Current Research, Projects & News (2019 onward)
RESEARCH GRANTS
Co-Investigator, Cluster Research Grant, Zayed University, Abu Dhabi UAE, 2018-2020
Title: “Behind the Scenes: Perceptions of Young Arab Women”
The research seeks to examine the perceptions of young Emirati women. This past fall, we held our first workshop on Sir Bani Yas island in collaboration with Dr. Justin Thomas. The theme of the workshop/retreat was the implementation of mindfulness as a setting for the creative practice.
SELECTED SITE-SPECIFIC PROJECTS/LAND ART
2017-present The Daffodils, Abu Dhabi, UAE (Land Art/in progress)
2011-present When Earth Meets Sky, Abu Dhabi, UAE (Land Art/in progress)
2010-present Let There Be Rain, Abu Dhabi, UAE (Land Art/in progress)
2004-present A Brief History of Time, Abu Dhabi, UAE (site-specific installation/in progress)
SCREENINGS
Experiments in Cinema V14.2, University of New Mexico, Department of Cinematic Arts, Albuquerque, New Mexico, curator/director Bryan Konefsky (April, 2019)
https://www.experimentsincinema.org/eic-2019
Gesture, AXWFF, Anthology Film Archives, NYC, New York, curator/director Lili White (March, 2019)
https://expcinema.org/site/en/venues/anthology-film-archives
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2020 XVA Gallery, Dubai, UAE
https://www.xvagallery.com/exhibitions/Ocean/index.html
2019 SIKKA Art Fair, XVA Gallery, Dubai, UAE
https://www.xvagallery.com/exhibitions/wish_tree.html
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2020 XVA Gallery, Dubai, UAE – Wolf Tone (curator Anna Seaman)
https://www.xvagallery.com/exhibitions/Wolf_Tone/index.html
2019 The Painting Center, NYC, NY – Green (curator Rachael Wren)
https://www.thepaintingcenter.org/green-the-impossible-color
PUBLICATIONS
Shahrokh, Naz. “Land Art in The United Arab Emirates.” Return to the Source: New Energy Landscapes from the Land Art Generator , edited by Elizabeth Monoian and Robert Ferry, Prestel Publishing, 2020, pp.22-26.
https://landartgenerator.org/blagi/archives/76896
Seaman, Anna, Contemporary Identities, Issue #4, December 2019, p.35-38
https://www.contemporaryidentities.com/resources/ContemporaryIdentities-IssueNo4.pdf
ADVISORY BOARD MEMBER
2017-present LAGI (Land Art Generator Initiative)
http://www.landartgenerator.org/index.html
LAGI upcoming competition and deadline:
LAND ART GENERATOR and BURNING MAN PROJECT bring LAGI 2020 (deadline for submissions extended to October 2020)