Curriculum Vitae

CV

Education, exhibitions, broadcast, public collections, awards, residencies, teaching, press, and grants. Reverse chronological.

Education

2008
MA Directing, National Film and Television School (Royal Mail Full Scholarship)
2003
BSc Economics and History, London School of Economics and Political Science

Solo Exhibitions

2026
Paths You Walk, The New Art Gallery Walsall (March–July)
2025
Endz of the World, Coded Furnaces, Wolverhampton Art Gallery (June–September)
2022
[Traveller, Your Footprints], New Art Exchange, Nottingham (September–January 2023)
2022
The Exiles, The New Art Gallery Walsall (November–February 2023)

Selected Group Exhibitions & Screenings

2026
Lumbu, Genesis Theatre, Small Eyes Big Worlds (February)
2025
20/20 Group Exhibition, Pallant House Gallery, Chichester
2025
20/20: Futures Group Exhibition, LCF, Stratford, East London
2025
Community Networks Aotearoa, group anniversary exhibition
2025
Endz of the World, artist film screenings, Chelsea Space, Chelsea College of Arts, London
2025
Common Ground Exhibition, Wilson Art Gallery, Cheltenham
2024
Earth Photo tour, Lost Gardens of Heligan, Cornwall
2023
Earth Photo, Lishui International Photography Festival, China
2023
Earth Photo tour, Sidney Nolan Trust, Herefordshire
2023
Earth Photo, Royal Geographic Society, London
2023
RBSA Photography Exhibition, Birmingham. Winner, GMC Trust First Prize
2021
Wells Art Contemporary, Wells Cathedral
2019
Kaleidoscope: Immigration & Modern Britain, Somerset House, London
2019
Group Exhibition, Space Studios, Mare Street, London
2018
Blast! Festival, Sandwell
2017
Here There and Everywhere, Art India, Mumbai & NAE, Nottingham
2016
Flatpack 9, Midlands Art Centre, Birmingham
2014
Black Country Tales, Flatpack 6, Custard Factory
2014
Black Country Echoes Festival, Wolverhampton
2013
Fathers and Sons, International Documentary Festival, Zagreb
2011
London Indian Film Festival, BFI
2010
BFI Southbank Show, London
2007
Intercultural Exchange, Belfast
2006
Beauty Queen Premiere, Midlands Arts Centre, Birmingham

Broadcast

2026
Lumbu, BBC Films & BFI (short film, BBC iPlayer)
2022
Green Lions, BBC4 & DAZN (documentary feature)
2016
Sikhs of Smethwick, BBC4
2016–
A Very British History, BBC4 (multi-part series, 2 seasons)

Public Collections

Work held in twenty-four national public collections, including the Arts Council Collection (Dayshift, 2019; Year Zero: Black Country, 2014), the Contemporary Art Society (Seamstress and Furnacemen, placed at The New Art Gallery Walsall, 2022), Kettle's Yard, MIMA, The Hepworth Wakefield, The Box Plymouth, Compton Verney, Wolverhampton Art Gallery (I wake up and find myself in an excluded world, 2024), and the New Art Gallery Walsall.

Awards & Nominations

2024
Nominated to represent Great Britain at the Venice Biennale
2023
Derek Jarman Award nominee
2023
GMC Trust First Prize, RBSA Photography Exhibition (Dayshift & Seamstress)
2019
Film London Lodestar
2016
Derek Jarman Award nominee
 
Satyajit Ray Award
 
Grierson Award nomination
 
Royal Television Society Award
 
BAFTA voting member

Residencies

2020–2025
UAL 20/20, Wolverhampton Art Gallery, Decolonising Arts Institute
2019
Somerset House Studios, London

Teaching

 
Associate Lecturer in Screen Documentary, Goldsmiths, University of London

Selected Press & Publications

2024
2023
ESPN, The Athletic Film Festival, Green Lions. Sid Lowe
2022
Melanie Kidd, exhibition catalogue text for [Traveller, Your Footprints], NAE

Interviews & Conversations

2026
Out of SPACE Podcast (Season 2, Ep. 6), Space Studios. In conversation with Dr Nerina Ramlakhan
2023
In Conversation with Deborah Robinson, The New Art Gallery Walsall
2022
In Conversation with Melanie Kidd, New Art Exchange, Nottingham
2022
The Exiles — Exhibition Film, The New Art Gallery Walsall

Grants & Funding

Arts Council England (4 direct awards), The National Lottery Heritage Fund, Sandwell Council, Creative Black Country, Birmingham Rep Theatre, New Art Exchange, UnLtd, BBC Films, BFI, FLAMIN / Film London, DAZN.