
Anvar Khan 'Art and Identity for Revelations Project', CCA, Glasgow
Lavini Melwani, review of 'Transforming the Crown' exhibition,
American Revisions, New York
Deirdre Hanna 'Salvation Artists Escape Tourist Trap', XTARI No 357, Toronto
Namiti Bhandare 'Bohemian Rhapsody', New Delhi Times, No 24
Anshul Avijit 'Fun and Vision', Hindustan Times, 28th November, New Delhi
Kum Kum Dasgupta 'Khoj Artists of the World Unite', Asian Age, New Delhi
Alka Pande 'Artlinei', The Indian Express, 21st November, Chundigarh
Geeta Sharma 'The Search Within', The Telegraph Calcutta Weekend,
28th November, Calcutta
Nilanjana S Roy 'The Miracle at Muldinager', New Delhi Times, 21st November
Francis Borzello 'Women and Self Portraiture', Thames and Hudson, London

1997
John Holt, review of new work, Third Text, London
Holland Cotter, review of 'Out of India' at the Queens Museum,
New York Times, 26th December
Sue Golding 'The Eight Technologies of Otherness',
Routledge, London & New York
Sonali Fernando 'Indian Women Photographers',
Indian Women Photographers International, No 35, SE Asia

1996
Marsha Meskimmon 'The Art of Reflection: The Politics of Gender and Race', Scarlet Press, London & New York
Malik Meer 'Defined Poses', The Face, No 88, London
Vivienne Esders 'Our Mothers', Stewart and Tobori Chang

1995
Amanda Sebastian 'Evidence to the Point', in Women's Art Magazine, No 67
Mark Wareham, review of Watermans exh., Independent, 1st February, London
Tania V. Guha, review of Watermans exhibition, Time Out, 1st February, London
Lynda Nead 'Beyond Two Cultures', Monograph, Kala Press, inIVA, Arts Council
Catherine Ugwu 'Let's Get It On: The Politics of Black Performance', ICA, London

1994
Review of 'With Your Face On It', Women's Art Magazine, No 56, London
Review of 'Portrait of My Mother', The Times, 15th October, London
Pauline Barrie 'News From The Women's Art Magazine Library',
Women's Art Magazine, No 60, London

1993
Shirani Sabratham 'State of the Arts Frontline', Art Rage, December, London
Shirini Sabratham, review of 'Transition of Riches',
Observer, 20th December, London
Lynda Nead 'The Female Nude: Art, Obsenity & Sexuality', Routledge, London
Allan de Souza, review of 'Confrontations' exhibition,
Creative Camera, February, London
Jacques Rangasamy, review of 'Confrontations' exhibition, Third Text, No 22
Joseph Williams 'Colours Enter the Picture', The Times, 16th November
Review of 'Transition of Riches', Asian Times, 27th November
Review of 'Transition of Riches', The Birmingham Post, 20th November

1992
Tim Hilton, review of Radical Hair Gallery exhibition,
The Guardian, 25th July, London
Tania V.Guha, review of Radical Hair Gallery exhibition,
City Limits, 16th July, London
Janice Cheedi 'Body Rites', Women's Art Magazine, No 49, London
Amrit Wilson, catalogue introduction to Radical Hair Gallery exhibition

1991
Review of 'Circular Dance' exhibition, Spare Rib, No 46, London

1990
Hiroko Hagiwara 'Black Women Artists Speak Out', PQ Books, Osaka
Nina Perez , Review of 'Horizon' exhibition, Feminist Art News, Vol 2, No 6
Prasana Probyn 'In Focus', Spare Rib, No 42, London

1989
Hiroko Hagiwara, Feminist Art News, Vol 3, No 1, London 1988
Andrew Hope, Race Today, Vol 18, No 2, London

1985
Waldemar Januszczak 'Anger At Hand', The Guardian, 29th June, London
Errol Lloyd, review of 'The Thin Black Line', Art Rage, November, London