Shelly Bahl is an interdisciplinary artist, curator and educator. She has been leading and participating in BIPOC and feminist artist-run culture in Toronto and NYC for over 30 years, and her research focus is on decolonizing art histories and practices in the Americas. Her interdisciplinary artwork in drawing, painting, sculpture/ installation, performance, photography and video has appeared in many solo and group exhibitions internationally. Bahl is a member of The Paglees, a feminist collective of mid-career immigrant artists of South Asian origin living in the USA. The Paglees’ inaugural exhibition is currently touring across the USA, at venues including the South Asia Institute, McColl Center, Catherine G. Murphy Gallery and the Plains Art Museum. Bahl was born in Benares, India, and is currently based in Brooklyn.
