Education
Chelsea College of Arts, MA Fine Art, 2017- 2018
University of Central Lancashire, BA (Hons) Fine Art, 2014 - 2017
Current Exhibitions
British Asian Anthology, Manchester Museum South Asia Gallery, February 2023 - Until present
Upcoming Exhibitions
40 Years of the Future: Painting, Castlefield Gallery, 24th March - 23rd June 2024
Recent Exhibitions
No But Where Are You Really From, Artichoke Trust and The Gallery, UK-wide - 3000 Locations, September - October 2023
Creative Engagement Fellowship Exhibition, University of Leicester, June 2023
Dress to Impress, Blackburn Museum and Art Gallery, February 2023
A Tall Order, Touchstones Rochdale, February 2023
Finding Home, Tate Britain, London, December 2021 and March 2022
Unapologetic - British Textile Biennial, Lancashire, Blackburn Museum and Art Gallery, Blackburn Town Hall, Haworth Art Gallery, Towenely Hall and Nelson Library, October 2021
Contemporary Young Artist of the Year, Biscuit Factory, Newcastle, March 2020
UK Young Artist of the Year Award, Saatchi Gallery, London, October 2019
Solo Show, Prism Contemporary, Blackburn, November 2019
MA Fine Art Degree Show, Chelsea College of Arts, London, 2018
MA Fine Art Interim Show, Chelsea College of Arts, London, 2018
MA Fine Art Open Studios, Chelsea College of Arts, London, 2018
Path, Chelsea College of Arts, London, 2017
45 Reasons, University of Central Lancashire, Preston, 2017
Public Collections
Harris Museum and Art Gallery, 2023
Blackburn Museum and Art Gallery, 2022
Awards/grants
University of Leicester Creative Engagement Fellowship, 2022
ACE Project Grant, 2021
John Hoyland Scholarship, 2017
Publications
Muslim Women in the Cultural and Creative Industries, Dr Saskia Warren, 2022
Media
Art Plugged, https://artplugged.co.uk/no-but-where-are-you-really-from/
BBC News, https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/uk-england-manchester-64663653
The New York Times, https://www.nytimes.com/2023/02/17/arts/design/manchester-museum-reopening-diversity.html
The National, https://www.thenationalnews.com/weekend/2023/03/24/reopened-manchester-museum-shines-spotlight-on-uks-south-asian-diaspora/
Conde Nast Traveller, https://www.cntraveller.com/article/manchester-museums-south-asia-gallery
Lancashire Telegraph, https://www.lancashiretelegraph.co.uk/news/23286444.manchester-museum-south-asia-gallery-features-gandhi-darwen/
Stir World, https://www.stirworld.com/see-features-manchester-museums-south-asia-gallery-gives-a-voice-to-diasporic-art
Lancashire Telegraph, https://www.lancashiretelegraph.co.uk/news/19532193.british-textile-biennial-return-blackburn-area-october/
The British Textile Biennial, https://britishtextilebiennial.co.uk/programme/azraa-motala-unapologetic/
UCLan, https://www.uclan.ac.uk/articles/alumni-spotlight/azraa-motala
Robert Walters Group UKNA, https://www.robertwaltersgroup.com/corporate-responsibility/people-potential/sponsorships/uk-new-artists/2019-finalists/azraa-motala.html
Prism Contemporary, https://www.prismcontemporary.co.uk/azraa-motala
Second Act Gallery, https://www.secondactgallery.co.uk/azraa-motala
Bayt al Fann, https://www.baytalfann.com/post/unapologetic-disrupting-the-political-narrative-surrounding-the-muslim-woman-azraa-motala
The Harris Museum and Art Gallery, https://www.theharris.org.uk/press-news/new-azraa-motala-acquisition/
Amaliah, https://www.amaliah.com/post/52408/conversation-azraa-motala
Alex Zawadzki, https://www.alexzawadzki.co.uk/project/azraa-motala-solo-show
Blackburn Museum and Art Gallery, https://blackburnmuseum.org.uk/whats-on/azraa-motala-unapologetic-british-textile-biennial-2021/
Towneley, https://towneley.org.uk/events/azraa-motala-unapologetic/
The Shuttle, https://theshuttle.org.uk/blackburn-town-hall-hosts-jaw-dropping-biennial-artwork/
Art Daily, https://artdaily.cc/news/154828/A-museum-pivots-to-address-its-colonial-past
Art Discount, https://artdiscount.co.uk/blogs/artdiscount/artist-interviews-azraa-motala
BBC Local Radio - Indus and BBC Asian Radio
Guest Speaker/ mentor
Part Time Visual Arts Lecturer at Leicester college, 2023
University of Salford, 2022
Nelson College, 2022
Blackburn Museum and Art Gallery/ Blackburn College, 2021
Prism Contemporary/ Blackburn College, 2019
Manchester Museum, 2018
Harris Young producers, 2018