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Home » Tejal Shah

Tejal Shah

TEJAL SHAH is a visual artist who works with video, photography, sound, installation, and performance. Her interests lie in the areas of sexuality, gender, disabilities and the interrelation between humans and nature. In 2003, she co-founded Larzish — India’s first international film festival of sexuality and gender plurality. Her first solo show, “What are You?“, debuted in India and the USA in 2006. Shah was born in Bhilai (central India), graduated with a B.A. in commercial and illustrative photography from Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (2000), and was a visiting scholar at The School of the Art Institute of Chicago (1999-2000). Currently, she lives and works in Bombay, India.

HIJROTIC: Towards a New Expression of Desire a critical introduction to Tejal Shah’s Hijra Fantasy Series by Subuhi Jiwani

January 1, 2010 Contributed By: Subuhi Jiwani, Tejal Shah

I first ran into the word hijrotic while I was listening to Radio Mirchi and travelling on Mumbai’s Harbour Line. RJ Jeeturaj was hosting his regular morning show and, as I was to find out, interviewing the well-known hijra rights activist Laxmi Narayan Tripathi. Of the many things she said, this one word stuck with […]

Filed Under: Art, Reviews Posted On: January 1, 2010

Contributor Bios for Issue 2 Winter 2010

January 1, 2010 Contributed By: Aaron Burch, Alexander Keefe, Alyssa Pelish, Anne McPeak, Antara Datta, Anthony Key, Barbara Hamby, Ben George, C. J. Martin, Cai Yuan, Christopher Spranger, Chuck Richardson, Cindy M. Carter, Craig Nova, Dan Venne, Daniele Pantano, David Bowen, David Kirby, David R. Slavitt, Elizabeth Switaj, Geoffrey Gatza, Georg Trakl, Ida Stewart, Jacob Knabb, JJ Xi, Jodee Stanley, Joshua Ware, Kathy Fagan, Kent Johnson, Marcus Slease, Mark Smith-Soto, Marlon Frisby, Mary Kasimor, Maya Kóvskaya, Megan Gannon, Miles Waggener, Miriam Kotzin, Mithu Sen, Naeem Mohaiemen, Nicholas Manning, Nitoo Das, Okla Elliott, Paul Crenshaw, Rana Dasgupta, Randall Radic, Raul Clement, Raymond Hammond, Sabuhi Jiwani, Stephan Clark, T. P. Sabitha, T. R. Hummer, Tao Aimin, Tejal Shah, Tony Trigilio, William Hurst

Issue 2 Winter 2010 TAO AIMIN is known for her anthropological works made from the washboards of rural woman. Over the years she has collected thousands of these boards, recording the stories and faces of the women whose hands wore these boards down through the recursive repetition of monotonous labor. Creating installations and experimental ink […]

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MAYDAY Magazine: Issue 2 Winter 2010

January 1, 2010 Contributed By: Aaron Burch, Alexander Keefe, Alyssa Pelish, Anne McPeak, Antara Datta, Anthony Key, Barbara Hamby, Ben George, C. J. Martin, Cai Yuan, Christopher Spranger, Chuck Richardson, Cindy M. Carter, Craig Nova, Dan Venne, Daniele Pantano, David Bowen, David Kirby, David R. Slavitt, Elizabeth Switaj, Geoffrey Gatza, Georg Trakl, Ida Stewart, Jacob Knabb, JJ Xi, Jodee Stanley, Joshua Ware, Kathy Fagan, Kent Johnson, Marcus Slease, Mark Smith-Soto, Marlon Frisby, Mary Kasimor, Maya Kóvskaya, Megan Gannon, Miles Waggener, Miriam Kotzin, Mithu Sen, Naeem Mohaiemen, Nicholas Manning, Nitoo Das, Okla Elliott, Paul Crenshaw, Rana Dasgupta, Randall Radic, Raul Clement, Raymond Hammond, Sabuhi Jiwani, Stephan Clark, T. P. Sabitha, T. R. Hummer, Tao Aimin, Tejal Shah, Tony Trigilio, William Hurst

ART curated by Maya Kóvskaya PRACTICES, POWER & THE PUBLIC SPHERE: Dialogical Space & Multiple Modernities in Asian Contemporary Art ART NONFICTION Maya Kóvskaya Public Action Art and Performative Interventions in the Chinese Public Sphere ART NONFICTION William Hurst (performance photography by Han Bing) ORPHANS OF PROGRESS: Workers and Political Discourse in Post-Socialist China ART […]

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