Sebah CHAUDHRY
ReFramed & member of FORMAT Festival & Derby , Co-Founder & Co-Director, United Kingdom
1 Afternoon & 2 Afternoon & 3 Morning
Sebah is an independent Producer and Curator. She is experienced in working at international world class festivals, projects and events. She is Co-Founder and Co-Director of ReFramed, a photographic based visual arts network based in the Midlands, supporting the community and artists who are Black, Asian, or from other ethnic minorities.
She is currently Producer of Photography Champions at Photoworks. In Oct 2022, she started teaching on the BA Photography course at Manchester School of Art, MMU. She was previously Creative Producer & Assistant Curator on an international British Council funded project with Ffotogallery, The Place I Call Home, connecting the UK to the Gulf region, culminating in 10 exhibitions from September 2019 — March 2020 in 9 countries.
From 2013 — 2017, Sebah was Coordinator & Curator at FORMAT Festival. Sebah reviews portfolios internationally and mentor’s artists. She has also curated a number of exhibitions as a freelancer, and with organisations across the UK.
With TRACE, she launched a year-long mentorship programme for women over the age of 35. She was on the selection panel for BJP Portrait of Britain 2023, Source Graduate Photography Online 2023 and NAE Open 2023. She has been on the Jury for UNSTUCK, The Ian Parry Scholarship, RPS IPE 163 Open Call and BJP Portrait of Britain 2021 & 2023. She has been the Curator for AIS Open, an international open call for women, since 2022.
In 2023, AIS Open was the main exhibition at Korea International Festival of Photography. Currently UK editor forthephotoexhibitionarchive.com, Berlin, Steering Group member for FORMAT Festival, Derby and a Trustee at Royal Photographic Society and COMMUN.
She is currently Producer of Photography Champions at Photoworks. In Oct 2022, she started teaching on the BA Photography course at Manchester School of Art, MMU. She was previously Creative Producer & Assistant Curator on an international British Council funded project with Ffotogallery, The Place I Call Home, connecting the UK to the Gulf region, culminating in 10 exhibitions from September 2019 — March 2020 in 9 countries.
From 2013 — 2017, Sebah was Coordinator & Curator at FORMAT Festival. Sebah reviews portfolios internationally and mentor’s artists. She has also curated a number of exhibitions as a freelancer, and with organisations across the UK.
With TRACE, she launched a year-long mentorship programme for women over the age of 35. She was on the selection panel for BJP Portrait of Britain 2023, Source Graduate Photography Online 2023 and NAE Open 2023. She has been on the Jury for UNSTUCK, The Ian Parry Scholarship, RPS IPE 163 Open Call and BJP Portrait of Britain 2021 & 2023. She has been the Curator for AIS Open, an international open call for women, since 2022.
In 2023, AIS Open was the main exhibition at Korea International Festival of Photography. Currently UK editor forthephotoexhibitionarchive.com, Berlin, Steering Group member for FORMAT Festival, Derby and a Trustee at Royal Photographic Society and COMMUN.
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