Shay Lari-Hosain lives and works in the Bay Area, California, United States. Their studio practice—consisting of photography, video art and mixed media—explores how personal experiences of creativity and family history intersect with the politics of contemporary foreign policy, reflects on...
Read MoreShay Lari-Hosain lives and works in the Bay Area, California, United States. Their studio practice—consisting of photography, video art and mixed media—explores how personal experiences of creativity and family history intersect with the politics of contemporary foreign policy, reflects on the shifting histories of the built environment, and investigates the ways time and memory shape perception in the photographic image.
Their work has been exhibited or is currently on view at large regional contemporary arts institutions on the West Coast and Midwest United States and abroad, including at SF Camerawork, Berkeley Art Center, Triton Museum of Art, Institute of Contemporary Art, New Museum Los Gatos, Colorado Photographic Arts Center, and elsewhere. Lari-Hosain has given art talks at a few of these institutions, and their work has been guest curated by those from MFA Boston, SF Arts Commission, Et. al Gallery, Santa Clara University and elsewhere. They will complete a residency at Kala Art Institute in Berkeley, California, US next year.
They are professionally a graphic designer, and a writer whose work has been published in newspapers in California and Pakistan. Their work in visual art, design and writing has been recognized by YoungArts, the Columbia Scholastic Press Association, and the Alliance for Young Artists & Writers.
