Parthiv Shah

Parthiv Shah is founder-director of Centre for Media and Alternative Communication (CMAC), an alumnus of the National Institute of Design, he University of California, Davis and visiting scholar at the SOAS, London University.
Personal Life
Parthiv is a photographer, film maker and a graphic designer. He has made several documentary films, curated exhibitions and has several photo-books to his credit. He grew up in a family of artists.
He works with communities which are finding a mainstream voice and identity. He was advising as creative consultant at Prasar Bharati for re branding of prime time at Doordarshan and All India Radio.
Early life
Parthiv Shah was born on 16 May in Burhanpur, Madhya Pradesh, India. Influenced greatly by his father, Haku Shah, an eminent Indian artist, cultural anthropologist, and an author of international repute on folk and tribal art and culture, Parthiv developed an inclination towards photography, art and image perception and decided to further pursue his interest.
Career
He started his career in 1986 as a film intern for a six-part film series The Ring of Truth at Public Broadcasting Associates, Cambridge, Massachusets. He continued to work in the Film and Video space in companies like Public Broadcasting Service. In 1988 he worked as Associate Director for the video series "Design and the Designer" for UNESCO which was produced by his alma mater, the National Institute of Design, Ahmedabad. He also frequents as visiting faculty at National School of Drama (NSD) and National Institute of Fashion Technology (NIFT) and . IN 1999 he founded Centre For Media & Alternative Communication (CMAC) and currently heads the organisation.
Awards, Accolades & Associations
* Charles Wallace Fellowship, SOAS, London University, UK
* Senior Fellowship in field of photography from the Ministry of Culture, Government of India.
* Fulbright Lectureship Award to teach at the UCLA, Los Angeles, USA in 2011.
* Trustee, Bhooma, Lok Shilp Sansthan,Ahmadabad
* Adviser: Prasar Bharati, 2012 - Present
* On board of Jury: INLAKS scholarships,India Habitat Centre annual arts awards, Jamia Milia University
Photography
Photography exhibitions
Tribal Ritual and Folk Myth, Sanskar Kendra, Ahmedabad, India, 1981,
India Photo Biennale, Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi, India, 1998, 7 cities of world, La Boca Del Lobo, Madrid, Spain, 1999.
Make your own history, SAHMAT, New Delhi, 2008,
Satyagrah, South Africa, Spain, 2008, 2009, Chhobi Mela V, DRIK, Bangladesh, 2009, Voices of Dignity, Amnesty International India, New Delhi, 2009, SAHMAT 20, M F Husain Gallery, New Delhi, 2009, PhotoART Asia Expo, Bangkok, Thailand, 2009.
Photographs in the collection
* National Gallery of Modern Art, India.
* Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi, India
* MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology), Cambridge, USA.
* University of California, Davis, USA.
* Minge Kan, Tokyo, Japan.
* Australian Arts Council, Sydney, Australia
* Eames Design Office, LA, USA.
* Smithsonian Institution, Washington DC, USA
Designing
Creative Design For Exhibitions
* Art as Witness, 2010, Max Muller Bhavan, Goethe Institute, New Delhi
(http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704071704576276491476078706.html#slide/1),
2011, WAC, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA, USA, Collaborator: Amnesty India
(http://dailybruin.com/2011/10/24/photo_exhibition_art_as_witness_confronts_human_rights_issues/)
Books
* Figures, Facts, Feelings: A Direct Diasporic Dialogue Published by CMAC, 2000
* Working in the Mill No More: Published by the Oxford University Press and Amsterdam University Press, 2004
* Kaaya-Beyond Gender: Published by CMAC, 2005
* My Body is Not Mine: Published by CMAC, In Collaboration NAZ Foundation International, Supported by DFID-PMO, 2007
* Art as Witness: edited by Parthiv Shah and Sana Das, Published by Tulika Books, 2010
* Narmada: Photographs by Parthiv Shah & text by Vidya Shah, Published by Pratham Books, 2010
Lectures, Workshops and Presentations
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, San Francisco ArtInstitute, University of Berkeley, University of California, Los Angeles,Parson School of Design, Rhode Island Institute of Design, The UCLA Center for India and South Asia, Los Angeles, USA (http://www.international.ucla.edu/asia/events/showevent.asp?eventid=9069) Gandhi Labour Institute,Ahmedabad, Lal Bahadur Shastri National Academy of Administration (LBSNAA),Mussoorie, St. Stephens collage, New Delhi, Jamia Milia Islamia University,Ambedkar University, Delhi University, National Institute of Design, IdiomDesign.

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