EXHIBITIONS & TALKS
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2026 Atlas of Humanity Galerie Joseph le Palais Paris, France
2026 Atlas of Humanity One Art Space New York USA
2025 International Photo Awards (IPA) Winners House of Lucie (projection) Athens, Greece
2025 Things We Carry: A Contemporary Asian Experience Studio Montclair New Jersey, USA
2025 Coastal Reflections Malibu City Gallery Malibu, USA
2023 2022: A Year of Duality Photo Impact Gallery West Hollywood, USA (Juror: American Society of Media Photographers)
2023 APA Chicago - 2023 Artist's Perspective Fulton Street Collective Chicago, USA (Juror: Natasha Egan, Executive. Dir., Museum of Contemporary Photography)
2023 Bold Beauty Project The Art Room, Downtown LA, USA (Juror: ASMP-LA President, Nancy Kaye)
2022 Aging as Art Bower’s Museum Santa Ana, USA (curated by the Council of Aging)
2022 KAPWA: A Communal Spirit Avenue 50 Studio Los Angeles, USA (curated by Hon Huang)
2022 A World From Home II Virtual Presentation (curated by ASMP-LA President, Nancy Kaye)
2021 Topanga Canyon Gallery Topanga, USA (curated by Gallery owner, Kate Kincaid)
2021 Aging as Art Newport Beach Central Library, Santa Ana, USA
2021 Aging as Art Bower’s Museum Santa Ana, USA
2021 Foley Gallery New York, USA (curated by Alison Zavos)
2021 Poetry of the Earth Rishikesh International Film Festival Rishikesh, India (curated by Film Festival Director, Deja Cross)
2021 John Wayne Airport Vi Smith Concourse Gallery Orange County, USA (curated by: the Council of Aging)
2020 Blank Wall Gallery Athens, Greece (curated by Alison Zavos)
2020 Aging as Art Newport Beach Central Library Santa Ana, USA
2020 Topanga Artists Studio Tour Topanga, USA
2020 Aging as Art Bower's Museum Santa Ana, USA
2020 A World From Home American Society of Media Photographers (Online Group Exhibit)
2020 Sacred Landscapes Rishikesh Int'l Film Festival Tapovan India
2018 Animal Advocacy Through Art Lois Lambert Gallery Los Angeles USA (curated by APA-Award winning photographer, N. Ford)
2018 Non-Duality among the Indigenous Electric Lodge Art Gallery Los Angeles USA (invited by Film Festival Director, Freda Sideroff)
2018 Nous Tous Art Gallery Los Angeles USA (curated by Hon Huang)
2017 School’s Out Forever Legato Art Gallery Los Angeles USA (curated by award-winning artist Jalal Poehman)
2017 Evoking the Unseen Venice Love Shack Los Angeles USA (curated by Associate Editor at Hollywood Reporter, Jeffrey Ainis)
2017 Beatles and The Indian Influence Santa Monica Assembly Hall Los Angeles USA (curated by author of American Vedas, Phil Goldberg)
2017 Advaita or Non Duality Shangri-La, Topanga Canyon Los Angeles USA (curated by Film Festival Director, Deja Cross)
2017 Advaita or Non Duality Uttra Art Gallery Rishikesh India (curated by Gallery owner, Tribhuvan Chauhan)
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2022 Boutique Lifestyle Leader’s Conference at Westlake Village Inn Westlake, USA (invited by Ariela Goharik Kiradjian)
2022 Topanga Film Festival (Featured Artist) Topanga, USA (curated by Film Festival Director, Urs Baur)
2022 Revel Silk: Indigenous Women, Houndstooth Studio, Los Angeles, USA (curated by musician and actress, Monica Dogra)
2022 Indigenous Wisdom, Electric Lodge Art Gallery, Garifuna Indigenous Int’l Film Festival, Venice, USA (curated by Freda Sideroff)
2021 A Taste of India Garden Event Culver City, USA (curated by Nicole Muyingo, MUY House)
2020 A Taste of the World, A MUY House Event, Froggies Topanga, USA (invited by Graham Brooks)
2019 Remote Cultures, Ancient Wisdom & Advaita, University of Southern California USA (invited by Dean of USC Religious Studies, Jim Burklo)
2019 Indigenous People of the World, California State University Fullerton USA (invited by Professor Mugdha Yeolekar)
2019 Namaste India, Short Ave Elementary School Los Angeles USA (invited by Professor Mugdha Yeolekar)
2019 Advaita or Non-Duality, Rishikesh Int'l Film Festival Tapovan India (invited by Film Festival Director, Deja Cross)
2017 Advaita or Non Duality, Maharishi "Beatles" Ashram Rishikesh India
SELECTED TALKS, LECTURES, and PANELS
2025 Photo Talk Galerie 24b, Paris, France
2025 Photo Talk House of Lucie, Athens, Greece
2024 Host: Sacred Art of Storytelling Panel at the World Culture Film Festival, Los Angeles, USA
2024 Host: Environment in Film Panel at the World Culture Film Festival, Los Angeles, USA
2024 Panelist: Leveraging Film Festivals, World Culture Film Festival, Los Angeles, USA
2023 Panelist: Film as a Tool for Decolonization, Garifuna International Indigenous Film Festival, Los Angeles, USA
2023 Host: Post-Colonial Philanthropy Panel at the Topanga Film Festival, Topanga, USA
2023 Assistant Facilitator, BRIDGE Program Los Angeles cohort (16 weeks) with BKC and the American Society of Media Photographers
2023 Panelist: Creativity & Consciousness: The Influence of Spirituality on Artistic Expression with Marc Baraka Strauch, Los Angeles, USA
2022 Host: The Indigenous Story Panel, Topanga Film Festival, Topanga, USA
2022 Lecture: Remote Cultures and Ancient Wisdom, Big Bear Yoga Festival, Big Bear, USA
2022 Lecture: A Whole New World at Culture Journeys Kids Summer Camp, Hermosa Beach, USA
2022 Lecture: Learning from Ancient Cultures, Garifuna Indigenous International Film Festival Los Angeles USA
2021 Panel Discussion with Marc Baraka Strauch: The Meditative Eye: An Exploration in Seeing from Within, Rishikesh Film Festival
2021 Moderator: Shakti Panel, Rishikesh Film Festival
2021 Lecture: Remote Cultures, Ancient Wisdom & Non Duality, Yangchenma Arts & Music, Topanga
2021 Lecture: Photographing Remote Cultures, Learning Bird, Canada
2020 Sociology of Globalization, Symbiosis School of Photography, Pune, India
2020 Lecture: Tales of the Desert Gypsies, Yangchenma Music & Arts, Topanga, USA
2019 Lecture: Individualism, Collectivism & Non Duality, Pacific Asia Museum, Pasadena, USA
2019 Lecture: Remote Cultures, Ancient Wisdom & Advaita, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, USA
2019 Panel Discussion: Infinite in its Silence, California State University, Fullerton, USA
2019 Workshop: Journey Through India, Short Avenue Elementary School, Los Angeles, USA
2018 Empowered Indigenous Filmmaker Masterclass (with TELUS Storyhive and VoVo Productions), New Hazelton, Canada
2018 Empowered Indigenous Filmmaker Masterclass (with TELUS Storyhive and VoVo Productions), Kamloops, Canada
2017 Lecture: Storytelling, Filmmaking & Consciousness (with Marc Baraka Strauch), Maharishi Mahesh Yogi “Beatles” Ashram, India
MEDIA & PUBLICATIONS
ARTICLES
2022 USA Today Magazine, Legends of America’s Sacred Landscapes, September 2022 Issue — Cover Feature
2022 USA Today Magazine, Remote Cultures and Ancient Wisdom, May 2022 Feature
2021 STEAM Journal, Claremont University, Donyi Tolo: Apatani, March 2019 (published 2021)PHOTOGRAPHS PUBLISHED
2022 Belili Magazine, 2022 Issue (USA/Belize) — Cover Photo
2021 Moevir Magazine, Paris, 26 Shades of Red, 2021 Issue — 12-page photography spread
2020 Nomadict Magazine, The Intercultural Nomad by Aletta Bredewold, April 2020
2019 An Introduction to World Music by William Cratty & Jeffrey Ainis (Kendall Hunt, USA)
2019 LA Yoga Magazine, The Inner Pilgrimage of Practice: Meditation Becomes Empowered on Mahasivratri by Nandhiji, February 10, 2019
2018 The Journals of Micah by Daniel Nesher — Cover Photo
2018 Silence in Bloom music album by Eman Attallah — Cover Art
2018 Malibu TimesINTERVIEWS, PRESS & MEDIA
2024 DEADLINE — Inaugural World Culture Film Festival in Los Angeles To Open With “The Monk and The Gun” by Matthew Carey, July 2024
2024 DEADLINE — Tom Holland, Oscar-Nominated Director Pawo Choyning Dorji Earn Awards at Inaugural World Culture Film Festival by Matthew Carey, July 2024
2024 American Kahani — Inaugural World Culture Film Festival to Celebrate Uplifting and Unifying Global Cinema in Los Angeles, July 2024
2023 ELLE Magazine — Conservation Photographer Sej Saraiya and Her Dedication to Cultural Preservation, July 2023
2023 Film Daily — Female Filmmakers Chronicle the Rise of Sri Sri Ravi Shankar’s Art of Living Foundation by Callum Bradshaw, July 2023
2023 Luxury Lifestyle Magazine — Photographer Sejal Saraiya Captures the Powerful Stories of Indigenous Elders, June 2023
2023 Mashable — Sej Saraiya’s Conservation Photography Shines Light on Indigenous Tribes and Climate Actionby Pau Castillo, February 2023
2022 Roswell Daily Record — Santa Fe Film Festival by Christina Stock, January 5, 2022
2022 Albuquerque Journal — The Curious Woods Filmmaker Found Inspiration in the Healing Power of Nature by Adrien Gomez, January 10, 2022
2022 The Basic Cinephile — Indigenous Story Panel: 17th Annual Topanga Film Festival
2019 The Daily Titan — World Religions Seen Through a Photographer’s Lens by Kim Pham, November 16, 2019
2018 LA Yoga Magazine — Animal Advocacy Through Art by Jeffrey Ainis, November 20, 2018
AWARDS
PHOTOGRAPHY
2025 International Photo Awards (IPA) — 2nd Place, Award Recipient
2025 Tokyo International Foto Awards (TIFA) — Bronze Winner
2022 APA Chicago Perspectives — 1st Place
FILM
2023 Reale Film Festival — Best Film, February Award — The Curious Woods (2021)
2022 Great Message International Film Festival — Best Short Film — The Curious Woods (2021)
2022 Global India International Film Festival — Best Short Film — The Curious Woods (2021)
2022 TMIF Awards — Best Nature & Environment Short, Achievement of Excellence — The Curious Woods (2021)
2022 New York International Women Festival — Best Costume Design — The Curious Woods (2021)
2022 International Motion Picture Awards — Best Director, October Award — The Curious Woods (2021)
2021 Montreal Independent Film Festival — Nominee: Best Female Director — The Curious Woods (2021)
2020 Global Taj International Film Festival — Best Editing (Shared with Pavel Safonov)— The Language They Spoke (2019)
2019 L’Age d’Or International Arthouse Film Festival — Best Experimental Film — The Language They Spoke(2019)
AFFILIATIONS
2023—2024 World Culture Film Festival — Co-Founder, Co-Executive Director, Head of Programming
2022—2024 ASMP-LA BRIDGE Photography Mentorship Program — Facilitator
2022—present American Society of Media Photographers (ASMP) — Board Member
2018—present Garifuna International Indigenous Film Festival — Board Member
2018—present American Photographic Artists (APA) —Professional Member
2017—2018 Rishikesh International Film Festival — Creative Director
EDUCATION
2007 - 2009 MFA, Screenwriting, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA
2008 Writing for the Screen, University of Cambridge, United Kingdom
2003 - 2007 B.S., Information Technology, Mumbai University, Mumbai, India