EDUCATION

1991-92

Slade School of Fine Art, London, UK

[Post Grad Higher Diploma, Mixed Media]

1984-87

University of East London, London, UK

[BA Honors, Fine Art]

 

FILM WORKS

Written, Edited, and Directed

2003

Eating Grass

2001

Spoken Diary

1994

The Watershed

1991

Fatima's Letter

1989

Three Paces

1989

Swan

1987

Unfolding

1985

Durga

 

EXHIBITIONS

2004

EATING GRASS, Talwar Gallery, New York, NY

2003

EATING GRASS, Institute of International Visual Arts (inIVA), London, UK

2003

FATIMA’S LETTER, A Century of British Artist’s Films, Tate Britain, London, UK

2003

SPOKEN DIARY/SWAN, Talwar Gallery, New York, NY

JIGAR, A retrospective of Alia Syed's film works @

Feb-Mar 2002

The New Art Gallery, Walsall, UK

Feb-Mar 2002

The Space Gallery @ inIVA, London, UK

Jun-Aug 2002

Turnpike Gallery, Manchester, UK

Jun-Sep 2002

Gallery Of Modern Art, Glasgow, Scotland

 

OTHER EXHIBITIONS AND SCREENINGS

THE WATERSHED

2000

Performing Bodies Tate Modern, London, UK

1997

Corto  Circuito, Naples, Italy

1996

Lumier Festival, University of Westminster,

1996

Pandemonium ICA, London, UK

1996

Auckland City Art Gallery and Melbourne Cinematheque, Australia

1996

Pacific Cinematheque (Berkeley), San Francisco Cinematheque USA

1995

Desh Pardesh, Toronto, Canada  

 

FATIMA'S LETTER

1997

"Views of London", ICA, London UK

1996

National Film Theatre, London, UK  

1995

Mango Film Festival, Manchester UK

1994

Museum of London, E.M, Media Canada

1994

Ikon Gallery "Beyond Destination", Birmingham, UK

1994

Xenix Film Club, Zurich, Switzerland

1992

Euclid, Toronto, Canada

1991

25 years of British Avant Garde, Tate Gallery, London, UK

1991

ICA, London, UK

 

THREE PACES

1991

Edinburgh Film House, UK

1991

London Film Festival, UK

1990

Millenium Cinema, New York, USA

1990

San Fransisco Cinemateque, USA

1990

Pleasure Dome Toronto, Canada

1990

Helsinki Film Workshop, Finland

 

SWAN

1993

Cine Suspect Magdeburg, National Film Theatre

1990

Helsinki Film Workshop, Finland

1990

Kommunales, Bremen, Germany

1990

Centre for Contemporary Arts, Warsaw, Poland

1989

Viper Lucerne, Switzerland

 

UNFOLDING

1989

London Film Festival, UK

1988

Pacific Cinematheque, Berkeley, USA

 

DURGA

1998

Lux Cinema, London, UK

1990

Women in Profile, Glasgow, Scotland

1988

Hochschule fur kunst, Hamburg, Germany

 

SPOKEN DIARY

2000

D-net, Lux Cinema, London, UK

2002

Watermans Arts Centre, London, UK

 

RETROSPECTIVE

2000

Lux Cinema, London UK

2002

Phoenix  Plymouth, UK

2002

Brief encounters "Without Boundaries"  Bristol, UK

 

TEACHING AND ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE

Current

Visiting Lecturer, Surrey Institute Of Arts & Media, UK

 

PART TIME LECTURER

2001

Central St Martins

1997

Central St Martins

1994-99

University of East London

 

VISITING LECTURER

1996-2000

Chelsea School of Art

1994

Glasgow School of Art

1994-95

Birbeck  College

1994

Wimbledon School of Art

1994

Maidstone

1992, 1994

University of East London

1992-93

Central St Martins

1989

St Martins School of Art

 

AWARDS & HONORS

2002

London Film & Video Production Award for "Eating Grass"

1998

Arts Council of England completion Award for  "Spoken Diary"

1995

Arts Council of England production Award for  "Spoken Diary"

1991

ICA Biennial Award for 16mm print "Fatima's Letter"

1989

Arts Council of England production Award for "The Watershed"

 

CATALOGUES

 1997

Corto Circuito, European Festival of Short Audio-Visual Communication

 1994

Beyond Destination, Ikon Gallery, edited by Ian Iqbal Rashid

 1992

Arrows of Desire, ICA Biennial, edited by Peter Wollen

 

ART REVIEWS

Fall 2002

Art in-sight (Film waves), Issue 19

September 2002

FilmWaves

29 July 2002

Metro (Scotish)

19 July 2002

The Herald (Glasgow)

Spring 2002

Vertigo

April 2002

ArtReview

March 2002

Art Monthly