Queer Frequencies Exhibition and going back to older ways of working!

Recently I made new works that were exhibited at Queer Frequencies at Stanley Arts in Croydon, London. The exhibition was curated by Bold Mellon Collective who I am honoured to say feel like long term collaborators, if you haven’t heard of them definitely check them out!

I exhibited some new work titled ‘My Mothers Tongue’ which felt deeply personal and something that I have been weaving since 2020! It tells a story of the painful relationship between the loss of language through colonialism, the silencing of lineages and how this intersects and relates to queer identity. It emerged thinking about grief and loss I feel from losing the ability to speak my mother tongue, Panjabi - and the experience of suppression. The severing is a deeply important part of this, where heartbreak and loss connect experiences across generations, living through the body and connected to land. 

This piece felt really special because of how I created it - I have started painting again, then scanning my images and assembling/over laying digitally. This is how I’d work when I was 15 and making artwork for my graphics coursework! I have always worked through assembling and layering, but returning to my roots (literally with the content of the work) and my roots artistically felt like a bit of a homecoming.

All of the gorgeous photos below are taken from Queer Frequencies by Amy-Rose Edlyn.

‘My Mother’s Tongue’ detail - Exhibited at Queer Frequencies, March 2026

The tongues fluidly represented the 5 rivers of Panjab and depicts their long journey

This piece depicts the moment of rupture, of being violently severed. I wanted it to feel visceral and layered. It helped me to connect the pain of severed ties through a generational perspective, but also in my personal life.

Ebb and Flow was also exhibited as part of this exhibition. This feels rare for me to say as an artist but I think this is one of my favourite pieces of art I’ve ever made.