Vishal Shah
Bio/Work/Contact

Vishal Shah, (b. 1976 Mumbai, India). Lives and works in London

Education

MA Fine Art, Royal College of Art, London, 2000 - 2002
BA (Hons) Printmaking, Anglia Ruskin University, Cambridge, 1997 - 2000

Selected Exhibitions & Screenings

2010
'Recollection', Collaboration with Renata Kudlacek, Kulturzentrum 'Die Fabrik', Frankfurt am Main, Germany
'Threads' Group Show, Tank Gallery, London, UK
2009
'Futurism and Memory' Bibliotheca Arts Center, Alexandria, Egypt
'Not Still Art' Curated by Carol Goss, Micro Museum, New York, USA
'Música Viva Festival - Som das Esferas' Mosteiro dos Jerónimos, Parede, Portugal
‘Siberia Film Night’ Curated by Renata Kudlacek & Stine Ljungdalh, Whirled Cinema, London
'Visual Music Marathon' Visual Arts Theatre, curated by Dr. Dennis Miller, New York, USA
‘Visual Music Concert' Simon Bolivar University, Caracus, Venezuela
‘Evolution Festival - Message in a Bottle' Lumen & The Projection Gallery, Leeds, UK
‘Electramusic' ECCAS (European Centre of Contemprary Artistic Actions) Strasbourg, France
‘Instant Melancholia - A Farewell to Polaroid' Raum 121, Frankfurt, Germany
‘Visual Music Screening’ Folkwanghochschule, Essen, Germany
2008
‘Hello - I’m not here’, International group show, Raum 121, Frankfurt, Germany
'State of Italian Art' Group show, Jelmoni Studio Gallery & Nolias Gallery, London
‘Visual Music’ The Kunstverein Dresden, The society of Artists Dresden, Germany
‘Sweetwater E/A Electroacoustic Music Concert #4’ Northeast Indiana, USA
‘Visual Music’ ZKM, Zentrum für Kunst und Medientechnologie Karlsruhe, Germany
‘Magmart - Video Under Volcano’ CAM, Casoria Contemporary Art Museum, Naples, Italy
‘Visual Music’ AWM, Animation World Magazine, online publication
2007
‘8th Seoul International Film Festival’ Seoul, South Korea
‘Huddersfield Festival’ Huddersfield, UK
‘Not Still Art’ Curated by Carol Goss, Micro Museum, New York, USA
‘CynetArt Visual Music - 07 Encounter’ curated by Prof. Dr. Wilfried Jentzsch, Dresden, Germany
‘They Do Things Differently There’ The Crypt, St Pancras, London
‘Siggraph 2007’ VMM, Visual Music Marathon, San Diego, Claifornia, USA
‘Visual Music Marathon’ Curated by Dr. Dennis Miller, Northeastern Universty, Boston, USA
2006
‘Deptford X’ Cor Blimey Arts Gallery, London
‘Siberia Film Night’ Curated by Renata Kudlacek & Stine Ljungdalh, London
‘Electronic Oasis’ 19th Festival, Les Instants Video, Cinema MK2 Bibliotheque, Paris, France
‘Made in London’ video show, NoD Club, Roxy Culture Gallery, Prague, Czech Republic
‘Passion’ Liverpool Biennial Independents, Liverpool, UK
‘Still in Motion’ Video show curated by Vishal Shah, Leonard Street Gallery, London
‘Video Art London’ Famu-Academy of Performing Arts, Prague, Czech Republic
‘Mobile’ - Espace Landowski, Curated by Robin Rimbaud, Boulogne - Billancourt, Paris, France
‘AV Festival 06, LifeLike’ digital shorts, Newcastle, Sunderland & Middlesbrough UK
2005
‘Open Screening’ Whitechapel Gallery, London
‘International Kunst Film Biennale’ Film screening, Museum Ludwig, Köln, Germany
‘Tavistock’ Short film festival, London
‘Armenian Centre for Contemporary Experimental Art’ ACCEA, Yerevan, Armenia
2004
‘technique’ Royal College of Art, London
‘Baldwinite, Miltonism, Shahism, Warringtonite’ Muse 269 Gallery, London
2003
‘Open’ Video installation, Victoria House, Holborn, London
‘It’s Ok To Drink Whiskey’ Film screening, Moving Picture Company, London
‘Film - Other India’s’ Film screening, Whitechapel Gallery, London
‘The Bridge’ Morley Gallery, London
2002
‘We Did It’ Domobaal Gallery, London
‘3:1 Projections’ Video installation, Hockney Gallery, London
III Festival De Gravura De Evora, Portugal

Publications

‘A Cure for Solitude’ Tlön Books Publishing Ltd, 238pp, 2008, Isbn_978-0954146856
‘The Romance’ Tlön Books Publishing Ltd, 32pp, 2005, Isbn_0954146824
‘Grey Love’ Tlön Books Publishing Ltd, 96pp, 2003, Isbn_0954146816
‘No Looking Back’ Tlön Books Publishing Ltd, 24pp, 2002, Isbn_0954146808

Filmography

'Recollection' (Vishal Shah & Renata Kudlacek, Directors) 2010
‘Pollen’ (Vishal Shah, Director. Adam Stansbie, Music) 2008
‘Seek Assistance’ (Vishal Shah, Director. Adam Stansbie, Music) 2005
‘Escalator’ (Vishal Shah, Director. Vishal Shah, Sound) 2003
‘Strange Behaviour’ (Vishal Shah, Director & Performer) 2002

Broadcast

'Souvenirs From Earth', Video art HD cable TV channel, France and Germany

Collections

ACCEA, Armenian Center Contemporary Experimental Art, Yerevan, Armenia
Kunst Film Biennale, Köln, Germany
CAM, Casoria Contemporary Art Museum, Napoli, Italy
Instants Video, Marseille, France

Awards

William Latham Digital Arts Award, Director of Computer Artworks Ltd

Academic Appointments

Moving Image visiting lecturer, Royal College of Art
Adjunct Associate Professor, Richmond, The American International University in London

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