Film Works
Written, Edited, and Directed
2008
 Priya
2006
 A Story Told
2003
 Eating Grass
2001
 Spoken Diary
1994
 The Watershed
1991
 Fatima's Letter
1989
 Three Paces
1989
 Swan
1987
 Unfolding
1985
 Durga
 
Exhibitions
2009
 Talwar Gallery, New Delhi, India
2009
 Museo National Centro de Arte Reina Sophia, Madrid, Spain
2008
 Talwar Gallery, New York, NY
2006
 Zones of Contact, XV Sydney Biennale, Sydney, Australia, Eating Grass
2006
 Millais Gallery, Southhampton, UK, A Told Story
2005
 The British Art Show, BALTIC, Hayward Gallery touring show, UK, Eating Grass
2005
 1001100111001, Arts Depot, London, UK, Eating Grass
2005
 (desi)re, Talwar Gallery, New York, NY, Eating Grass, Swan
2004
 Talwar Gallery, New York, NY, Eating Grass
2003
 Institute of International Visual Arts (inIVA), London, UK, Eating Grass
2003
 Tate Britain, London, UK, Fatima's Letter @ A Century of British Artist’s Films
2003
 Talwar Gallery, New York, NY, Spoken Diary / Swan
JIGAR, A retrospective of Alia Syed's film works @
Feb-Mar 2002
 The New Art Gallery, Walsall, UK
Feb-Mar 2002
 The Space Gallery @ inIVA, London, UK
Jun-Aug 2002
 Turnpike Gallery, Manchester, UK
Jun-Sep 2002
 Gallery Of Modern Art, Glasgow, Scotland
 
Other Exhibitions & Screening
The Watershed
2000
 Performing Bodies Tate Modern, London, UK
1997
 Corto  Circuito, Naples, Italy
1996
 Lumier Festival, University of Westminster,
1996
 Pandemonium ICA, London, UK
1996
 Auckland City Art Gallery and Melbourne Cinematheque, Australia
1996
 Pacific Cinematheque (Berkeley), San Francisco Cinematheque USA
1995
 Desh Pardesh, Toronto, Canada 
 
Fatima's Letter
2007
 Greenwich Picturehouse, Greenwich, UK
1997
 "Views of London", ICA, London UK
1996
 National Film Theatre, London, UK 
1995
 Mango Film Festival, Manchester UK
1994
 Museum of London, E.M, Media Canada
1994
 Ikon Gallery "Beyond Destination", Birmingham, UK
1994
 Xenix Film Club, Zurich, Switzerland
1992
 Euclid, Toronto, Canada
1991
 25 years of British Avant Garde, Tate Gallery, London, UK
1991
 ICA, London, UK
 
Three paces
1991
 Edinburgh Film House, UK
1991
 London Film Festival, UK
1990
 Millenium Cinema, New York, USA
1990
 San Fransisco Cinemateque, USA
1990
 Pleasure Dome Toronto, Canada
1990
 Helsinki Film Workshop, Finland
 
Swan
1993
 Cine Suspect Magdeburg, National Film Theatre
1990
 Helsinki Film Workshop, Finland
1990
 Kommunales, Bremen, Germany
1990
 Centre for Contemporary Arts, Warsaw, Poland
1989
 Viper Lucerne, Switzerland

Unfolding
1989
 London Film Festival, UK
1988
 Pacific Cinematheque, Berkeley, USA

Durga
1998
 Lux Cinema, London, UK
1990
 Women in Profile, Glasgow, Scotland
1988
 Hochschule fur kunst, Hamburg, Germany
 
Spoken Diary
2002
 Watermans Arts Centre, London, UK
2000
 D-net, Lux Cinema, London, UK
 
Retrospective
2002
 Brief encounters "Without Boundaries"  Bristol, UK
2002
 Phoenix  Plymouth, UK
2000
 Lux Cinema, London UK

Education
1991-92
 Slade School of Fine Art, London, UK
[Post Grad Higher Diploma, Mixed Media]
1984-87
 University of East London, London, UK

[BA Honors, Fine Art]
 
Awards & Honors
2008
 Southampton Solent University Research Fellowship
2002
 London Film & Video Production Award for "Eating Grass"
1998
 Arts Council of England completion Award for  "Spoken Diary"
1995
 Arts Council of England production Award for  "Spoken Diary"
1991
 ICA Biennial Award for 16mm print "Fatima's Letter"
1989
 Arts Council of England production Award for "The Watershed"