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{{Short description|Indian artist (born 1989)}}
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| birth_date = 1989
| birth_place = [[Bengaluru]], [[Karnataka]], India
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| training = [[Srishti School of Art, Design and Technology]]
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| awards = FEMINA National Women's Awards
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'''Shilo Shiv Suleman''' (born 1989) is an Indian contemporary artist. Her work encompasses [[illustration]] and [[installation art]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Ted Speaker Bio|url=https://www.ted.com/speakers/shilo_shiv_suleman|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141003184954/http://www.ted.com/speakers/shilo_shiv_suleman|url-status=dead|archive-date=3 October 2014|website=Ted Talks|accessdate=17 June 2015}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=SHILO SHIV SULEMAN|url=https://artmusings.net/artists/shilo-shiv-suleman-2/|access-date=2021-03-28|website=Art Musings|language=en-US}}</ref> Shilo's practice focuses on the intersection of [[magic realism|magical realism]], art for social change and technology. In most recent years, she's been engaging with biofeedback technology and the interaction between the body and art. She has created large-scale installations that beat with your heart, apps that react to your brainwaves and sculptures that glow with your breath. She has also designed installations for some of the world's biggest festivals and conferences including [[Burning Man]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Pulse and Bloom at Burning Man|url=https://vimeo.com/106260064|website=Vimeo|accessdate=17 June 2015|date=16 September 2014}}</ref> She is the founder and director of [[the Fearless Collective]]<ref>{{cite web|title=Women we Admire: Shilo Shiv Suleman|url=https://in.lifestyle.yahoo.com/women-we-admire--shilo-shiv-suleman-061651176.html|website=Yahoo Lifestyle|accessdate=17 June 2015}}</ref> that has over 400 artists who use art to voice their protest against gender violence.

== Personal life ==
Suleman was born and brought up in [[Bengaluru]], [[Karnataka]], [[India]], where she now lives. She trained in animation at the [[Srishti School of Art, Design and Technology]] from where she graduated in 2011 as class valedictorian.<ref>{{cite web|title=In Search Of Lost Time|url=http://www.tehelka.com/in-search-of-lost-time-2/|website=Tehelka|accessdate=17 June 2015}}</ref> Her mother, Nilofer Suleman, is a noted Indian contemporary painter.<ref>{{cite web |title=Nilofer Suleman |url=http://www.artmusings.net/ArtistDetails.aspx?AId=98 |website=www.artmusings.net |access-date=23 June 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150617192911/http://www.artmusings.net/ArtistDetails.aspx?AId=98 |archive-date=June 17, 2015 |language=en |date=2008}}</ref> She got attracted to travelling when, as an 11-year-old, she saw her mother recreating maps from the Columbus era.<ref>{{Cite web|last=sarkar|first=soumashree|date=2014-12-26|title=Strokes by Shilo Shiv Suleman|url=https://www.deccanchronicle.com/141225/lifestyle-booksart/article/strokes-shilo-shiv-suleman|access-date=2021-03-28|website=Deccan Chronicle|language=en}}</ref>

Suleman has stated that she grew up being influenced by [[Billie Holiday]] and [[Nina Simone]]. She also credits [[Harlem Renaissance|Harlem]] and the [[Blues]] with influencing her although, now, most of her influences are people "closer to her soil" such as [[Begum Akhtar]].<ref>{{Cite web|date=2020-11-10|title=The Effortless Courage Of Being Shilo Shiv Suleman|url=https://www.mansworldindia.com/people/personalities/the-effortless-courage-of-being-shilo-shiv-suleman/|access-date=2021-03-28|language=en-GB}}</ref>

== Work ==

Inspired by her mother, [[Nilofer Suleman]], Shilo began to draw and write as a young child. She gained early recognition as a blogger and illustrator when she was a teenager. Her first illustrated children's book was published when she was 16, and has since illustrated several more.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Tree|first=Saffron|title=Pampasutra|url=http://www.saffrontree.org/2010/02/pampasutra.html|access-date=2021-03-28}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Tree|first=Saffron|title=Interview with Shilo Shiv Suleman|url=http://www.saffrontree.org/2010/02/interview-with-shilo-shiv-suleman_04.html|access-date=2021-03-28}}</ref> Shilo's early art was a much darker version of her currently vibrant work.<ref>{{cite web|title=Across the Universe Blog|url=https://bonifisheii.blogspot.in/|website=Blogspot|accessdate=17 June 2015}}</ref> She was awarded [[The New Indian Express]] Devi awards in 2015 for her work.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Inspiring Words From Devis|url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/cities/bengaluru/2015/aug/29/inspiring-words-from-devis-806467.html|access-date=2021-03-28|website=The New Indian Express}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Express Honours 10 Women Achievers With Devi Awards|url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/states/karnataka/2015/aug/28/express-honours-10-women-achievers-with-devi-awards-806125.html|access-date=2021-03-28|website=The New Indian Express}}</ref>

===''Khoya''===

For her diploma project, she designed a storybook app for the iPad called Khoya,<ref>{{cite web|title=Khoya iPad app: When a reader becomes part of the story|url=http://tech.firstpost.com/news-analysis/khoya-ipad-app-when-a-reader-becomes-part-of-the-story-209882.html|website=Firstpost Tech|date=23 March 2012}}</ref> with Avijit Michael. She was invited by Ted Global to give a talk, titled "Using Tech to Enable Dreaming"<ref>{{cite web|title=Using Tech to Enable Dreaming|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lJGtXuCmZBM|website=Youtube|accessdate=17 June 2015}}</ref> which got over a million views in 2012. She was then chosen as one of the three pioneering Indian women at TEDGlobal, and spoke at conferences like WIRED, DLD in London and Munich. Suleman was awarded the Future Books Innovation award for her illustrative work in Khoya in London.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Strong showing for FutureBook Innovation awards {{!}} The Bookseller|url=https://www.thebookseller.com/news/strong-showing-futurebook-innovation-awards|access-date=2021-03-28|website=www.thebookseller.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=SULEMAN Shilo Shiv|url=https://www.coe.int/en/web/world-forum-democracy/speakers-2017/-/asset_publisher/JTQ3V5aITSo7/content/shiv-suleman-shilo|access-date=2021-03-28|website=www.coe.int|language=en-GB}}</ref>

===''Fearless Collective''===

More recently, she founded [[The Fearless Collective]], a collective of over 400 artists in India using [[community art]] to protest gender violence for which she was featured in a host of documentaries including Rebel Music by MTV. She was also felicitated with the Femina "Woman of Worth award"<ref>{{Cite web|title=CELEBRATING WOMEN OF WORTH: Winners of the L'Oréal Paris Femina Women Awards 2014 Announced - Core Sector Communique|url=https://www.corecommunique.com/celebrating-women-worth-winners-loreal-paris-femina-women-awards-2014-announced/|access-date=2021-03-28|language=en-US}}</ref> for her work with art and gender violence and the Futurebooks Digital Innovation award in London.

===''Pulse and Bloom''===

In 2014, she collaborated with a neuroscientist [[Rohan Dixit]] on creating art that interacts with one's brainwaves and other [[biofeedback]] sensors. This made her a recipient of several grants and residencies, including an honorarium grant from [[Burning Man]] for the interactive project: Pulse and Bloom. The biofeedback installation brought together artists, architects, entrepreneurs, builders and neurotechnologists. The project was then featured on a host of international media: BBC,<ref>{{cite news|title=Week in pictures: 30 August - 5 September 2014|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/in-pictures-29059374|accessdate=17 June 2015|work=BBC News|date=5 September 2014}}</ref> [[Rolling Stone]], MSNBC, Tech Crunch, The Guardian,<ref>{{cite web|title=Social Enterprise Network|url=https://www.theguardian.com/social-enterprise-network/2012/feb/23/social-enterprise-network-daily-web-links|website=Guardian.com|date=23 February 2012}}</ref> WIRED<ref>{{cite magazine|title=Shilo Shiv Suleman: Screen legend|url=https://www.wired.co.uk/magazine/archive/2012/02/play/screen-legend|magazine=Wired UK|accessdate=17 June 2015|date=13 January 2012}}</ref> and more.<ref>{{cite web|title=Press and Talks|url=http://www.shiloshivsuleman.com/375115/press-talks|website=shiloshivsuleman.com|accessdate=17 June 2015}}</ref>

=== ''Studio B'' ===
In 2018, Shilo Shiv Suleman along with Bollywood actor [[Arjun Kapoor]], fashion designer Kunal Rawal<ref>{{Cite web|title=Kunal Rawal|url=https://kunalrawalofficial.com/|access-date=2021-03-28|website=Kunal Rawal|language=en}}</ref> and chef Prateek Sadhu<ref>{{Cite web|title=Prateek Sadhu|url=https://www.plantforwardkitchen.org/prateek-sadhu|access-date=2021-03-28|website=The Plant-Forward Kitchen|language=en-US}}</ref> inaugurated Studio B as a part of [[Belvedere Vodka|Belvedere]]'s initiative to connect with other artists to increase their reach.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Sidharth Malhotra to be face of Belvedere Studio B[newkerala.com],Bollywood News|url=https://www.newkerala.com/news/fullnews-342008.html|access-date=2021-03-28|website=www.newkerala.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=2018-04-24|title="Belvedere Studio B will keep evolving with time"- Interview of the Month|url=https://www.spiritz.in/belvedere-studio-b-will-keep-evolving-time/|access-date=2021-03-28|website=Spiritz Magazine{{!}}Alcobev magazine|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Arjun Kapoor the face of Belvedere Vodka Studio B|url=http://www.thehappyhigh.com/2/post/2019/03/actor-arjun-kapoor-joins-hands-with-belvedere-vodka.html|access-date=2021-03-28|website=The Happy High Bartending Academy, Wine Courses, Corporate Workshops|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Killing fear, one artwork at a time|url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/culture/arts/killing-fear-one-artwork-at-a-time/cid/1692169|access-date=2021-03-28|website=www.telegraphindia.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Sidharth Malhotra to be the Face of Belvedere Studio B|url=https://www.gqindia.com/content/belvedere-studio-b-sidharth-malhotra|access-date=2021-03-28|website=GQ India|date=23 March 2018|language=en-IN}}</ref>

=== ''#FearlesslyFRIDA'' ===
This collaboration was between Fearless Collective and FRIDA (The Young Feminist Fund)<ref>{{Cite web|title=FRIDA (The Young Feminist Fund|url=https://youngfeministfund.org/about-us/|website=FRIDA}}</ref> to celebrate young feminist organizers worldwide who are pushing boundaries and breaking stereotypes. They began the global art tour with Transvoice<ref>{{Cite web|title=TRANSVOICE|url=https://youngfeministfund.org/grantees/transvoice/}}</ref> which is a young feminist group based on [[West Java|West Jave]] who aims to empower trans women in the community by raising awareness about trans rights.

==References==
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== External links ==
*[http://www.shiloshivsuleman.com Shilo Shiv Suleman, Official Website]

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[[Category:Artists from Bengaluru]]
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