About

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Alisha Dar, born 1996, is a documentary and portrait photographer whose creative output explores contributions made by the Pakistani diaspora within the United Kingdom in how they have had an impact on British culture through the unravelling generations.

Identity, heritage, womanhood, femininity and personal narratives are all themes that form the bedrock of Alisha’s work to fully understand the place of the Islamic South Asian woman in our society.

Independently of her projects, Dar has worked largely within the music industry to assist labels and artists in realising their creative visions whether undertaking promotional shoots; photography for album artwork; magazine content and general marketing material.

CV

Education  

BA - (Hons) in Photography, Middlesex University, 2020.

Exhibitons 

The Untold Waltham Forest - 26/3/22

MDX BA Photography Graduate Exhibiton - LUCID 2022

S2AU x Sixteen - Photofusion London - 7/2/20 - 19/3/20

Damage Is Done - Take Courage Gallery -  22/11/19

They Came Before Us -The Truman Brewery - 2/11/19 - 5/11/19

Affinities - Four Corners Gallery - 9/5/19 - 11/5/19

Lamesfest - The Depot Upper Clapton  - 19/5/17 - 20/5/17

Grants / Awards / Training

Step Up Programme - Photofusion - 2022

Community Advisory Panel - William Morris Gallery - 2022

The Breakthrough Fund - Waltham Forest Council - 2021 - 2022

Future Creative Programme - Waltham Forest Council - 2019 - 2020

They Came Before Us - Collage Arts - 2019

Talks

Sisterhood Iftar - Hadiya Hussain - Arbeit Studios - 2022

Publications

Waltham Forest Echo - Icons

Fisheye Magazine - LUCID

Affinity Magazine - Desi Girls

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Behind the scenes images from They Came Before Us

Behind the scenes images from They Came Before Us taken by Elizabeth Okoh.