CCCA Canadian Art Database

Shelly Bahl

Shelly Bahl is an interdisciplinary artist and decolonizing art trailblazer. As an artist, educator and curator, she has been leading and participating in BIPOC and feminist artist-run culture in Toronto and NYC for over 30 years. Bahl is the child of refugees of India’s Partition and her entire family was forced to flee Multan, Punjab at the end of the British Raj in 1947. She was born in Benares, India in 1970, raised in a few Indian cities, and later in Toronto, Canada. She is currently based in New York City. Bahl received her BFA (Visual Art and Art History) from York University, Toronto and her MA (Studio Art) from New York University. Her interdisciplinary work in drawing, painting, sculpture/ installation, performance, photography and video has appeared in many solo and group exhibitions in North America and internationally. Bahl has taught studio art, art theory and art history at Saint Francis College (Brooklyn), Bard Microcollege, University of Toronto, Ontario College of Art and Design University, Alfred University, Pratt Institute and Vermont College of Fine Arts, amongst others.
Creator Id: 39
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Virtual Collection: Original CCCA
Country of Birth: India
Province of Birth: Uttar Pradesh
Year of Birth: 1970
City: Toronto
Country: Canada
Type of Creator: Artist
Gender: Female
Mediums: installation, painting, photography
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Work by Shelly Bahl

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Work ID: 13029

Measurements: 182.88 x 76.2 x 182.88 cm

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Untitled

Work ID: 13031

Measurements: 55.88 x 76.2 cm

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Work ID: 13032

Measurements: 55.88 x 76.2 cm

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Work ID: 13033

Measurements: 40.64 x 35.56 cm

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Journey to the Muses, installation (detail 3 of 3)

Work ID: 13036

Description: Installation at the Rosenberg Gallery, New York, 1994.

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Journey to the Muses, installation (detail 1 of 3)

Work ID: 13034

Description: Installation at the Rosenberg Gallery, New York, 1994.

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Trinity

Work ID: 13037

Description: Installation at the Rosenberg Gallery, New York, 1994.

Measurements: 20.32 x 20.32 cm

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Journey to the Muses, installation (detail 2 of 3)

Work ID: 13035

Description: Installation at the Rosenberg Gallery, New York, 1994.

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Untitled

Work ID: 13030

Measurements: 182.88 x 76.2 x 182.88 cm

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Ceremonial, installation (detail 1 of 3)

Work ID: 13038

Description: Installation at 80 Washington Square East Galleries, New York, 1995.

Measurements: 0.696 x 0.522 x 0.696 m

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Ceremonial, installation (detail 3 of 3)

Work ID: 13040

Description: Installation at 80 Washington Square East Galleries, New York, 1995.

Measurements: 0.696 x 0.522 x 0.696 m

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Ceremonial, installation (detail 2 of 3)

Work ID: 13039

Description: Installation at 80 Washington Square East Galleries, New York, 1995.

Measurements: 0.696 x 0.522 x 0.696 m

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Scrolls

Work ID: 13042

Description: Installed at A Space Gallery, Toronto, 1995.

Measurements: 91.44 x 335.28 x 5.08 cm

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Work ID: 13041

Description: Installed at Ward Nasse Gallery, New York, 1995.

Measurements: 91.44 x 91.44 x 5.08 cm

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The (Big) Miniature Paintings, installation view (front)

Work ID: 13043

Description: Installed at MHSO Galleries, Toronto, 1995.

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The (Big) Miniature Paintings, installation view (back)

Work ID: 13044

Description: Installed at MHSO Galleries, Toronto, 1995.

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Circle, installation view 2 of 2

Work ID: 13049

Description: Installed at Gallery 401, Toronto.

Measurements: 76.2 x 228.6 x 152.4 cm

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Circle, installation view 1 of 2

Work ID: 13048

Description: Installed at Gallery 401, Toronto.

Measurements: 76.2 x 228.6 x 152.4 cm

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More Miniatures, installation view 3 of 3

Work ID: 13047

Description: Installed at Visual Arts Ontario, Toronto, 1996.

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More Miniatures, installation view 2 of 3

Work ID: 13046

Description: Installed at Visual Arts Ontario, Toronto, 1996.

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More Miniatures, installation view 1 of 3

Work ID: 13045

Description: Installed at Visual Arts Ontario, Toronto, 1996.

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Mardi Gras…Just Your Style!, installation view

Work ID: 13050

Description: Installed at The Gallery, University of Toronto, Scarborough.

Measurements: 228.6 x 152.4 x 152.4 cm

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Mardi Gras…Just Your Style!, detail

Work ID: 13051

Description: Installed at The Gallery, University of Toronto, Scarborough.

Measurements: 228.6 x 152.4 x 152.4 cm

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Swimming To a Lover

Work ID: 13058

Description: from: Hey Ladies! installed at WARC Gallery, Toronto.

Measurements: 40.64 x 60.96 cm

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Ladies Playing With Pets

Work ID: 13057

Description: from: Hey Ladies! installed at WARC Gallery, Toronto.

Measurements: 106.68 x 162.56 cm

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Maiden’s Playing By the Water

Work ID: 13053

Description: from: Hey Ladies! installed at WARC Gallery, Toronto.

Measurements: 106.68 x 162.56 cm

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Portrait of a Princess, II

Work ID: 13056

Description: from: Hey Ladies! installed at WARC Gallery, Toronto.

Measurements: 106.68 x 162.56 cm

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Hey Ladies!, installation view

Work ID: 13052

Description: Installed at WARC Gallery, Toronto.

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Waiting For a Lover

Work ID: 13055

Description: from: Hey Ladies! installed at WARC Gallery, Toronto.

Measurements: 106.68 x 162.56 cm

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Takeaway[installation view – detail 2]

Work ID: 14624

Description: Installed at Baum Gallery of Fine Art, Arkansas.

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Work ID: 13060

Description: Installed at Meg Gallery, Toronto.

Measurements: 127 x 106.68 cm

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Takeaway, installation view

Work ID: 13062

Description: Installed at Baum Gallery of Fine Art, Arkansas.

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Takeaway[installation view – detail]

Work ID: 13063

Description: Installed at Baum Gallery of Fine Art, Arkansas.

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Untitled Works

Work ID: 13061

Description: Installed at A Space Gallery, Toronto.

Measurements: each: 127 x 106.68 cm

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Work ID: 13059

Description: Installed at Meg Gallery, Toronto.

Measurements: 127 x 106.68 cm

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Pink is the Navy Blue of India[detail]

Work ID: 55607

Description: work in progress

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Pink is the Navy Blue of India / Drawing Series # 1[installation view – detail]

Work ID: 55606

Description: Exhibited at Richmond Gallery, Richmond, BC, 2003.

Measurements: each disc: 10.16 cm diameter

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