Sarindar Dhaliwal is a Toronto

Toronto

Toronto is the provincial capital of Ontario and the largest city in Canada. It is located in Southern Ontario on the northwestern shore of Lake Ontario. A relatively modern city, Toronto's history dates back to the late-18th century, when its land was first purchased by the British monarchy from...

 based multi-media artist, writer and teacher. She was born in the Punjab

Punjab (India)

Punjab ) is a state in the northwest of the Republic of India, forming part of the larger Punjab region. The state is bordered by the Indian states of Himachal Pradesh to the east, Haryana to the south and southeast and Rajasthan to the southwest as well as the Pakistani province of Punjab to the...

, and grew up in Southall, London

London

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. She received a BA in Fine Art at University College Falmouth

University College Falmouth

University College Falmouth is a British university college in Falmouth, Cornwall. Founded in 1902, it had previously been the Falmouth School of Art and then Falmouth College of Arts until it received taught degree-awarding powers in March 2005...

, Cornwall

Cornwall

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 (1978) and a MA from York University

York University

York University is a public research university in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It is Canada's third-largest university, Ontario's second-largest graduate school, and Canada's leading interdisciplinary university....

, Toronto in 2003.

Dhaliwal has exhibited her work at many major Canadian public galleries, including The Edmonton Art Gallery (Alberta) and the Agnes Etherington Art Centre

Agnes Etherington Art Centre

The Agnes Etherington Art Centre is in Kingston, Ontario, Canada and is operated by Queen's University. The centre holds 12-15 exhibitions annually, as well as artists' talks and performances, public lectures, symposia, workshops, and school and family programs...

 (Ontario). She is represented in the Centre for Contemporary Canadian Art.An exhibition of her work, 'Record Keeping', toured the UK in 2004, showing at John Hansard Gallery

John hansard gallery

The John Hansard Gallery, based at the University of Southampton’s Highfield campus, is one of Britain’s leading public galleries of contemporary visual art. Proud of its academic situation, the Gallery plays a key role in the cultural life of the campus and the city, drawing a wide local, national...

 (Southampton), Oriel Mostyn Gallery (Wales), Canada House Gallery (London), and the Agnes Etherington Art Centre (Ontario). Her work is in collections including Canada Council Art Bank and the Walter Phillips Gallery

Walter Phillips Gallery

Walter Phillips Gallery was established in 1976 in Banff, Alberta, as a part of the Banff Centre in Banff National Park. Walter J. Phillips was a printmaker and painter, from the 1930s to the 1950s, who played a seminal role in the development of the visual arts program in The Banff School of...

 at The Banff Centre for the Arts.

Her work is narrative based, exploring issues of cultural identity, and includes installation, printmaking, collage, painting and video projection.

External links

• Centre for Contemporary Canadian Art
• Artfacts