EDUCATION
2013–2019:
PhD, Centre for Theatre Dance & Performance Studies, University of Cape Town
2008–2009:
M. A Performance Design and Practice, Central Saint Martin’s College of Art & Design, University of the Arts London
2002–2005:
M.A Film & Video, AJK Mass Communication Research Centre, Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi
1999–2002:
B.A (Honours) Pollical Science, University of Delhi
POST-DOCTORATE RESEARCH
2019–2021:
Wilberforce Institute for the study of Slavery and Emancipation, University of Hull: EU funded project European Colonial Heritage in Entangled Cities
AWARDS & GRANTS & FELLOWSHIPS
2019–2021:
Heinrich Boll Stiftung project grant for project Container
2019–2021:
National Geographic Explorers Grant for Visual Storytelling
2017–2019:
Associate fellow, African Centre for migration & Society, Witwatersrand University
2016–2017:
International Fellow, Institute of Creative Arts, University of Cape Town
2016–2017:
Fundación Oriente Portugal scholarship for artists
July 2017:
New Dimensions Virtual Reality workshop funded by the Ford Foundation, Bertha Retreat, South Africa
2015–2016:
Pro Helvetica ANT project Grant for Visual work on migration in South Africa
2015–2016:
Wellcome Trust U.K project grant
2013:
Getty Art Foundation, Los Angeles, Grant for contemporary Art curators
2013–2014:
PhD grant, African Centre for Cities, University of Cape Town
Feb 2011:
British Council: ‘Connection through cultures ‘ research grant
2008–2009:
Art Scholar, Charles Wallace India Trust Scholarship for the Arts
2004–2005:
Student Research Program, The Centre for Developing Societies, SARAI, New Delhi
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
Dec 2021:
Container, Virtual Reality Installation, Nobel Week Dialogue, Gothenburg
Oct 2021:
Container, ‘In Competition’ BFI London Film Festival Expanded
Sept 2021:
Container, ‘In Competition’, VR Expanded, Venice International Film Festival
Nov 2015:
Our Story in this Ocean, three screen video installation, Hangar Lisbon
Nov 2019:
The Rusting Diamond, Video Installation, Live Art Festival, Cape Town
June 2018:
Group Exhibition, Arrested Motion, Video Installation, Kerkennah#1, Tunisia
Oct 2017:
Arrested Motion & Rusting Diamond, Spiel Art Festival, Munich
March 2017:
Arrested Motion, Puncture Points Exhibition, Port of Cape Town
Feb 2017:
The Rusting Diamond, Video Installation, Castle of Good Hope, Cape Town
April 2013:
The Returning, Video, ‘Woman Object Corpse’ exhibition, African Studies Gallery
March 2015:
Arrested Motion’ Video installation, ReMaking Place Exhibition, Cape Town
Nov 2016:
Arrested Motion’, Beyond Binaries exhibition, Articulate Africa, Essence Festival Durban
June 2012:
The smell of abandonment video installation, Khoch university, Istanbul
Sept 2012:
Served on an overlay of broekie-lace, KHaLShrine, Yaounde, Cameroon
Oct 2012:
The tomb of the unidentified, video Installation, Fondazione Pistolleto, Italy
June 2011:
Group Exhibition, Time Zones, Video, The Rag Factory, London
July 2011:
The insides of the outside, group sculpture work, District Six Museum Cape Town
Dec 2011:
Her Song, Site-Specific Video installation, AXA in Action, Prague
April 2010:
Solo Exhibition, Weaving Roots, Kashi Art Gallery, Kochi, India
Feb 2009:
Mechanical Melody, kinetic sculpture, Central Saint Martin’s Gallery, London
ART RESIDENCIES
Sept 2016:
Artist in Residence, Hangar art residency & research institute, Lisbon
Nov 2013:
CAMP Artist Space, Mumbai
June–Oct 2012:
Cittadellarte Fondazione Pistoletto, Biella, Italy
May–Aug 2011:
Greatmore Studios, Triangle Art Trust, Cape Town
2010–2011:
Associate artist, Motiroti, London
Feb–April 2010:
Kashi Art residency, Kochi, India
May–June 2009:
Inteatro Polverigi, Ancona, Italy
CURATORIAL WORK
2012–2014:
Curator, The Centre of African Studies Gallery, University of Cape Town
April 2014:
Group Exhibition, ‘The people shall share in the wealth of the nation’ and screening of ‘Miners Shot Down’ by Rehad Desai, The Centre of African Studies Gallery
Sept 2013:
‘TO-LET’ by The Burning Museum Collective in collaboration with the District Six Museum & The Centre of African Studies Gallery, University of Cape Town
April 2013:
Group Exhibition, ‘Woman, Object, Corpse’, Centre for African Studies gallery
October 2012:
Co-curated, Frac Piedmont collection exhibition, Cittadellarte Fondazione Pistoletto, Biella, Italy
PUBLICATIONS
2022:
Singh.M.2022. The Rusting Diamond. In Restless Infections: Public Art in South Africa. J. Pather & C. Boulle. Eds. London. Routledge.(Forthcoming)
2021:
Singh.M.2021. Enslaved bodies, entangled sites and the memory of slavery in Cape Town: [The meeting of the dead and living. In Echoes of Coloniality: New Perspectives on Decolonizing European Heritage. B. Knudsen, J.R. Oldfield, E. Buettner & E. Zabynuan. Eds. London. Routledge.
2017:
Singh.M.2017. A notice to motion: exploring states of stillness while waiting on the arrested vessel WBI Trinity at the port of Cape Town. In Fluid Networks & Hegemonic Powers in the Western Ocean. I. walker, M.J Ramos & P. Kaarsholm. Eds. Lisbon. Centro de Estudoes Internacionais do Instituto Universitario de Lisboa.169-195
SELECTED CONFERENCES/PRESENTATIONS
Nov 2016:
Artist presentation, Circulations in Contemporary Art, Circulations conference, French cultural institute, Johannesburg
April 2016:
Visualizing Migrations: Presentation at African Centre for Migration and Society conference, Workers Museum, Johannesburg
April 2015:
Paper presentation at ‘Africa in the Indian Ocean’ conference, University of Lisbon
August 2013:
Presentation, CIMAM Contemporary Art curators and Museum Directors Meet, Brazil
June 2013:
Johannesburg Theory and Criticism Workshop, WISER, WITS University, Johannesburg
June 2012:
Urban Culture and Creative Practice Workshop Istanbul, Organized by Brown University
Nov 2010:
Presentation, Research lab on the theme of Memory & Creative practice, Motiroti London
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
2018:
Online lectures, Dissident Art, School of the Arts, University of Pretoria
2017:
Guest lecturer, Art as resistance, Michaelis School of Art, University of Cape Town
2015:
Guest lecturer, The Arab Spring, Michaelis School of Art, University of Cape Town
2014:
Guest lecturer, Art as resistance Michaelis School of Art, University of Cape Town
This webite is designed by Kasper Mikael Jacek using Lay Theme by Armin Unruh
This project has received funding from the European Union's Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under agreed No 770248
EDUCATION
2013–2019:
PhD, Centre for Theatre Dance & Performance Studies, University of Cape Town
2008–2009:
M. A Performance Design and Practice, Central Saint Martin’s College of Art & Design, University of the Arts London
2002–2005:
M.A Film & Video, AJK Mass Communication Research Centre, Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi
1999–2002:
B.A (Honours) Pollical Science, University of Delhi
POST-DOCTORATE RESEARCH
2019–2021:
Wilberforce Institute for the study of Slavery and Emancipation, University of Hull: EU funded project European Colonial Heritage in Entangled Cities
AWARDS & GRANTS & FELLOWSHIPS
2019–2021:
Heinrich Boll Stiftung project grant for project Container
2019–2021:
National Geographic Explorers Grant for Visual Storytelling
2017–2019:
Associate fellow, African Centre for migration & Society, Witwatersrand University
2016–2017:
International Fellow, Institute of Creative Arts, University of Cape Town
2016–2017:
Fundación Oriente Portugal scholarship for artists
July 2017:
New Dimensions Virtual Reality workshop funded by the Ford Foundation, Bertha Retreat, South Africa
2015–2016:
Pro Helvetica ANT project Grant for Visual work on migration in South Africa
2015–2016:
Wellcome Trust U.K project grant
2013:
Getty Art Foundation, Los Angeles, Grant for contemporary Art curators
2013–2014:
PhD grant, African Centre for Cities, University of Cape Town
Feb 2011:
British Council: ‘Connection through cultures ‘ research grant
2008–2009:
Art Scholar, Charles Wallace India Trust Scholarship for the Arts
2004–2005:
Student Research Program, The Centre for Developing Societies, SARAI, New Delhi
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
Dec 2021:
Container, Virtual Reality Installation, Nobel Week Dialogue, Gothenburg
Oct 2021:
Container, ‘In Competition’ BFI London Film Festival Expanded
Sept 2021:
Container, ‘In Competition’, VR Expanded, Venice International Film Festival
Nov 2015:
Our Story in this Ocean, three screen video installation, Hangar Lisbon
Nov 2019:
The Rusting Diamond, Video Installation, Live Art Festival, Cape Town
Oct 2017:
Group Exhibition, Arrested Motion, Video Installation, Kerkennah#1, Tunisia
March 2017:
Arrested Motion & Rusting Diamond, Spiel Art Festival, Munich
Feb 2017:
Arrested Motion, Puncture Points Exhibition, Port of Cape Town
The Rusting Diamond, Video Installation, Castle of Good Hope, Cape Town
April 2013:
The Returning, Video, ‘Woman Object Corpse’ exhibition, African Studies Gallery
March 2015:
Arrested Motion’ Video installation, ReMaking Place Exhibition, Cape Town
Nov 2016:
Arrested Motion’, Beyond Binaries exhibition, Articulate Africa, Essence Festival Durban
June 2012:
The smell of abandonment video installation, Khoch university, Istanbul
Sept 2012:
Served on an overlay of broekie-lace, KHaLShrine, Yaounde, Cameroon
Oct 2012:
The tomb of the unidentified, video Installation, Fondazione Pistolleto, Italy
June 2011:
Group Exhibition, Time Zones, Video, The Rag Factory, London
July 2011:
The insides of the outside, group sculpture work, District Six Museum Cape Town
Dec 2011:
Her Song, Site-Specific Video installation, AXA in Action, Prague
April 2010:
Solo Exhibition, Weaving Roots, Kashi Art Gallery, Kochi, India
Feb 2009:
Mechanical Melody, kinetic sculpture, Central Saint Martin’s Gallery, London
ART RESIDENCIES
Sept 2016:
Artist in Residence, Hangar art residency & research institute, Lisbon
Nov 2013:
CAMP Artist Space, Mumbai
June–Oct 2012:
Cittadellarte Fondazione Pistoletto, Biella, Italy
May–Aug 2011:
Greatmore Studios, Triangle Art Trust, Cape Town
2010–2011:
Associate artist, Motiroti, London
Feb–April 2010:
Kashi Art residency, Kochi, India
May–June 2009:
Inteatro Polverigi, Ancona, Italy
CURATORIAL WORK
2012–2014:
Curator, The Centre of African Studies Gallery, University of Cape Town
April 2014:
Group Exhibition, ‘The people shall share in the wealth of the nation’ and screening of ‘Miners Shot Down’ by Rehad Desai, The Centre of African Studies Gallery
Sept 2013:
‘TO-LET’ by The Burning Museum Collective in collaboration with the District Six Museum & The Centre of African Studies Gallery, University of Cape Town
April 2013:
Group Exhibition, ‘Woman, Object, Corpse’, Centre for African Studies gallery
October 2012:
Co-curated, Frac Piedmont collection exhibition, Cittadellarte Fondazione Pistoletto, Biella, Italy
PUBLICATIONS
2022:
Singh.M.2022. The Rusting Diamond. In Restless Infections: Public Art in South Africa. J. Pather & C. Boulle. Eds. London. Routledge.(Forthcoming)
2021:
Singh.M.2021. Enslaved bodies, entangled sites and the memory of slavery in Cape Town: [The meeting of the dead and living. In Echoes of Coloniality: New Perspectives on Decolonizing European Heritage. B. Knudsen, J.R. Oldfield, E. Buettner & E. Zabynuan. Eds. London. Routledge.
2017:
Singh.M.2017. A notice to motion: exploring states of stillness while waiting on the arrested vessel WBI Trinity at the port of Cape Town. In Fluid Networks & Hegemonic Powers in the Western Ocean. I. walker, M.J Ramos & P. Kaarsholm. Eds. Lisbon. Centro de Estudoes Internacionais do Instituto Universitario de Lisboa.169-195
SELECTED CONFERENCES/PRESENTATIONS
Nov 2016:
Artist presentation, Circulations in Contemporary Art, Circulations conference, French cultural institute, Johannesburg
April 2016:
Visualizing Migrations: Presentation at African Centre for Migration and Society conference, Workers Museum, Johannesburg
April 2015:
Paper presentation at ‘Africa in the Indian Ocean’ conference, University of Lisbon
August 2013:
Presentation, CIMAM Contemporary Art curators and Museum Directors Meet, Brazil
June 2013:
Johannesburg Theory and Criticism Workshop, WISER, WITS University, Johannesburg
June 2012:
Urban Culture and Creative Practice Workshop Istanbul, Organized by Brown University
Nov 2010:
Presentation, Research lab on the theme of Memory & Creative practice, Motiroti London
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
2018:
Online lectures, Dissident Art, School of the Arts, University of Pretoria
2017:
Guest lecturer, Art as resistance, Michaelis School of Art, University of Cape Town
2015:
Guest lecturer, The Arab Spring, Michaelis School of Art, University of Cape Town
2014:
Guest lecturer, Art as resistance Michaelis School of Art, University of Cape Town
This webite is designed by Kasper Mikael Jacek using Lay Theme by Armin Unruh
This project has received funding from the European Union's Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under agreed No 770248