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Swaleha - Currently working on my MFA at UC Berkeley 

Swaleha صالحہ is a Punjabi-Pakistani-American new-media artist whose work delves into the moments that reveal the essence of our existence as individuals in relation to the world. Her work explores themes of transformation, womanhood, memory, gender, and possibility through time and space with a focus on the experiences of Muslim women in the West in a postmodern world.

 

Swaleha has curated and shown work across the west coast. She is also the co-founder of Dou Number Club, a collective dedicated to creating space for Muslim artists, and runs Bhains Shop, an art shop she started with her sister. She holds degrees in Human-Computer Interaction and Interdisciplinary Visual Arts from the University of Washington and is currently in her second and final year of the UC Berkeley Art Practice MFA program.

swalehamasude@gmail.com

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Education 

2024 - 2026

UC Berkeley, MFA

2018 - 2022

University of Washington, BS Informatics Human Computer     

                                                  Interaction

University of Washington, BA Interdisciplinary Visual Art

Awards

2026

Eisner Award, Berkeley, CA

2025

Art and Climate Action Award, Berkeley, CA

Exhibitions

Solo

2024

The Core of It, Seattle, WA

Group

2026

Sakinah Film Festival, Northwest Film Forum, Seattle, WA

2025

Partition Is Imaginary, ARTS at King Street Station, Seattle, WA

2025

Wildest Dreams, Have You Eaten, Bothell, WA

2025

Revolt Against The Sun, Worth Ryder Art Gallery, Berkeley, CA

2024

Comfi.Space, The Fishbowl, Seattle, WA

2022

The Last Art Show On Earth, Seattle, WA

2022

Backyard, Seattle, WA

Curatorial

2026

Attention Is A Prayer, Dou Number Club, Berkeley, CA

2025

Everything is Divine, Dou Number Club, Young Women Empowered, Seattle, WA

2024

Slaying Idols, Dou Number Club, Young Women Empowered, Seattle, WA

2023

Drawing Room, Dou Number Club, Coral, Seattle, WA

Contact Me

@swale.ha

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