(extra)ordinary affects (detail), 2024–2025
Cotton thread, embroidery, found textiles, pinewood scaffolding. 27 parts.
7 large square panels, 720mm x 720mm each;
20 small square panels, 370mm x 370mm each.

Ātash (Exceptionalist Tendencies), 2024
Cotton embroidery on remnant cloth
775mm H x 525mm W (frame)

Khāneh-ye Matruk (Excursions), 2024
Cotton embroidery on remnant cloth
770mm H x 475mm W (frame)

Nashq-e Penhan (Ligature between tongues), 2024
Cotton embroidery on remnant cloth
775mm H x 525mm W (frame)

Picchad Sakht (Affective Erethism), 2024
Cotton embroidery on remnant cloth
525mm H x 725mm W (frame)

Eshq-e Mazāji (Earthspell), 2024
Cotton embroidery on remnant cloth
720mm H x 525mm W (frame)

Eshq-e Haqiqi (Genuflexion), 2024
Cotton embroidery on remnant cloth
725mm H x 575mm W (frame)

Shab o Havas (Nightswim), 2024
cotton embroidery on remnant cloth
870mm H x 625mm W (frame)

'Pedagogical Drawings: Series Z'

Cotton embroidery on found cloth (17 parts)
(Dimensions varied)

1 (HA 29), 2024

2 (HA 28), 2024

3 (HA 30), 2024

5 (HA 32), 2024

6 (HA 33), 2024

7 (HA 34), 2024

8 (HA 43), 2024

Disjecta Membra: Series T, 2023
Kaolinite clay, raku, Caspian Sea sand (9 parts)
175mm H x 175mm W x 90mm D (each)

Subsumption: it happens all the time, 2022
Cotton embroidery on handwoven silk cotton
975mm H x 1775mm W (framed)

Small Vessel/Big Container, 2023
Cotton embroidery on found cloth
1370mm H x 1010mm W [unframed]

Parcel of Stems (four soldiers at ease), 2023
Cotton embroidery on found cloth
890mm H x 1010mm W [unframed]

Oneiria: Night 1, 2022
Cotton embroidery on khadi towel
1360mm H x 715mm W [unframed]

Oneiria: Night 2, 2022
Cotton embroidery on khadi towel
1360mm H x 715mm W [unframed]

Oneiria: Night 3, 2022
Cotton embroidery on khadi towel
1360mm H x 715mm W [unframed]

Studies & Annotations: Oneiria (Nights 1 – 5), 2022
All studies mixed media on cotton paper
All annotations mixed media on found paper
[Dimensions varied]

Lot 1: The lover, the river and the cup, 2023
Kaolinite, raku, Caspian Sea sand
[Dimensions varied]


Lot 2: A game without rules, 2023
Kaolinite, raku, Caspian Sea sand
[Dimensions varied]


Lot 3: Poultice maker, 2023
Kaolinite, raku, Caspian Sea sand
[Dimensions varied]


Lot 4: As this chin melts on your knee, 2023
Kaolinite, raku, Caspian Sea sand
[Dimensions varied]

• Fragmented Awakening (after P. Klee), 2023
  Cotton embroidery on khadi
  430mm H x 490mm W [unframed]
  
  
  Blossoms (after P. Klee)*, 2023
  Cotton embroidery on khadi
  430mm H x 490mm W [unframed]

'Pediment & Frieze' series

Rhyton, 2023
Watercolour on Arches cotton paper
380mm H x 300mm W [unframed]

Capital & Base, 2023
Watercolour on Arches cotton paper
380mm H x 300mm W [unframed]

Treasury, 2023
Watercolour on Arches cotton paper
380mm H x 300mm W [unframed]

Seal, 2023
Watercolour on Arches cotton paper
380mm H x 300mm W [unframed]

Fragment 1: On a mountain, 2022
Cotton embroidery on khadi handkerchief
390mm x 430mm [unframed]

Fragment 2: Hand in arm in hand, 2022
Cotton embroidery on khadi handkerchief
380mm x 430mm [unframed]

Fragment 3: Heavy drink in the rain, 2022
Cotton embroidery on khadi handkerchief
430mm x 400mm [unframed]

Anointed 1: Green Earth, 2023
Mixed media on Arches cotton paper
400mm x 400mm [framed]

Anointed 2: Lapis Lazuli, 2023
Mixed media on Arches cotton paper
400mm x 400mm [framed]

Chaharshanabeh Suri, 2023
Cotton embroidery on handwoven cloth
880 x 980 mm [framed]

Above the waist: somatic movement one, 2022
Cotton embroidery on overdyed cotton cummerbund
950 x 470 mm [framed]

‘Eleven Windows (after Mahmoud Darwish
and Agha Shahid Ali)’

I. Perfumes are ready by the door, 2023
Mixed media on Arches cotton paper
400 x 400 mm [framed]

II. Some ribs are always soft, 2023
Mixed media on Arches cotton paper
400 x 400 mm [framed]

III. He’ll live in my bedroom in Ithaka, 2023
Mixed media on Arches cotton paper
400 x 400 mm [framed]

IV. Sherds for tomorrow, 2023
Mixed media on Arches cotton paper
400 x 400 mm [framed]

V. One day I will sit on the pavement, 2023
Mixed media on Arches cotton paper
400 x 400 mm [framed]

VI. Blaue Ziegel, 2023
Mixed media on Arches cotton paper
400 x 400 mm [framed]

Garden Drawing 1 (after P. Klee), 2023
Cotton embroidery on raw khadi
335 x 345 mm

Ashem Vohu, 2023
Cotton embroidery on handwoven muslin
640 x 640 mm [framed]

Avan Roj Avan Mahino, 2023
Cotton embroidery on handwoven muslin
640 x 640 mm [framed]

Persepolitan, 2022
Clay, earth (Whakatū), barley straw, cotton duck, embroidered khadi, natural pigments (saffron, barberry, sumac), oil pastel
80 parts (dimensions variable)

Sell it if you must but not to a man with blue eyes, 2021
Cotton embroidery on place mat (c. 1990)
330mm H x 440mm W [unframed]

Thieves' Market, 2018 – 2021 [30 parts]
Czech glass beads, mercerised cotton
15mm H x 300mm W x 1740mm L

Song 1, 2019-22
Lithograph on paper, edition of 25
280mm H × 340mm W

Song 2, 2019-22
Lithograph on paper, edition of 25
280mm H × 340mm W

Song 3, 2019-22
Lithograph on paper, edition of 25
280mm H × 340mm W

Subsumption: it happens all the time, 2022
Cotton embroidery on hand-woven silk cotton
950mm H x 1750mm W

Esmet Chiyeh? (what’s inside a name), 2021
Cotton embroidery on Bombay Dyeing dust cloth c.1980. 765mm H x 750mm W [framed]

Half-Sein (a blueprint for spring), 2021
Cotton embroidery on Bombay Dyeing dust cloth (c.1980). 625mm H x 770mm W [framed]

Seated Anāhita and Rider (Scythian), 2021
Cotton embroidery on dhurrie rug
835mm H x 1175mm W [framed]

Sleeping Hermaphroditus (after a Roman Copy), 2021
Cotton embroidery on dhurrie rug
835mm H x 1175mm W [framed]

Yes, I’m a Garden, 2022
Cotton embroidery on hand-woven silk cotton
950mm H x 1650mm W

Thirtybird, 2022
Cotton embroidery on hand-woven silk-cotton
1050mm H x 1050mm W

Simurgh (hoopoe), 2022
Cotton embroidery on raw khadi
345mm H x 340mm W

Simurgh (nightingale), 2022
Cotton embroidery on raw khadi
320mm H x 335mm W

Between the kneecaps, 2021
Natural pigments (saffron, sumac) and watercolour on cotton paper
180mm H x 125mm W [unframed]

Haft Sein, 2021
Natural pigments (saffron, sumac) and watercolour on cotton paper
180mm H x 125mm W [unframed]

Ashem Vohu, 2021
Natural pigments (saffron, sumac) and watercolour on cotton paper
180mm H x 125mm W [unframed]

Dēgarbash, 2021
Natural pigments (saffron, sumac) and watercolour on cotton paper
180mm H x 125mm W [unframed]

Pasargadae, 2021
Natural pigments (saffron, sumac) and watercolour on cotton paper
180mm H x 125mm W [unframed]

All My Books Have Faded Spines, 2022
Cotton embroidery on khadi
580mm x 1070mm

Eyeteeth
, 2022
Cotton embroidery on khadi
830mm x 430mm

Installation view

Dolly (study of a Achaemenid Persepolitan), 2021
Watercolour and natural pigment on cotton paper
[framed]


Thrity (study of an Achaemenid Queen), 2021
Watercolour and natural pigment on cotton paper
[framed]


Yasmin (study of a Persepolitan Courtier), 2021
Watercolour and natural pigment on cotton paper
[framed]

Alcohol (a dance of birds as our vines ripen), 2021
Cotton embroidery on khadi handkerchief
510mm x 500mm [unframed] | 670mm x 670mm [framed]

Musk (or the residual tenderness of a pillow), 2021
Cotton embroidery on khadi handkerchief
510mm x 500mm [unframed] | 670mm x 670mm [framed]

Dio Dispersion, 2018
Cotton embroidery and antique mul (19th century) on Bombay Dyeing tea towel (c. 1940)
530mm x 510mm [framed]

Fruit Cubab, 2022 [1 – 3]
Inkjet billboard print
2400mm H x 3000mm W (each)

Installation view

Taste of Malido, 2018
Embroidery on khadi handkerchief
410mm H x 500mm W [unframed]

Sound of Dhansak, 2018
Embroidery on khadi handkerchief
410mm H x 500mm W [unframed]

Money Pouches [I-II], 2019
Embroidery on canvas money pouches c. 1930
[Dimensions variable]

Embers (16 thoughts form simultaneously), 2019
Embroidery on khadi handkerchief
450mm H x 450mm W

Hands on Lap, 2019
Embroidery on ikat handkerchief
470mm H x 470mm W

Seeds (written and spoken-word), 2020
Graphite text on wall

Dwelling, 2017
Cotton thread hand embroidery on upholstered silk textile.

Essayer (are we there yet?), 2021
Embroidery on khadi cloth
405mm H x 870mm W

Selection 'It's Never too Late to Learn' (series of 32)

Lesson 8, 2020
Embroidery on gifted vintage muslin handkerchief
420mm H x 420mm W [frame]

Lesson 16, 2020
Embroidery on gifted vintage muslin handkerchief
420mm H x 420mm W [frame]

Lesson 25, 2020
Embroidery on gifted vintage muslin handkerchief
420mm H x 420mm W [frame]

A squall unto Yasmin's Friday shrine, 2020
Embroidery on printed Bombay Dyeing dust cloth c. 1980
755mm H x 830mm W [frame]

Flight with a landscape in the belly, 2021
Embroidery on khadi cloth
900mm H x 355mm W

Install view

Drapery, 2019
Cotton and silk thread embroidery on 80% linen/20% cellulose textile.

Ionic, 2021
Cotton thread hand embroidery on muslin handkerchief.

Threshold, 2021
Pearlised polychrome Czech glass beads
[spatial intervention with concrete flooring.]

Telemachus, 2021
Cotton thread hand embroidery on muslin handkerchief.

Trojan, 2021
Cotton thread hand embroidery on muslin handkerchief.

Install view

Lot. 5, 2020
Beaded tapestry fragments with Czech glass beads and mercerised cotton thread.

Lot. 1, 2018 – 2021 [framed]
Beaded tapestry fragments with Czech glass beads and mercerised cotton thread.

Lot. 3, 2020
Beaded tapestry fragments with Czech glass beads and mercerised cotton thread.

Lot. 10, 2020
Beaded tapestry fragments with Czech glass beads and mercerised cotton thread.

Sympathetic Qualities, 2020
Cotton embroidery on handwoven ikat cloth.
300mm H x 300mm W

Helpful Thoughts, 2020
Cotton embroidery on handwoven ikat cloth.
300mm H x 300mm W

Grasping (three anachronisms), 2020
Cotton embroidery on handwoven ikat cloth.
810mm H x 360mm W

Installation view

He Asked About the Quality, 2019
Cotton and silk thread, antique linen handkerchief.
160mm H x 170mm W

Original Recipe with Tubular Saucepan Handle, 2020
Cotton thread, handwoven khadi.
385mm H x 385mm W

For Thirty Thousand Years (I, II, III), 2019
Cotton thread, silk and cotton khadi.
900mm H x 950mm W

Eleven Thoughts Form
(conflation of mischief and pleasure), 2020
Cotton thread, handwoven khadi.
420mm H x 840mm W

Four Bars (transcending asceticism), 2020
Cotton thread, handwoven silk remnant.
385mm H x 385mm W

21 Bars, 2018
Cotton thread, hand-loomed khatka (dust cloth).
450mm H x 350mm W

9 Bars, 2018
Cotton thread, hand-loomed khatka (dust cloth).
450mm H x 350mm W

Ishtar Gate Residue, 2019
Cotton thread, khadi handkerchief.
450mm H x 450mm W | 680mm H x 680mm W (framed)

Simpleton No. 1, 2019
Cotton thread, khadi handkerchief.
450mm H x 450mm W | 680mm H x 680mm W (framed)

Ax – Ex, 2020
Cotton thread, handwoven khadi.
385mm H x 385mm W

i. A squall unto Yasmin’s Friday shrine, 2020
Cotton thread, Bombay Dyeing cotton dust cloth (Mumbai, c. 1980).
450mm H x 600mm W

ii. He will not be attending the conference, 2020
Cotton thread, hand-loomed tea towel (Izmir, c. 1940).
545mm H x 970mm W

Body, Remember, 2019.
Watercolour & graphite on cotton paper.
180mm H x 125mm W (unframed)

August (Novelli's poetry reading tour), 2019
Cotton thread, khadi handkerchief.
450mm H x 450mm W

In response to 'Frances Hodgkins: European Journeys': within a model gallery located in the display case on the mezzanine level beside E.H McCormick Library.

Cotton thread, hand-loomed khatka (dust cloth)

Cotton thread hand embroidery applied over hand-loomed cotton Khatka textile.

Cotton thread hand embroidery applied over hand-loomed cotton Khatka textile.

Czech glass beads tapestry-woven with mercerised cotton thread.

Cotton thread hand embroidery applied over repurposed hand-loomed tea towel.

Cotton thread hand embroidery on repurposed Bombay Dyeing tote bag with ‘1990’ calendar print on textile.

Cotton thread hand embroidery applied over flat-woven indigo dyed cotton runner rug.

Cotton thread hand embroidery applied over repurposed Bombay Dyeing tea towels (c. 1940) with applied 19th Century hand loomed cotton Mul fragments.

Cotton thread hand embroidery on hand-loomed cotton Khatka textile.

Cotton thread hand embroidery on hand-loomed 60% Silk x 40% Cotton Khadi (Moss). Framed on pinewood structure designed in collaboration with Bombay Atelier.

Cotton thread hand embroidery applied over hand-loomed Khadi cotton handkerchiefs.

Cotton thread hand embroidery on repurposed Bombay Dyeing floral printed coaster (c. 1950)

Sudreh Series: Article i
Cotton thread hand embroidery applied over hand-loomed West Bengali cotton Mul.

Sudreh Series: Article ii
Cotton thread hand embroidery applied over hand-loomed West Bengali cotton Mul.

Cotton thread hand embroidery on repurposed cotton canvas ‘Duke’ money pouches (c. 1930).

Czech glass beads tapestry-woven with mercerised cotton thread.

Cotton thread hand embroidery applied over hand-loomed cotton Khatka textile.

Cotton thread hand embroidery applied over hand-loomed cotton Khatka textile.

Cotton thread hand embroidery applied over hand-loomed cotton Khatka textile.

Cotton thread hand embroidery on repurposed green paisley woodblock printed cotton tablecloth.

Cotton thread hand embroidery on hand-loomed 60% Silk x 40% Cotton Khadi (Dove Grey). Framed on pinewood structure designed in collaboration with Bombay Atelier.

Nāvar Initiation (Zoroastrian Priesthood), 2018
Cotton thread, hand-woven cotton tea towel
440mm H x 440mm W

Still Life, Spin & Thrust, 2018
Cotton thread, found dust cloth (c. 1990)
355mm H x 390mm W

Cotton thread hand embroidery applied over hand-loomed cotton Khatka textile.

Dwelling, 2017
Cotton thread, silk textile
1250mm W x 1850mm H x 300mm D

Ravel Scroll: Daybreak, 2017
Cotton thread, silk textile
1450mm W x 6750mm H