CV


Education

Columbia University, School of The Arts | New York, U.S.A
MFA in Visual Arts | 2008

University of Manitoba, School of Art | Winnipeg, Canada
BFA (Honors) in Visual Arts | 2005

Grants & Awards

The Banff Center, Brenda & Jamie Mackie Fellowship | 2012

Winnipeg Arts Council, Travel Grant | 2012

Manitoba Arts Council, Travel Grant | 2011

Canada Council for the Arts, Project Grant | 2011

Winnipeg Foundation, Commissioning Grant | 2010

Winnipeg Arts Council, Commissioning Grant | 2009

Columbia University, Merit Scholarship | 2007

Columbia University, Dean's Fellowship | 2007

Ellen Gelman, Endowed Fellowship | 2007

Manitoba Arts Council, Grant | 2007

Columbia University, Merit Scholarship | 2006

Columbia University, Dean's Fellowship | 2006

Lila Wallace Reader's Digest, Endowed Scholarship | 2006

Winnipeg Arts Council, Commissioning Grant | 2006

Manitoba Arts Council, Grant | 2006

National Film Board of Canada, Reel Diversity Film Grant | 2005

Artist Talks & Panel Discussions

ArtSpeak | 2011
Artist discussion with Randy Lee Cutler
ArtSpeak, Vancouver, BC, Canada

Emily Carr: University of Art + Design | 2011
The Photographic Studio | Studio Class | Artist Talk
Emily Carr: University of Art + Design, Vancouver, BC, Canada

Mentoring Artists for Women's Art | 2011
Painfully Indian: Artist Talk
MAWA Gallery, Winnipeg, MB, Canada

University of Winnipeg | 2011
South Asian Diaspora Since 1800 | Artist Talk
University of Winnipeg, Winnipeg, MB, Canada

University of Manitoba | 2011
Conceptual Self Portraits: Suzy Lake, Elizabeth Legge, Divya Mehra
University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada

South Asian Visual Arts Center | 2010
Monitor: Panel Discussion: Cameron Bailey, Srimoyee Mitra, Divya Mehra
ArtSpace, Cinematheque, Winnipeg, MB, Canada

Platform: center for photographic + digital arts | 2010
Turf War: Artist Talk
ArtSpace, Platform Gallery, Winnipeg, MB, Canada

South Asian Visual Arts Center | 2010
Monitor 6: Panel Discussion: Richard Fung, Roger Sinha, Divya Mehra
NFB Mediatheque, Toronto, ON, Canada

South Asian Women's Creative Collective | 2009
Domestic Policy: Panel Discussion
The Guild Art Gallery, New York, NY, U.S.A.

University of Manitoba | 2009
Art Now | Art History Class | Artist Talk
University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada

Indo-American Arts Council | 2009
Erasing Borders | Indian Art of The Diaspora: Panel Discussion
Queens Museum of Art, Queens, NY, U.S.A.

South Asian Women's Creative Collective | 2009
SAWCC Slide Slam: Artist Talk
Asian American Writers Workshop, New York, NY, U.S.A.

Select Bibliography

Allison Gilmor
Of Interest: Turf War. | February 2011
BlackFlash Magazine | Issue # 28.2 | Regina, SK, Canada

Pamila Matharu
Knee Deep in Multi-Culti Splendour | January 2011
The Art gallery of York University Studio Blog | Toronto, ON, Canada

Cliff Eyland
2010 CRITICS' PICKS | December 2010
Akimbo | Akimblog 12/14/10 | Toronto, ON, Canada

Natasha Bissonauth
Both Teams Cannot Win | December 2010
C Magazine | Issue # 108 | Toronto, ON, Canada

Allison Gilmor
Artist Makes Political Point in a Big, Big Way | September 2010
Winnipeg Free Press | Winnipeg, MB, Canada

Sandee Moore
Divya Mehra is the Real Deal | September 2010
Uptown Magazine | Winnipeg, MB, Canada

J.J. Kegan McFadden
Divya Mehra is Interested in Power | September 2010
Curatorial Essay for Solo Exhibition, Turf War. | Winnipeg, MB, Canada

Stacey Duff
Three To See | August 2009
Time Out Beijing | Beijing, China

Shawna Dempsey
The Importance of Being Divya | February 2009
No More Potlucks Online Print Journal | Issue # 2 | Toronto, ON, Canada

Rhonda Bruchanski
CBC Artspots | November 2006
Interview on CBC.com & CBC Television | Winnipeg, MB, Canada

Select Exhibitions & Screenings

Oh, Canada, MASS MoCA
North Adams, MA, U.S.A., Sculpture | 2012 *Commission

You have to tell Them, i'm not a Racist., La Maison Des Artistes
Winnipeg, MB, Canada, Sculpture | 2012 *Solo Exhibition

And the falchion passed through his neck, Latitude 28
New Delhi, Delhi, India, Video | 2011

The Party is Over, ArtSpeak
Vancouver, BC, Canada, Sculpture | 2011 *Solo Exhibition

DIASPORASIE, articule
Montréal, QC, Canada, Video | 2011

SHIFT - Electronic Arts Festival, SHIFT Concert Hall
Basel, Switzerland, Video | 2011

take me to your leader, lead me to your taker, SAW Gallery
Ottawa, ON, Canada, Sculpture | 2011

Changing The World Through Art, Haunch of Venison + hiArt!
New York, NY, U.S.A., | 2011 *Benefit

Left, Aicon Gallery
New York, NY, U.S.A., Sculpture | 2010

Monitor, Cinematheque
Winnipeg, MB, Canada, Video | 2010

WNDX Festival of Film And Video Art, Cinematheque
Winnipeg, MB, Canada, Video | 2010

Digression, Hendershot Gallery
New York, NY, U.S.A., Sculpture | 2010

Turf War., Platform: center for photographic + digital arts
Winnipeg, MB, Canada | 2010 *Solo Exhibition | Commission

Videos de femmes dans le parc, GIV
Montréal, QC, Canada, Video | 2010

Intermixamania, Plug In ICA
Winnipeg, MB, Canada, Video | 2010

Structures Within an Intervention, The Guild Gallery
New York, NY, U.S.A., Sculpture | 2010

Monitor 6, NFB Mediatheque
Toronto, ON, Canada, Video | 2010

A Wild Gander, BRIC Contemporary Art
Brooklyn, NY, U.S.A., Video + Sculpture | 2010 *Commission

Beautiful Dreamers, Vancity Theatre
Vancouver, B.C., Canada, Video | 2010

The Interruption, SCOPE Art Fair Lincoln Center
New York, NY, U.S.A., Performance | 2010

Changing The World Through Art, Haunch of Venison + hiArt!
New York, NY, U.S.A., | 2010 *Benefit

Birds of a Feather , Border Crossings Magazine
Winnipeg, MB, Canada, | 2010 *Benefit

Domestic Policy, The Guild Gallery
New York, NY, U.S.A., Sculpture | 2009

Beijing 798 Biennale, 798 Art Zone
Beijing, China, Video | 2009

Contemporary Indian Art of The Diaspora | Tour
Queens Museum of Art | Queens, NY, U.S.A. | Video | 2009
Consulate General of India | New York, NY, U.S.A.
Asian Contemporary Art Week | New York, NY, U.S.A.
Dowd Gallery | Cortland, NY U.S.A.

Reply-All, Art Metropole | SAVAC, On-Line Art Dialogue
Toronto, ON, Canada, Video | 2009 *Commission

I Have Not Painted In A Year., The Suburban
Chicago, Il, U.S.A., Photography | 2009

SMITHUMENTA, Bond Street Studio
Brooklyn, NY, U.S.A., Video/Drawing | 2009

Wonder What The Others Are Up To?, Gallery OED
Cochin, Kerala, India, Video | 2009

Brooklyn Is Burning, Monkey Town
Brooklyn, NY, U.S.A., Video | 2009

SAWCC Art Auction, Tamarind ART
New York, NY, U.S.A., | 2008 *Benefit

Escape | Tour
Smart Projects Space | Amsterdam, NL-NH, Netherlands | Video | 2010
Harvestworks DMAC | New York, NY, U.S.A. | 2009
Eyelevel Gallery | Halifax, NS, Canada
Eastern Edge Gallery | St. John's, NL, Canada
Gallery Homeland | Portland, OR, U.S.A.
Helen Pitt Gallery | Vancouver, BC, Canada

WNDX Festival of Film And Video Art, Cinematheque
Winnipeg, MB, Canada, Video | 2008

Fabulous Festival of Fringe Film, Durham Art Gallery
Durham, ON, Canada, Video | 2008

The New Academy, Robert Lehman Art Center
North Andover, MA, U.S.A., Video | 2008

Videos de femmes dans le parc, GIV
Montréal, QC, Canada, Video | 2008

MFA Thesis Exhibition, Fisher Landau Center For Art
Long Island City, NY, U.S.A., Video | 2008

Images Festival, Joseph Workman Theatre
Toronto, ON, Canada, Video | 2008

The Leisure Suite, Leroy Neiman Gallery
New York, NY, U.S.A., Photography | 2008

Posers: Performing A Fictional Self for Video, Eastern Edge Gallery
St.John's, NL, Canada, Video | 2008

Camera Free Screening, Cinematheque
Winnipeg, MB, Canada, Video | 2008

Paradise Lost and Found, Border Crossings Magazine
Winnipeg, MB, Canada, | 2008 *Benefit

1st Year MFA Exhibition, Wallach Art Gallery
New York, NY, U.S.A., Video | 2007

21 | Tour
A Space | Toronto, ON, Canada | Video | 2007
Dunlop Art Gallery | Regina, SK, Canada
Paved Arts | Saskatoon, SK, Canada

Divya Mehra Video Works 2002-2007, Plug In ICA
Winnipeg, MB, Canada, Video | 2007

In The Blink of An Eye, Winnipeg Art Gallery
Winnipeg, MB, Canada, Video | 2007 *Commission

Photophobia 8, Art Gallery of Hamilton
Hamilton, ON, Canada, Video | 2006

Divya Mehra Video Works, colour school, University of British Columbia
Vancouver, BC, Canada, Video | 2006

Thesis Show, Gallery 1.1.1.
Winnipeg, MB, Canada, Photography | 2005