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Sheba Chhachhi

Born in 1958 in Harar, Ethiopia, Sheba Chhachhi works with lens based images, both still and moving, investigating questions of gender, ecology, violence and visual culture. Her work often recuperates ancient iconography, myth and visual traditions to calibrate an inquiry into the contemporary moment. Chhachhi began in the 1980s, both activist and photographer, documenting the women’s movement in India. By the 1990s, Chhachhi moved to creating collaborative staged photographs, eventually turning to large photo based multimedia installations. Her photographic work retrieves marginal worlds: of women, mendicants, and forgotten forms of labour. Chhachhi creates immersive environments, bringing the contemplative into the political in both site-specific public art and independent works. She has exhibited widely in India and internationally.