SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2024 ‘A Culture of Care’ – Bulhan Bachao x AAN Gandhara, Karachi, Pakistan
2024 ‘Her Story’ – PNCA National Art Gallery, Islamabad, Pakistan
2023 ‘Quwat o Akhuwat’ – COMSATS Art Gallery, Islamabad, Pakistan
2023 ‘Focal Point’ Publishing Fair, Vasl Artist’s Association – Sharjah Art Foundation, Sharjah
2022 ‘Celebrating 75’ – COMSATS Art Gallery, COMSATS University Islamabad, Pakistan
2022 ‘Reflection’ – COMSATS Art Gallery, COMSATS University Islamabad, Pakistan
2022 ‘Islamabad Art Gallery – Opening’ – Islamabad Art Gallery, Islamabad, Pakistan
2022 ‘Tribute to Kashmiris’ Just Struggle for Right to Self-Determination’ – Ministry of Foreign
Affairs, Islamabad, Pakistan
2021 ‘Restriction’ – Correspondence Collective, Clayhill Arts, UK
2021 ‘Lahore Digital Arts Festival’ – https://postreality.digital/, Online Exhibition
2020 ‘Prints for Pandemic Relief’ – printsforpandemicrelief.com, Online Exhibition
2020 ‘Portrait Exhibition of SCO Member States’ – Exhibition Hall 7/8/14, Tsinghua University Art Museum, China
2019 ‘My Tradition vs. Your Modernity’, Islamabad Art Festival ‘19 – COMSATS Art Gallery, Islamabad, Pakistan
2019 ‘Inside Out’ – Chawkandi Art Gallery, Karachi, Pakistan
2019 ‘Small is Beautiful’ – Koel Art Gallery, Karachi, Pakistan
2018 ‘From the Hills to the Sea’ – AAN Gandhara Art Space, Islamabad, Pakistan
2018 ‘A World of its Own’ – COMSATS Art Gallery, Islamabad, Pakistan
2018 ‘Traditonal Chinese and Pakistani Paintings’ – COMSATS Art Gallery, China Cultural Center & PNCA National Art Gallery, Islamabad Pakistan
2018 ‘Bahar Aai’ – COMSATS Art Gallery, Islamabad, Pakistan
2017 ‘9th National Exhibition’ – PNCA National Art Gallery, Islamabad, Pakistan
2017 ‘From the Scroll to the Book’ – COMSATS Art Gallery, Islamabad, Pakistan, University of Shanghai, Shanghai, China, & He Yuan Peace Garden Museum, Beijing, China
2017 ‘Takht Bai to Potohar’ – PNCA National Art Gallery, Islamabad, Pakistan
2016 ‘AtoNexus – Artist in Residence Program show’ – Embassy of Pakistan, Tokyo, Japan
2015 ‘Between the Lines’ – COMSATS Art Gallery, Islamabad, Pakistan
2013 ‘Face Off’ – Hunerkada and U.S. Embassy, Islamabad, Pakistan
2012 ‘Delhi International Film Festival’ – New Delhi, India
2012 ‘Magical Narratives’ – NM Art Gallery, Dubai, U.A.E
2012 ‘Face Off’ – Lok Virsa and National Art Gallery, Islamabad, Pakistan
2012 ‘66 Statements’ – Gallery 6, Islamabad, Pakistan
2012 ‘Mein’ – Koel Art Gallery, Karachi, Pakistan
2011 ‘Misplacements, Displacements’ – Gallery 6, Islamabad, Pakistan
2011 ‘The 4th Cultural and International Festival of Miniature and Illumination’ – Tlemcen, Algeria
2010 ‘1000 Words – From Breakfast to Dreaming’ – Vogue Art Gallery, Lahore, Pakistan
2010 ‘Contemporary Miniature Art from Pakistan’ – Ganges Art. Kolkata, India & Hutheesing Centre, Ahmedabad, India
2010 ‘…And then there was Data’ – Zahoor-ul-Ikhlaq Gallery, National College of Arts, Lahore
2010 ‘Once Upon a Wonderland’ – Exhibit 320, New Delhi, India
2010 ‘New Art from Pakistan’ – Thomas Erben Gallery, New York, U.S.A
2009 ‘Nuanced Discourses’ – Gallery 6, Islamabad, Pakistan
2009 ‘In the beginning there was the word…’ – Koel Art Gallery/Greynoise, Karachi, Pakistan
2009 ‘Tales of the City’ – National College of Arts, Rawalpindi Campus, Pakistan
2009 ‘Amalgamation’ – Shakir Ali Museum, Lahore
2008 ‘The Road Less Traveled’ – Gallery 76, Dubai International Arts Centre, Dubai, U.A.E
2008 ‘Sacred Marks, Sacred Space’ – University of Bradford, England
2008 ‘Grey Noise’ Launch show – Alhamra Art Gallery, Lahore, Pakistan
2008 ‘WAF – Celebrating freedom’ – Nomads Art Gallery, Islamabad, Pakistan
2007 ‘Silk Road Festival’ – Damascus, Aleppo, and Palmyra, Syria
2006 ‘Contemporary Miniature Paintings’ – French Embassy, Islamabad. Pakistan
2006 ‘Transcending Borders’ – ITC Maurya Sheraton & Towers, Delhi, India
2006 ‘Emerging Talent’ – V.M. Art Gallery, Karachi
COLLABORATIVES
WITH LUíS FELIPE KERESZTES BIGATTO
2020 ‘ArtBook Depot, Jaipur Edition’ – Farside Collective Foundation Leh and Round them Oranges, Jaipur, India
2019 ‘THP Daak Edition One’ – The Happiee Place ArtLab, Lahore, Pakistan
2019 ‘Focal Point’ Publishing Fair, Vasl Artists’s Association – Sharjah Art Foundation, Sharjah
2019 ‘To the Coffee Cave’ – Satrang Art Gallery, Islamabad Pakistan
WITH PAK KHAWATEEN PAINTING CLUB
2023 ‘Glacial Movements and the Ghaib (Unseen)’ (Part 04) – Daphne Oram Gallery, Canterbury Christ Church University
2023 ‘Glacial Movements and the Ghaib (Unseen)’ (Part 03) – COMSATS Art Gallery, Islamabad, Pakistan
2023 ‘Glacial Movements and the Ghaib (Unseen)’ (Part 01) – Ta’agheer Art Gallery, Lahore, Pakistan
2023 ‘Glacial Movements and the Ghaib (Unseen)’ (Part 01) – VM Art Gallery, Karachi, Pakistan
2023 ‘Sharjah Biennale 15’ – SB15, Kalba Ice Factory, Sharjah,UAE
2022 ‘Proposals for a Memorial to Partition’ – Jameel Arts Centre, Dubai, U.A.E
2021 ‘Before the End of Time’ – Canvas Art Gallery, Karachi, Pakistan
2021 ‘Mundane Futures’ – https://mundanefutures.art/pak-khawateen/, Mundane Futures Pavillion, The Wrong Biennale
2020 ‘Lahore Biennale 02’ – LB02, PILAC, Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore, Pakistan
WORK EXPERIENCE
2011 – Current Assistant Professor, Art & Design, COMSATS Institute of Information Technology, Islamabad, Pakistan
2021 – 2023 Head of Department, Art & Design, COMSATS Institute of Information Technology, Islamabad, Pakistan
2009 – 2011 Assistant Professor, Fine Arts, National College of Arts, Rawalpindi, Pakistan
2007 – 2009 Freelance Concept Artist, Nettech ltd., Harrow, UK
2005 Freelance Concept Artist, Trango Interactive [Trivor], Islamabad, Pakistan
2000 – 2005 Illustrator, Long Distance Teaching Program, Alliance Française, Islamabad, Pakistan
RESIDENCIES & AWARDS
2024 ASEFInnoLab5: Universities Role in Artificial Intelligence (AI) Innovation Ecosystems
2022 ADA Award, Winner, Interactive/Time Based Art Category for Indus River Machines
2022 British Council’s Pakistan-UK New Perspectives Grant
2020 Graham Foundation – Research Grant
2020 Sharjah Art Foundation – Production Program Grant
2018 ‘Tabeer-e-Nau: Re-exploring Gulmit’ – Research-in-Residence Program, Gulmit, Hunza, Pakistan
2018 ‘Mapping the Forest’ – Artist-in-Residence Program, Murree, Pakistan
2017 – 2015 AIPS-IUCPSS Faculty mentoring workshops on “Art and Architecture & Media: Modern and Contemporary Art” [Art, Architecture, and Design Modules], AIPS-LUMS, Lahore, Pakistan
2016 ‘AtoNexus’ – Artist-in-Residence Program, Tokyo, Japan
2011 2nd Prize in Miniature, International Festival of Miniature and Illumination, Tlemcen, Algeria
2009 Haji Sharif Award, Excellence in Miniature Painting, National College of Arts, Lahore, Pakistan
2005 Distinction in Final Thesis, National College of Arts, Lahore, Pakistan
WORKSHOPS & TALKS
2021 Artist talk on Pak Khawateen Painting Club’s Ventures to the Dams of Pakistan, Indus Valley School of Art and Architecture, Karachi (Online)
2020 Artist talk on Pak Khawateen Painting Club’s work as part of LBO2 (On the making of the zine ‘Hymn no. 32), National College of Arts, Lahore Campus (Online)
2018 Artist talk on studio practice as part of Kuch Khaas’ PechaKucha Night – ‘Making Art in the Capital: An intimate look at Islamabad’s finest artists and their studios’, Islamabad [https://www.pechakucha.org/cities/islamabad/presentations/studio-space]
2016 Artist talk on studio practice, National College of Arts, Rawalpindi Campus
2012 FACE OFF International Artist’s Camp [Hunerkada & U.S. Embassy] , Islamabad, Pakistan – Conducted a workshop on miniature painting alongside Ustaad Bashir Ahmed and led the creation of the final piece by the miniature group
2011 Annual Miniature and Illumination Festival, Tlemcen, Algeria – Invited by the Ministry of Culture in Algeria to exhibit Miniature Paintings and give workshops on miniature painting in the Mughal School style in Tlemcen for the 4th Annual Miniature and Illumination Festival
2009 Nomads Art Gallery, Islamabad, Pakistan – Conducted a 3 month workshop on miniature painting
2007 Silk Road Festival, Damascus, Aleppo, Palmyra,Syria – Invited by the Ministry of Tourism in Syria, on behalf of the Embassy of Pakistan, to exhibit art work, give workshops and lectures in various cities of Syria to promote the art and culture of Pakistan
CONFERENCES & PAPERS
2023 ‘Collective Imaginary Spaces and Narratives’; Digital Art, Technology & Heritage, Digital Arts Symposium: COMSATS X Lahore Digital Arts Festival, COMSATS University Islamabad, Islamabad
2021 ‘Illustration and imagination’; Online Education: Teaching at a time of change, The Unboxed Lab, BNU, Lahore
2019 ‘Bedi Mehal: Digital preservation and speculative adaptive reuse’; IAF’19, International Conference – An Aesthetic Encounter Between Tradition and Modernity: Ideas, Challenges, and the Way Forward
2018 ‘Illustration and imagination; The usage of socio-cultural and political influences in world building and self-expression’; Design Pedagogy – analyzing current trends and shaping the future; Conference on Architectural Education, COMSATS University, Islamabad Campus, Pakistan
PUBLICATIONS
2023 ‘Expedition Manual: File no. 7-20’; Pak Khawateen Painting Club; Sharjah Art Foundation
2022 ‘The day the moon fell from the sky’; The Aleph Review [Volume 6: Humor]; Broken Leg Publications
2021 ‘Expedition 2: Barrages and the Fragmentation of the River Indus’; Hybrid [Volume 4: Risk]; Indus Valley School of Art and Architecture
2020 ‘Into the Clouds on the Hill ’; The Aleph Review [Volume 4: Departure]; Broken Leg Publications
2020 ‘Quarantzine: Edition 1 – 3’; Gaada.org; Gaada
2020 ‘Hymn no. 32’; Pak Khawateen Painting Club; Lahore Biennale 02
2020 ‘On the Creation of the Myth’; Mapping the Forest; Murree Museum Artist Residency and FFAI
SELECTED REVIEWS & PUBLICATIONS
- Ali, Salwat; Making Waves: Contemporary Art in Pakistan; Fomma Trust, Pakistan
- Ali, Sehrish; Anime meets Miniature Art; The Express Tribune, Pakistan
- Dasgupta, Anirvan; Miniatures in a Major Key; Art Slant India, Contemporary Art Network, India
- New Art from Pakistan at Thomas Erben, New York; Saatchi Online TV & Magazine
- Betler, Tim; Artfully Provocative; InFocus Pakistan, GulfNews.com
- Art across borders; The Telegraph, Calcutta, India
- Best of Pakistani art in show Bradford, UK to July 2008; Yorkshire Post / Art Radar Journal, UK
- Khan, Saba; Painting the Book; Daily Times, Pakistan
- Sikandar, Madiha; Everyone wants to understand Art; The News, Pakistan
- Husain, Rumana; Modern Miniatures; Gallery Section, The Dawn Newspaper, Pakistan
COLLECTIONS
2023 Proposal for a Memorial to Partition (PKPC) part of Jameel Art collection, Sharjah, UAE
2022 Expedition 01-Dams (PKPC) part of South Asia Art Institute, Chicago, U.S.
2020 Indus Water Machines (PKPC) part of Sharjah Art Foundation collection, Sharjah, U.A.E
2017 Paintings as part of Collection of He Yuan Peace Garden Museum, Beijing, China
2011 Paintings as part of Collection of Dar Mustapha Pacha (Palais Mustapha Pacha) Algiers, Algeria
EDUCATION
2005 BFA, (Miniature major) National College of Arts, Lahore, Pakistan
LANGUAGES
Native proficiency in Urdu and English; Intermediate proficiency French and Portuguese