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Saberah Malik
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Solo Exhibitions

2018             Stories from My Story. AS220 Project Space, Providence, RI.

2018             Measurement of a Dream. Community College of Rhode Island, Lincoln RI.

2017             Thousandth Hour of the Next Journey. St. George’s School, Middletown, RI.

2016             Color of Life. Slater Mill, Pawtucket, RI.

2010             Please Do Not Touch. Above Providence Optical Gallery, Providence, RI.

2009             Un-Glassed. Mathewson Street United Methodist Church Chapel Gallery, Providence, RI.

2006             Whispering Waters Silent Stones. Space at Alice, Providence, RI.

Selected Group Exhibitions

2023             Temporal Shift. Overlap Gallery, Newport, RI.

2023             Tensions: New Directions in Fiber art. Bristol Art Museum, Bristol, RI.

2023             Edward Mitchell Bannister National Exhibition: Celebrating BIPOC Artists. Providence Art Club, Providence, RI.

2023             Safekeeping. 108 Contemporary Gallery, Tulsa, OK.

2023             Connections. Ceres Gallery, TSGNY Show. New York, NY.

2022             X International Biennial “25 YEARS WTA”. Coral Gables, Florida

2022             Korea Fiber Arts Forum. Suwon Museum of Art, Art Space Gwanggyo, Suwon, Korea. LVA, KMAC, Asia Institute-Crane House, 21c Hotel & Museum, and the University of Louisville.

2022             Danforth Annual Juried Exhibition. Framingham, MA.

2022             Below the Surface/Synergy II. URI Providence Feinstein Campus Gallery, Providence, RI.

2022             Newport Biennial. Newport Art Museum, Newport, RI.

2022             14th Annual Pawtucket Foundation Prize Exhibition. Pawtucket, RI.

2021             Luminous. Dedee Shattuck Gallery, Westport, MA.

2021             Oneness and Togetherness. WAH Center, Brooklyn, NY. Curator, Yuko Nii.

2020             Call and Response. Newport Art Museum, Newport, RI.

2020             Mandatory Color. Museum of Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX.

2020             Small Expressions. University of Tennessee Downtown Gallery, Knoxville, TN. Travelling to Robert Hillestead Textile Gallery, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, NA; Brinton Museum, Big Horn, WY.

2020             Fiber 2020. Silvermine Art Guild, New Canaan, CT.

2020             Fantastic Fibers 2020. Yeiser Art Center, Paducah, KT.

2020             Threaded: Contemporary Fiber in New England. Mosesian Center for the Arts, Watertown, MA.

2020             Gold Standard of Textile and Fiber Art. Westbeth Gallery, New York, NY.

2020             A Nerve is not a Nerve but a Bundle of Fibers. Wheaton College, Norton, MA.

2020             Excellence in Fibers V. Muskegon Museum of Art, Muskegon, MI.

2019             Fiber Art Network. Exhibition in print.

2019             Beyond the Surface. Juried Members Exhibit at SDA 2019 Biennial Conference, St. Louis, MO.

2019             Twisting Fibers: An Art for All Reasons. Art League Rhode Island Open Juried Show, Pawtucket, RI.

2019             12th Annual Pawtucket Foundation Show. Pawtucket, RI.

2019             More Than My Religion. Cary Library, Lexington, MA; State House, Boston, MA.

2019             Newport Annual Members’ Juried Exhibition. Newport Art Museum, Newport, RI.

2018             More Than My Religion. Atrium Gallery, Providence, RI.

2018             On the Other Side. Hera Gallery, Wakefield, RI.

2018             Red + One. Korea Bojagi Forum, Seoul, South Korea.

2018             Con/Textile/Ized. Jamestown Arts Center, Jamestown, RI.

2017             Sixth Islamic Art Revival Series. Irving Arts Center, TX.

2017             Festival of Quilts. Quilt Experiment division, Birmingham, UK.

2017             Small Works, SDA at 40. DPP Gallery, Oregon College of Art and Craft, Portland, OR.

2017             RESIST. Van Vessem Gallery, Tiverton, RI.

2017             Making Your Mark. Providence Art Club, Providence, RI.

2017             Boats, Surf, and Beaches. The Vets Gallery, Providence, RI.

2017             We Are Rhode Island. Feinstein Campus, URI Providence, RI.

2017             Contemporary Art: A Global Perspective. Warwick Center for the Arts, Warwick, RI.

2017             IARS Women’s Invitational Exhibition 2017. Eisemann Center, Richardson, TX.

2016             Conversations/Conversazion. ACCM Art Residency, Castello DeViti DeMarco, Casamassella (LE), Italy.

2016             Featured RI Artists for Green Space at T. F. Green Airport, RI.

2016             Korea Bojagi Forum, 2016. Suwon I Park Museum of Art, Chojun Textile and Quilt Art Museum, Seoul, South Korea.

2016             Danforth Art Annual: 2016 Juried Exhibition. Danforth Art Museum, Framingham, MA.

2016             Transgressing Traditions. Contemporary Textiles from the Surface Design Association. Schweinfurth Art Center, Auburn, NY.

2016             Drawing Lines Across Mediums. Site: Brooklyn, New York, NY.

2016             Future Traditions: Furniture and Textiles. Pawtucket Arts Collaborative, Pawtucket, RI.

2016             Fiber: Focus 2016. Kent State University, Kent, OH.

2015             Fourth Islamic Art Revival Series. LuminArte Gallery, Dallas, TX.

2015             Innovations in Fiber V. Sebastopol Center for the Arts, Sebastopol, CA.

2015             Three Rivers Arts Festival. Pittsburgh Cultural Trust, Pittsburgh, PA.

2015             Community of Artists. Danforth Art Museum, Framingham, MA.

2015             Transparencies. Vets Gallery, Providence, RI.

2015             NetWorks 2008–2014 Retrospective. Dedee Shattuck Gallery, Westport, MA.

2015             Newport Open 2015. Newport Art Museum, Newport, RI.

2015             Square. Narthex Gallery of St. Peter’s Church, New York, NY.

2014             NetWorks 2013–2014 Series. Newport Art Museum, Newport, RI.

2014             Perspectives/Translations/Refractions. Chazan Gallery at Wheeler, Providence, RI.

2014             Third Islamic Art Revival Series. LuminArte Gallery, Dallas, TX.

2014             A Lively Experiment. RI Convention Center, Providence, RI.

2014             Compass Rose Leader’s Exhibit. RI Convention Center, Providence, RI.

2014             HGA Small Expressions. Fuller Craft Museum, Brockton, MA.

2014             Community of Artists. Danforth Art Museum, Framingham, MA.

2014             Open Juried All-Media Exhibition. Providence Art Club, Providence, RI.

2014             Fiber in the Present Tense. New Bedford, MA.

2013             Rhode Island Art Archives Project. Bannister Gallery, Rhode Island College, Providence, RI.

2013             Innovations in Fiber IV. Sebastopol Center For The Arts, Sebastopol, CA.

2013             Threads. Tubac Center for the Arts, Tubac, AZ.

2013             ABZ Etcetra. Sebastopol Center For The Arts, Sebastopol, CA.

2013             Food for Thought. Some Things Looming, Reading, PA.

2013             New England Collective VI. Galatea Fine Arts, Boston, MA.

2013             Fabrication of Imagination. ALL (Art League, Lowell), Lowell, MA.

2013             Handweavers Guild of America: Small Expressions 2013. Fine Lines Creative Arts Center, St. Charles, IL.

2013             Off the Wall. Danforth Museum of Art, Framingham, MA.

2013             All Media Open Juried Exhibition. Providence Art Club, Providence, RI.

2013             3-D Small Works Salon. Maud Morgan Arts Chandler Gallery, Cambridge, MA.

2013             New Work New Year. Bannister Gallery, Rhode Island College, Providence, RI.

2012             26th Annual Open. Warwick Museum of Art, Warwick, RI.

2012             New England Collective III. Galatea Fine Arts, Boston, MA.

2012             Textile Art Mixed Exhibition, Green Textiles Conceptual Textile Art Mixed Exhibition. Moda Tekstil Bienali, Antalya, Turkey.

2012             Contextile 2012. Contemporary Textile Art Triennial, Guimaraes, Portugal.

2012             Pawtucket Foundation Show. Pawtucket, RI.

2012             Off the Wall. Danforth Museum of Art, Framingham, MA.

2012             Art in Fiber. Marblehead Art Association, Marblehead, MA.

2012             Craft National. Mulvane Art Museum, Washburn University, Topeka, KS.

2012             Fiber Futures. Arsenal Center for the Arts, Watertown, MA.

2012             Members’ Juried Annual. Newport Art Museum, Newport, RI.

2011             New Visions: 9 x 9 x 3. 1155 Avenue of the Americas Lobby Gallery, New York, NY.

2011             Crossing Lines: The Many Faces of Fiber. Courtyard Gallery, World Financial Center, New York, NY.

2011             Stitched: Nature Re-constructed. Stonehill College, Easton, MA.

2011             Form and Fantasy. Mystic Arts Center, Mystic, CT.

2011             Elements. Warwick Museum of Art, Warwick, RI.

2011             13th Annual Fidelity Investments Exhibit. Providence Art Club, Providence, RI.

2011             Northeast Regional Juried Contemporary Fiber Exhibition. Rochester Contemporary Art Center, NY.

2010             24th Annual Open. Warwick Museum of Art, Warwick, RI.

2010             A Community of Artists. Danforth Museum of Art, Framingham, MA.

2010             Fourth Annual Multicultural. Pawtucket Arts Collaborative, Pawtucket, RI.

2010             Extreme Scale. Fidelity Investments Exhibition, Providence Art Club, Providence, RI.

2010             Newport Open. Newport Art Museum, Newport, RI.

2010             Open Painting Exhibition. Providence Art Club, Providence, RI.

2009             Green Works. Fidelity Investments Exhibition, Providence Art Club, Providence, RI.

2009             Resounding Resonance. Providence Art Windows Installation, Providence, RI.

2008             Fidelity Investments All Media Exhibition. Providence Art Club, Providence, RI.

2008             Bend, Fold, Manipulate: 20 Artists Stitch for Peace. ACA Gallery, Toronto, Canada.

2007             Now for Something Completely Different. It Is Not A Deli Gallery, Toronto, Canada.

2007             Red, Black and White. Mystic Arts Center, Mystic, CT.

2007             Three View Points. Krause Gallery, Providence, RI.

 

Workshops/Teaching

2020             Visiting Artist. Wheaton College, Norton, MA.

2019 - 15     Introduction to Shibori. Stonehill College, Easton, MA.

2018 - 14     Introduction to Shibori. Textile Department, Punjab University College of Art and Design, Lahore, Pakistan.

2017             Transforming Textiles. Essex County Needlecraft Guild, Topsfield, MA.

2017             Visiting Artist. Creative Arts at Haywood Community College, Clyde, NC.

2017             Transforming Textiles. Instructor, Penland School of Crafts, Bakersville, NC.   

2016             Shibori. Art League Rhode Island in collaboration with Slater Mill Historic Site, Pawtucket, RI.

2016             Innovations in Fiber, Art League Rhode Island in collaboration with Slater Mill, Pawtucket, RI.

2014             Transforming Textiles. HGA Convergence Conference, Providence, RI.

2014             Shapes of Cloth. HGA Convergence Conference, Providence, RI.

 

Grants

2022             Rhode Island State Council on the Arts, General Operating Support for Artists, three-year grant.

2020             Finalist, MacColl Johnson Fellowship in Visual Arts, Rhode Island Foundation.

2016             Conversations in Contemporaneity. Carlo Cego Partial Fellowship grant, 2016 Arts Residency, Casamassella, Lecce, Italy.

2012             Rhode Island State Council on the Arts Professional Artist Development (PAD) Grant.

 

Awards/Honors

2019             Newport Art Museum Annual Member’s Juried Exhibition, Newport, RI.

2014             HGA: A Lively Experiment. RI Convention Center, Providence, RI.

2014             Open Juried All-Media Exhibition. Providence Art Club, Providence, RI.

2014             Fiber in the Present Tense. New Bedford, MA. SDA Award of Excellence.

2013             Handweavers Guild of America's Small Expressions. Fine Lines Creative Arts Center, St. Charles, IL.

2013             All Media Open Juried Exhibition. Providence Art Club, Providence, RI.

2012             26th Annual Open. Warwick Museum of Art, Warwick, RI.

2012             Pawtucket Foundation Show. Pawtucket, RI.

2012             Off the Wall. Danforth Museum of Art, Framingham, MA.

2011             Form and Fantasy. Mystic Arts Center, Mystic, CT.

2011             Elements. Warwick Museum of Art, Warwick, RI.

2010             24th Annual Open. Warwick Museum of Art, Warwick, RI.

2010             Fourth Annual Multicultural. Pawtucket Arts Collaborative, Pawtucket, RI.

2010             Extreme Scale. Fidelity Investments Exhibition, Providence Art Club, Providence, RI.

2007             Red, Black and White. Mystic Arts Center, Mystic, CT.

 

Artist Talks

2015             Transparencies. Vets Gallery, Providence, RI.

2014             Saberah Malik. Warwick Museum of Art, Warwick, RI.

2013             Preview: Rhode Island Art Archive Project. Providence Art Club, Providence, RI.

2012             Women’s History Month. Warwick Museum of Art, Warwick, RI.

2011             Stitched: Nature Re-constructed. Stonehill College, Easton, MA.

 

Artist Residency

2022             Wassaic Projects, Wassaic, NY.

2016             Associazione Cultural Cività’ del Mediterraneo. September 2016 Arts Residency, Casamassella, Lecce, Italy.

 

Publications: Catalogs

2019             Kim Svoboda, The Language of Making: Visual Voices from the Textile Study Group of New York, p. 110.

2017             Korea Bojagi Forum; Red. Suwon I Park Museum; Chojun Textile and Quilt Art Museum, Seoul, South Korea.

2017             Sixth Islamic Art Revival Series. Irvington Arts Center, Irvington, TX.

2016             Fiber: Focus. Kent State University Museum, Stager and Blum Gallery, Kent, OH.

2015             Fourth Islamic Art Revival Series. LuminArte Gallery, Dallas, TX.

2015             Materialities. Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts, TN.

2015             Square. Textile Study Group of New York. Narthex Gallery of St. Peter’s Church, New York, NY.

2014             Third Islamic Art Revival Series. LuminArte Gallery, Dallas, TX.

2014             NetWorks 2013–2014. Newport Art Museum, Newport, RI.

2013             Green Textile, Slow Fashion. International Antalya Fashion & Textile Design Biennial, Antalya, Turkey.

2012             Contextile: Contemporary Textile Art Triennial 2012. Guimaraes, Portugal.

2012             Digital Catalog, Off the Wall. Danforth Museum of Art, Framingham, MA.

2012             Art in Fiber. Marblehead Art Association, Marblehead, MA.

2011             Digital Catalog, Crossing Lines: The Many Faces of Fiber. Textile Study Group of New York.

2011             New Visions: 9 x 9 x 3. Textile Study Group of New York.

2011             Stitched: Nature Constructed. Cushing-Martin Gallery, Stonehill College, Easton, MA.

 

Publications: Books

2018             Andra Stanton, Dimensional Cloth: Sculpture by Contemporary Textile Artists, pp. 210–212. Schiffer Publishing.

2015             Kristi O’Meara, Pattern Base, pp. 203, 260. Thames and Hudson.

2013             Marjorie Husain, Nadeem Alam, Barbara Schmitz, Rahat Naveed Masud, and Ajmal Hussain, A Journey of Resilience and Success, 1940–2013: College of Art and Design, University of the Punjab, Lahore, pp. 105–106. Lahore, Pakistan: College of Art and Design, University of the Punjab.

 

Publications: Journals/News Media

2018             Suzzane Volmer, “Room to Breathe: Malik in Providence.” Artscope, Sep/Oct 2018, pp. 27–28.

2018             Alexander Castro, “Five Rhode Island Artists to Collect Right Now.” Rhode Island Monthly, March.

2017             Alexander Castro, “Passion and Polyester.” Jamestown Mercury, April 5–11, p. 12.

2017             Bill Van Siclen, “New art exhibit makes good use of Vets gallery.” Providence Journal, April 23.

2014             “A lively experiment: All media.” Shuttle, Spindle & Dyepot, Vol. XLVI No. 1, pp. 36–37.

2014             “HGA’s Small Expressions 2013.” Shuttle, Spindle & Dyepot, Vol. XLV No. 4, p. 30.

2014             “Exposure.” Surface Design, Spring 2014, p. 51.

2014             Rachel Shipps, “The RI Art Archive Project Exhibition.” Art New England, January/February 2014.

2013             “HGA’s Small Expressions 2013.” Shuttle, Spindle & Dyepot, Vol. XLIV No. 4, p. 27.        

2012             Amanda Disanto, “Art League show brings together diverse body of work (Art League of Rhode Island 12th Annual Exhibition Review).” Jamestown Mercury, September 5–11, pp. 10–11.

2012             Meredith Cutler, “Art in Fiber, Marblehead Arts Association.” Artscope, May/June 2012, p. 29.

2010             Mary M. Tinti. “Unglassed…” Dress for Sports (Blog), March 1. http://dressforsports.blogspot.com/2010/03/un-glassed.html

2010             Joe Kernan, “Area Artists Mold Their Own World.” Warwick Beacon, Thursday, February 11, Lifestyle p. 23.

2010             Bill Van Siclen, “Green Works’ exhibit brings trash to a new level.” Thursday, March 12, p. D6.

2007             Dean Fachon, “Southern-Asian and Middle-Eastern Exhibit at URI Providence Campus.” Warwick Beacon, Thursday, March 15, p. 8.

2007             Bill Van Siclen, “Eastern art at URI-Providence.” Providence Journal, Thursday, March 15, p. E9.

2007             Bill Van Siclen, Art scene, Providence Journal, April 6–9, 2006, Live this weekend p. 18.

 

Media

2014             Joseph A. Chazan, M.D. (Executive Producer), Richard Goulis (Video Producer), “NetWorks 2014.” Rhode Island PBS. http://vimeo.com/channels/networks2014/111266052

2013             Stephen Metcalf, Executive Producer, Holly Gaboriault, Producer and Director, “Film:1.” RI Art Archive Project, Art League of Rhode Island.

 

Collections

                       Permanent Collection, Akdeniz University, Faculty of Fine Arts, Fashion and Textile Department, Antalya, Turkey.

                       Fidelity Investments Corporate Collection, Boston, MA.

                       Permanent Collection, Wheaton College, Norton, MA.

                       Private Collections in Italy, USA, Pakistan.

 

Education

                       Surface Design. Community College Of Rhode Island, Warwick, RI.

                       Master of Industrial Design. Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY.

                       MFA with Distinction, Graphic Design. Punjab University, Lahore, Pakistan.

                       BFA with Honors, Graphic Design. Punjab University, Lahore, Pakistan.

 

Links

                       https://www.saberahmalik.com

                       https://www.instagram.com/hmsaberah/

                       https://www.surfacedesign.org/member-spotlight-saberah-malik/

                       https://networksrhodeisland.org/saberah-malik/

                       http://tsgnyblog.org/index.php/2012/03/saberah-malik

                       https://newportartmuseum.org/the-newport-biennial-2022-audio-guide-malik/

                       https://vimeo.com/486166952

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