ABOUT NIRMA MADHOO [SHE/HER]
Based between Durban and Melbourne, Nirma Madhoo is a fashion filmmaker and researcher. Working in fashion education, she originally trained as a fashion designer and went on to specialise in fashion image-making for her creative practice launched in 2015. Nirma is currently a PhD candidate at the School of Fashion & Textiles, RMIT University researching fashion film for VR and XR platforms.
EXHIBITIONS | AWARDS
2021 Azimuth | MUTEK, Montreal, Canada
Obsidian XR | Melbourne Fashion Festival, R3Vision, MARS Gallery, Windsor, Australia
2020 Fashion Curation: RMIT B of Fashion [Design] Beyond 3D Virtual Exhibition, Kunstmatrix
Azimuth | VAMFF, Virgin Australia Melbourne Fashion Festival, Melbourne Museum, Australia
Digital Humanities Award: National Institute for Humanities and Social Sciences, South Africa [ZA]
2019 Azimuth | Germany - Berlinale EFM | Afrika Film Festival Köln | Scotland - Africa in Motion, Edinburg
South Africa | TMRW Gallery, Johannesburg | Isivivana Khayelitsha, KZN | Shnit Worldwide Shortfilmfestival, Cape Town
Fak'ugesi Digital Festival, Johannesburg
Bottom of the Blue | Fashion Film x Music Video with Medicine Boy | Aesthetica Short Film Festival, UK
2018 Fashion Curation: DUT BTech 2018 Fashion Exhibition 24.10 - 01.11.2018, Durban Art Gallery, SA
2017 Award for Best Creative Output: Durban University of Technology Research Awards, SA
Labtayt Sulci | Aesthetica Short Film Festival, UK | Berlin Fashion Film Festival, Germany
2016 Future Body | Aesthetica Short Film Festival, UK
Digital Humanities Award: National Institute for Humanities and Social Sciences, SA
2015 Global Outlook Award: University of the Arts, London, UK
Future Body | London Short Film Festival, Institute of Contemporary Arts, UK
Future Body | Melbourne Fashion Festival, Fashion & Performance: Materiality, Meaning, Media, RMIT Design Hub, Australia
CONTACT nirma(at)anatomythestudio(dot)com
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