WORK EXPERIENCE

Curator

Khaas Gallery, Islamabad | Pakistan

Jan 2012 – July 2019

Assistant Curator

Khaas Gallery, Islamabad | Pakistan

Dec 2010 – Jan 2012

Assistant Curator

Rohtas Gallery, Islamabad | Pakistan

Feb 2008 – Jun 2009

Intern

Curatorial Research Internship, Free & Sackler Galleries, Smithsonian Institution, Washington | Pakistan

Sep – Nov 2008
AWARDS & ARTIST RESIDENCY

Trelex Residency | Trelex, Switzerland

Dec-Jan 2019

Fellowship and traveling exhibition at Shanghai University – Shanghai | China & International Peace Culture Foundation and Garden Museum – Beijing | China

Nov 2017

Ato Nexus; Studio based Residency in collaboration with the Embassy of Pakistan – Tokyo | Japan

Participating studio artist and principal curator and organizer of the residency and exhibition

June 2016
Schoeni, Sovereign Asian Art Public Vote Prize, 30 Finalists Exhibition at Soho 189 Art Hub and Christie’s – Hong Kong May 2015
Studio based Artist Residency Program at Asilo Infantile Beatrice – Atila | Italy Aug 2014
Cecil Collins Memorial Award for Drawing – Central Saint Martins College of Art & Design, London | UK May 2010
Thesis Scholarship – Foundation for Museum of Modern Art (FOMMA) Karachi, Pakistan Oct 2007
EDUCATION
Master of Fine Arts – Central Saint Martins College of Art & Design, London | UK Sep 2009 – Aug 2010
Bachelor of Fine Arts- Miniature Painting (Major) & Photography (Minor) – Indus Valley School of Art & Architecture, Karachi | Pakistan Jan 2004 – Dec 2007
SHORT COURSES
Flowers of the Dutch Golden Age, Egg Tempera Painting, Lily Gale Corbett – The Princes School of Traditional Art – London | UK July 2019
Japanese Wood Block Printing with Dr. Shahida Mansoor & Professor Tetsuya Noda – COMSATS, Islamabad | Pakistan Oct 2016
Curatorial Workshop, ‘Curating as Whirlpool, Arora or Matrix,’ Natasha Ginwala – Lahore Biennale Foundation – Lahore | Pakistan Sept 2015
Drawing the Portrait – Short Course, Chelsea College of Art & Design, London | UK Oct 2010
Color Making Workshop, Jaipur | India Apr 2007