2020-2022 – Masters in Art and Design Studies from Beaconhouse National University, Lahore | Graduated with a Distinction.
2015-2019 – Bachelors in Textile Design from Pakistan Institute of Fashion and Design, Lahore.
Certifications / Short Courses
June, 2022 – Ceramics Short Course, Mittighar, Lahore.
July, 2018 – Textile and Graphic Communication from Academia Del Lusso, Milan, Italy
Exhibitions
Porous — A Group Exhibition Curated by Sahyr Sayed at Kaleido Kontemporary in Collaboration with June Collective, June 2025.
Culinary Canvas — A three person exhibition curated by Faseeh Saleem at Narenj as a part of CONTACT Photography Festival’s 29th Edition, Oakville, Canada, May 2025
Where Walls Dissolve — A Group exhibition Curated by Laiba Aslam as a part of Collaboration between June Collective and That Studio, Lahore Pakistan January 2025.
Domestic Provocation: Creativity as a Provocateur of Care and Vice Versa — A group exhibition curated by Dr. Shabnam Syed Khan, Iram Raja, Rohma Khan & Faseeh Saleem, at Al-hamra Art Complex, January 2025.
TUAM — A pop-up restaurant, Creative Lead, Design Summit, Lahore, Pakistan, March 2024.
Somatic Provocations — A Group exhibition, curated by Faseeh Saleem & Rohma Khan, Tasweerghar, Pakistan, December 2023.
Once Upon a Time: Reimagining Narratives through Lens — A Group exhibition curated by Sehrish Mustafa & Rabbania Shirjeel, Haam Gallery, Lahore, Pakistan, March 2023.
The Body Displaced — A Group exhibition curated by Waleed Zafar, Full Circle Gallery, Karachi, Pakistan, December 2022.
Deewan-e-Wehshi — A Concept exhibition, Jhonny And Jugnu, Lahore, Pakistan, September 2021.
Residencies
Mantiq of the Mantis, Lahore, Pakistan, June-July, 2021.
The Lens and the Pen, Tasweerghar – Workshop & Exhibition, Lahore, Pakistan, August, 2021.
The Kitchen Studio, Curating for Culture and Museum of Art & Photography, Bangalore, India (Online Residency), September 2021.
Projects
Co-Founded June Collective; a female artists led initiative, 2022 (Ongoing).
Manager for Curatorial Coordination for Design Summit Lahore 01, March 2024.
Assistant Curator MikroPOM | Conference, October 2023.
Project Manager, and Communication and Social Media Handling for Domestic Provocations; Creativity as a Provocateur for Care and Vice Versa, A project by Dr. Shabnam Syed Khan, Rohma Khan & Dr. Faseeh Saleem.
Course Coordinator for the Global Classroom at School of Visual Arts and Design, Beaconhouse National University, May 2020.
Projects – June Collective
June Collective x Kaleido Kontemporary, Porous — A Group Exhbition.
June Collective x That Studio, Where Walls Dissolve — A Group Exhibition
June Collective x Haam Gallery, Consolidated Spaces — A Group Exhibition showcasing works produced in the Residency, September, 2023.
June Collective Artist Residency June – September 2023.
June Collective Open Studios, June 2022.
June Collective Reading Club.
June Collective x Roadside Art — “allomorphs of an antecedent” March 2023.
June Collective x Roadside Art — “of known fabliaux” October 2023.
June Collective x Mahwari Justice, Open Studio to organize a fundraising initiative, providing sanitary relief to women in flood-affected regions of Pakistan.
Teaching
Visiting Faculty at Beaconhouse National University 2020 – 2025
Courses Taught:
Food: Identity & Design,(Self-designed elective course), Spring 2025.
Gastropolitics & Gastropoetics in Artistic Practice (Self-designed elective course), Spring 2024.
Visual Thinking; Data Visualisation & Archiving, Spring 2024.
Research Methods for Art and Design Studies. Spring 2022 & 2023)
Master in Art and Design Studies, Major Studio (Fall, 2023)
Visiting Lecturer at Pakistan Institute of Fashion and Design, supervising 4th year Thesis, 2023.
Visual Art Teacher at LGSi for International Baccalaureate Middle Year Program, 2022.
Teaching Assistant for the Master in Art Education program at Beaconhouse National University.
Talks
Panel Talk at the National History Museum for the project The Lens and The Pen, Tasweerghar.
Food as a Material for Art – Masters in Art Education, Thinking through Objects Course, BNU.
Multi-sensory Spaces – IEDA, BNU
Food as Art, Art as Food, From bits to atoms; Synthetic Biology in Art, BNU.
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