Curriculum Vitae
Education
2018 - 2020
2014 - 2018
2014 - 2018
MSc Planning | University of Toronto - Department of Geography & Planning
BA Social Theory & Practice and French & Francophone Studies (highest honors with distinction) | University of Michigan - Ann Arbor
BA Social Theory & Practice and French & Francophone Studies (highest honors with distinction) | University of Michigan - Ann Arbor
Books
November 2023
December 2022
December 2022
Morning Poems (San Press)
COUNTER-MAP: A Poetics of Place (Reflex Urbanism)
COUNTER-MAP: A Poetics of Place (Reflex Urbanism)
Published Literary Work (poems & stories)
August 2023
May 2023
June 2021
March 2021
February 2021
January 202
Void (The Blasted Tree)
Nest (Vallum: Contemporary Poetry, 20:1)
rāz dār am (self published zine)
LAID BARE (Toronto Int’l Festival of Authors)
A Mourner’s Lesson on Living (QT Literary Magazine)
Tense III: Nightwalkers (from Light in Three Tenses) (QUEER.ARCHIVE.WORK)
Published Essays and Criticism (articles & chapters)
May 2023
February 2023
September 2022
September 2020
May 2019
February 2023
September 2022
September 2020
May 2019
The Question of Planning: Transformation, Abolition and Queer Space (PM Press)
Infrastructure, landscape, modernism: the short films of Juan José Pereira (Pleasure Dome)
Sitting in the chair: a response to Noor Khan’s SABIREEN (The Asian Canadian Living Archive)
Vernacular Culture in the Social Economy: Zines, Queers, and Economic Democracy (The Progressive City)
Reinventing Segregation in Northern California: An Interview with Alex Schafran (Metropolitics)
Infrastructure, landscape, modernism: the short films of Juan José Pereira (Pleasure Dome)
Sitting in the chair: a response to Noor Khan’s SABIREEN (The Asian Canadian Living Archive)
Vernacular Culture in the Social Economy: Zines, Queers, and Economic Democracy (The Progressive City)
Reinventing Segregation in Northern California: An Interview with Alex Schafran (Metropolitics)
Exhibitions
February 2022
August 2021
May 2018
August 2021
May 2018
Indelible Discards (group) | Curated by Bunker 2 at XPACE
CUE Annual Art Show (group) | Curated by CUE Art Projects
Locating Belleville (solo) | Self-Curated at University of Michigan
CUE Annual Art Show (group) | Curated by CUE Art Projects
Locating Belleville (solo) | Self-Curated at University of Michigan
Curatorial & Community Projects
April 2023
March 2023
September 2022
June - August 2022
April 2022
March 2022
March 2021
September 2020
September 2017 - May 2018
March 2023
September 2022
June - August 2022
April 2022
March 2022
March 2021
September 2020
September 2017 - May 2018
Programming Coordinator, Images Festival
Selection Committee, Toronto Queer Film Festival
Collective Member, Bricks & Glitter
Events Coordinator, Images Festival
Organizer and Moderator, Place-Based Practices Roundtable
Selection Committee and Content Writer, Toronto Queer Film Festival
Selection Committee, Toronto Queer Film Festival
Collective Member, Bricks & Glitter
Collective Member, RADFUN
Selection Committee, Toronto Queer Film Festival
Collective Member, Bricks & Glitter
Events Coordinator, Images Festival
Organizer and Moderator, Place-Based Practices Roundtable
Selection Committee and Content Writer, Toronto Queer Film Festival
Selection Committee, Toronto Queer Film Festival
Collective Member, Bricks & Glitter
Collective Member, RADFUN
Workshops
July 2022
April 2022
September 2021
August 2021
July 2021
September 2020
May 2019
May 2018
April 2022
September 2021
August 2021
July 2021
September 2020
May 2019
May 2018
Poetics of Place, countermap.land
Dyeing & Printing on Textiles (4 workshops), Textile Museum of Canada, University Settlement, Scadding Court Community Centre
Community Power Mapping, Tamil Archive Project
Community Power Mapping, Unit 2
Place-Making and Mapping Beyond Binaries, InterAccess Vector Festival
Community Power Mapping, Bricks & Glitter
Community Power Mapping, Unit 2
Locating Belleville: Curating Research, University of Michigan
Dyeing & Printing on Textiles (4 workshops), Textile Museum of Canada, University Settlement, Scadding Court Community Centre
Community Power Mapping, Tamil Archive Project
Community Power Mapping, Unit 2
Place-Making and Mapping Beyond Binaries, InterAccess Vector Festival
Community Power Mapping, Bricks & Glitter
Community Power Mapping, Unit 2
Locating Belleville: Curating Research, University of Michigan
Panels
November 2021
October 2020
October 2020
Future of the Festival in Crisis (panel), Reel Asian
This Space: Lessons from the Landscape, ArtsPond
This Space: Lessons from the Landscape, ArtsPond
Grants & Awards
September 2022
April 2021
March 2021
December 2020
November 2019
April 2018
April 2021
March 2021
December 2020
November 2019
April 2018
Professional Development for Artists, Canada Council for Arts
Career Catalyst, Ontario Arts Council
1st Prize, Power to the Poets Competition, Power Plant Gallery & Toronto Int’l Festival of Authors
Artists on the Margins Award, CUE Art Projects
Innovation Award, Planning Alumni Committee - University of Toronto
Cornerstone Award | Spectrum Centre - University of Michigan
Career Catalyst, Ontario Arts Council
1st Prize, Power to the Poets Competition, Power Plant Gallery & Toronto Int’l Festival of Authors
Artists on the Margins Award, CUE Art Projects
Innovation Award, Planning Alumni Committee - University of Toronto
Cornerstone Award | Spectrum Centre - University of Michigan
Residencies & Training
April - October 2023
September 2021 - December 2022
April 2021 - April 2022
June - August 2020
September 2021 - December 2022
April 2021 - April 2022
June - August 2020
Poetics of Synthetic Language Residency, UKAI Projects (Toronto & Milan)
Virtual Grounds, Trinity Square Video & Digital Justice Lab (Toronto)
Next Up Leaders Lab, SKETCH Working Arts
DiasporAsian Futures, The Asian Canadian Archive Project
Virtual Grounds, Trinity Square Video & Digital Justice Lab (Toronto)
Next Up Leaders Lab, SKETCH Working Arts
DiasporAsian Futures, The Asian Canadian Archive Project