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N I S H A A N A AMRA KHAN

ASIF AHMED

MUHAMMAD ZEESHAN

MUZZUMIL RAHEEL

NIZAKAT ALI DEPAR

RAHEELA ABRO

REHANA MANGI

SAJJAD AHMED

SALMAN HASSAN

SHAKIL SAIGOL

SHOAIB MEHMOOD

TAZEEN QAYYUM

CURATED BY: ANDLEEBA AKHTAR, BISMA RAFFAT, ZAYYANA KAMRAN

&

ZOILA SOLOMON

( Student Internees from IVSAA )

9th – 23rd JUNE 2015

Artist: Amra Khan

Title: Princess

Edition 1/5

Medium: Archival Digital Print

Size: 7 x 5 Inches

Artist: Amra Khan

Title: Hello Ed

Edition 1/5


Size: 7 x 5 Inches

Artist: Amra Khan

Title: Trucky

Edition 1/5


Size: 7 x 5 Inches

Artist: Amra Khan

Title: Muffin

Edition 1/5


Size: 7 x 5 Inches

Artist: Amra Khan

Title: I Want My MTV

Edition 1/5


Size: 7 x 5 Inches

Artist: Asif Ahmed

Title: A Royal Elephant

Medium: Gouache on Wasli

Size: 7.5 x 10.5 Inches

Artist: Muhammad Zeeshan

Title: Biology

Medium: Gouache on wasli

Size: 25 x 38 Inches

Artist: Muhammad Zeeshan and Muzzumil Ruheel

Title: Ooh Lala Ooh Lala

Medium: Gouache and ink on Wasli


Artist: Nizakat Ali Depar

Title: Thorns

Medium: Gouache on Wasli


Artist: Reheela Abro

Title: Allah Ki Rassi

Medium: Oil on Wooden Pawn

Size: 1 x 1.5 Inches

Artist: Reheela Abro

Title: Riaya

Medium: Oil on Wooden Pawn


Artist: Rehana Mangi

Title: Untitled

Medium: Human hair on wasli

Size: 8 x 8 Inches

Artist: Sajjad Ahmed

Title: Nuclear Day Dream II

Edition 1/5

Medium: Inkjet Print and Acrylic on Canvas


Artist: Salman Hasan

Title: Untitled

Medium: Mixed Media on paper

Size: 12 x 9 Inches

Year: 2010

Artist: Shakil Saigol

Title: Untitled

Medium: Oil on canvas


Artist: Shoaib Mahmood

Title: Untitled




Title: Untitled

Medium: Gold leaf, Silver leaf and gouache on wasli



Title: Untitled



Artist: Tazeen Qayyum

Title: Avoid contact with eyes and skin II, III (Diptych)

Medium: Opaque watercolor on hot press illustration board

Size: 30 x 30 Inches (Each)

Year: 2015

Artist: Tazeen Qayyum

Title: They walk in his ways

Medium: Opaque watercolor on hot press illustration board


Year: 2015

AMRA FATIMA KHAN

EDUCATION

Bachelors National College of Arts Lahore, Pakistan

January 2004 to January 2008

EXHIBITIONS

Solo Shows

2011 February 17th “Gender Nectar” “Nectar des Sexes”, Galerie Sauvaget Gallery Paris, France.

Group Show

2012 February 9th “Main” group show at Koel art gallery, Karachi, Pakistan. 2012 January 7th MA Hon. Visual Arts Degree show at Zahoor ul Akhlaq Gallery National College of Arts

Lahore. 2011 December 2nd “Imperfection” at Rohtas art gallery, Islamabad, Pakistan. 2011 October 28th"Looking through the wider lens": a group show of Pakistani women artists. At

Jankonssen Gallery, Basel, Switzerland. 2011 February 24th “Silsila” Studio RM Alumni show at Koel art gallery, Karachi, Pakistan. 2011 February 17th “I see you” Nomad art gallery, Islamabad, Pakistan. 2011 February 4th “Expo Atelier Cognée, Gallery Gauch, The École Nationale Supérieure des beaux-arts,

Paris, France. 2011 February 3rd “Silsila” Studio RM Alumni show at Ejaz Gallery, Lahore, Pakistan. 2011 January 6th “Expo Atelier Cognée, Gallery Gauch, The École Nationale Supérieure des beaux-arts,

Paris, France.” 2010 October 4th “Lakh war Sadkay” four person show at Alhamra Art Gallery, Lahore. 2010 April 15th Young Artists Exhibition at Alhamra Art Gallery, Lahore. 2010 March 24th “Mazzar Bazzar” Zahoor ul Akhlaq Gallery National College of Arts Lahore. 2009 June 9th “Redo Pakistan” Exhibition and Symposium at Alhamra Art Gallery, Lahore. 2009 April 13th Young Artists Exhibition at Alhamra Art Gallery, Lahore. 2009 April 8th “Redo Pakistan” “Shanakht Festival” at Karachi Arts Council, Karachi. 2009 March 24th two person show, work’s form the series “Caramel Orchard” at Nairang Gallery Lahore. 2009 January 26th “Stepping out 2” two person show at Rohtas Gallery Islamabad. 2008 December 18th “Stepping out 2” two person show at Rohtas 2 Gallery Lahore. 2008 December 2nd “Democracy” Zahoor ul Akhlaq Gallery National College of Arts Lahore. 2008 November 20th “Small Scope” Exhibition at Zahoor ul Akhlaq Gallery National College of Arts

Lahore. 2008 April 8th Young Artists Exhibition “Fresh Cream” at Alhamra Art Gallery

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2008 February 21st group exhibition “Beyond LUMS” at Lahore University of Management Sciences. 2008 January 13th BFA Degree show at Zahoor ul Akhlaq Gallery National College of Arts Lahore. 2007 June 15th “The Bhao” Exhibition at Zahoor ul Akhlaq Gallery National College of Arts Lahore. 2007 April 5th Young Artists Exhibition at Alhamra Art Gallery. 2006 November 27th group exhibition at Mirage Gallery. 2005 Group exhibition at Alhamra arranged by Imperial College, Lahore. 2004 November group exhibition of wood reliefs at Zahoor ul Akhlaq Gallery National College of Arts

Lahore.

Works at present in the collections of

Mr. Salman Taseer. (Governor Punjab) Mrs Salima Hashmi Mr. Ali Hassan Mr. R.M. Naeem Dr. Fareeha Peracha Mr. Ramzan Ejaz (Ejaz Gallery) Ms. Zeeshan Afzal (Khas Gallery) Mr. Declan Walsh Mr Saeed Rehman Jany Lauga ENSBA

ASIF AHMED

Born: 1980 Lives & works in Karachi. Pakistan Scholarship: 2003 Merit scholarship National College of Arts, Lahore, Pakistan

2004 Distinction in Thesis Project.

Solo Shows: 2012 “The King Must Die”, Curated by Aasim Akhter, Tanzara Gallery. Islamabad 2011 "From The Same Story" Chawkandi Art Gallery. Karachi 2008 "Narration & Transformation" Chawkandi Art Gallery. Karachi Two Person Show: 2007 "Miniatures". Chawkandi Art Gallery. Karachi Selected Group Shows: 2014 "Shape, Pattern and Form: Tracing the East", Art Factum Gallery. Beirut 2013 "Common Dimensions". Art Scene Gallery, Karachi "Here & Now - Modern Miniatures". Musawwir Art Gallery. Dubai "Asian Art in London". Grosvenor Gallery. London Temporal Search". Virtual Group Show. Ikono TV. Berlin 2012 “The Mughal of Modern Times”. Jankossen Art Gallery. Basel. Switzerland “New Art from Pakistan”. La Galleria Pall Mall. London 2011 “What Are We Looking At”. Modula Conception, Dubai “Soul of Pakistan”. ARTrium. Singapore 2010 "SANJH". Al-Hamra Art Gallery. Lahore "Silent Auction". Koel Art Gallery. Karachi "Contemporary Miniatures". Khaas Art Gallery. Islamabad "On The Brink". FOST Gallery. Singapore 2009 "Tradition & Tension". ArtScene Gallery. Karachi "An Opening" TwelveGates Gallery. Philadelphia. USA "Group Show". Nomad Art Gallery. Islamabad "Group Show 09". Ejaz Art Gallery. Lahore 2008 "Art-Gems of the Sub-Continent". Unicorn Art Gallery. Emirates Hills. Dubai "Contemporary Miniatures". ArtScene Gallery. Karachi "South Asian Art". Nomad Art Gallery. Islamabad "Colours Of Paradise". Contemporary Art from Pakistan. Omani Society. Muscat "From Pakistan with Love". Musee de Marrakech. Morocco 2007 “Back From Future”. Chantal Helenbeck. Nice. France “Miniature Contemporaine de Pakistan”. Gallery Chappe. Paris. France “Indus Strokes”. The TAJ Mahal Palace & Tower. Mumbai. India

“IS”. Gallery 27. London “Moving Ahead”. (Curated:Imran Qureshi) Pakistan National Council of Arts. Islamabad “6th Annual Miniature Show”. Nomad Art Gallery. Islamabad 2006 “Miniatures at Chawkandi”. Chawkandi Art Gallery. Karachi Transcending Borders”. ITC Mourya Sheraton. Dehli. India 2005 “A Wider Perspective”. CrowEaters Gallery. Lahore “Revival Of Tradition”, Kampo Museum. Kyoto. Japan Group Show”. Kunj Art Gallery. Karachi “Transformation”. Al-Hamra Art Gallery. Lahore 2004 “Ustad & Shagird”, Zahoor-ul-Akhlaq Gallery. Lahore “BanjaraNama”, Thesis Project. National College Of Arts. Lahore Art Fairs: 2014 "India Art Fair". Dehli (Represented by ArtChowk Gallery. Pakistan / Dubai) 2012 “SCOPE Art Basel”. Basel. Switzerland (Represented by Jankossen Art Gallery. Basel. Switzerland) 2012 “Beirut Contemporary Art Fair”. Beirut (Represented by ArtChowk Gallery. Pakistan / Dubai) 2012 “Contemporary Istanbul” Art Fair. Istanbul (Represented by Jankossen Art Gallery. Basel. Switzerland) 2010 “Slick-Paris”. Contemporary Art Fair. France (Represented by TwelveGates Gallery. Philadelphia. USA)f Auctions: 2013 "Art for Education", The Citizen Foundation. Dubai 2012 Saffron Art Auction. 2011 Sotheby’s. Modern & Contemporary South Asian Art. London Permanent Collection: 2011 U.S. Consulate. Karachi

MUHAMMAD ZEESHAN

EDUCATION 2000-2003 NATIONAL COLLEGE OF ARTS B.FA MINIATURE PAINTING

Museum Shows

2013 Lines of Control: Partition as a Productive Space, A GREEN CARDAMOM PROJECT,

Nasher Museum of Art at Duke University, Durham, NC

2012 Lines of Control: Partition as a Productive Space, A GREEN CARDAMOM PROJECT, Herbert F. Johnson

Museum, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY

2010 Beyond The Page AT PACIFIC ASIA MUSEUM, PASADENA

2009 SAFAVID REVISTED, BRITISH MUSEUM, LONDON, ENGLAND

2008 AFGHANISTAN: FUTURE, GEMAK/GEMEENTEMUSEUM, HOLLAND

2004 CONTEMPORARY MINIATURE PAINTINGS FROM PAKISTAN, FUKOUKA ASIAN ART MUSEUM, JAPAN

TERROR CAN NOT BE EXTERMINATED BY WAR', METROPOLITAN MUSEUM TOKYO, JAPAN,

SOLO SHOW

2014 SAFAR NAMA, CANVAS ART GALLERY, KARACHI

2013 POSTER NAMA, LATITUDE 28, NEW DELHI

2012 NEW WORKS BY MUHAMMAD ZEESHAN, CANVAS ART GALLERY, KARACHI

2011 Special ‘Siri’ Series, AICON GALLERY, NEWYORK, USA

2010 RECENT WORKS OF DYING MINIATURE, CANVAS ART GALLERY, KARACHI, PAKISTAN

2009 ABRASIVE DRAWINGS, ROHTAS II, LAHORE,PAKISTAN

Sep DYING MINIATURE, GREEN CARDAMOM, LONDON, UK

2008 WHAT LIES BENEATH, JAHANGIR NICHOLSEN ART GALLERY, MUMBAI, INDIA

PROFANE ILLUMINATIONS, AICON GALLERY, NEWYORK, USA

2007 New Work by Muhammad Zeeshan, CHAWKANDI ART GALLERY, KARACHI, PAKISTAN

SUBLIME MALADIES, ANANT ART GALLERY DELHI, INDIA

2006 BEYOND APPEARENCES, CANVAS ART GALLERY, KARACHI, PAKISTAN

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITS

2010 Drawn from Life, ABBOT HALL ART GALLERY, KENDAL, UK

Havelian Express, AT CAIS GALLERY, CURATED BY WHITNEY FERRARI, HK

2009Bazghashth, Tradition Method And Modern Practices,’ ART GALLERY OF MISSISSAUGA, CANADA,

APRIL ‘KEIN DING’, ACC GALERIE, WEIMAR, GERMANY

2008GHOST OF SOUZA’,AICON GALLERY, NEW YORK, USA

Aug UNSTERN. SINISTRE. DISASTRO, ACC GALLERYWEIMAR, WEIMAR, GERMANY

2007 Sep DOES SIZE MATTER II? JAHANGIR K.S. NICHOLSON GALLERY OF MODERN ART, MUMBAI

Aug DIALOGUE WITH TRADITION’ NATIONAL ART GALLERY, ISLAMABAD, PAKISTAN

June CONTEMPORARY ARTS FROM PAKISTAN, THOMAS ERBEN GALLERY, NEW YORK,

June FROM PAKISTAN TO MONTMARTRE, GALLERIE CHAPPE, PARIS, FRANCE

2006LILA/PLAY: CONTEMPORARY MINIATURES AND NEW ART FROM SOUTH ASIA,MELBOURNE

AUSTRALIA

2005 CONTEMPORARY CHRONICLES’, ART ALIVE,DELHI, INDIA

SEGREGATION, ANANT ART GALLERY, DELHI, INDIA

LOVE/HATE, THE THIRD LINE GALLERY, DUBAI

REINVENTING NARRATIVES, LA GALERIE MOHAMMED EL FASSI, RABAT, MOROCCO

2003TOP OF THE POPS,NATIONAL COLLEGE OF ARTS, LAHORE, PAKISTAN

Commission/ Public Projects

2008 DUBAI ART FAIR, ART PARK PROJECT CHOSEN FOR COMMISSIONED, PROJECT BY THE

COMMIITEE, DUBAI, UAE. REPRESENTED BY GREEN CARDAMOM

2008 ISHTEHAAR LAGAANA MANA HAI, PUBLIC ART PROJECT, KOCA, GERMANY

2005 MINIATURES CONTEMPORAINES DU PAKISTAN VILLEFRANCHE DE ROUERGUE’, LA HALLE,

FRANCE

Biennale

2012 Baku Biennale, Azerbaijan

PERMANENT COLLECTIONS

MET MUSEUM NEW YORK

BRITISH MUSEUM, UK

FUKOUKA ASIAN ART MUSEUM, JAPAN

ASAL COLLECTION, UK

ART FAIRS

2013-2014 INDIA ART FAIR, REPRESENTED BY LATITUDE 28

2008-2011

HONG KONG ART FAIR

DUBAI ART FAIR

2009 INDIA ART SUMMIT

PULSE ART FAIR

RESIDENCY/WORKSHOPS AND CAMPS ATTENDED

2013 June Seoul Art space Geumcheon, Korea

2008 ACC GALERIE WIEMAR, WIEMAR, GERMANY

2007 GAS WORKS ARTISTS IN RESIDENCY AT GAS WORKS, LONDON, UK

Aug BRAZIERS INTERNATIONAL ARTISTS WORKSHOP AT BRAZIER PARK, UK

2006 Feb 'INTERNATIONAL WORKSHOP AT GADDANI, PAKISTAN

2005 Jan 'TAJ BY DAY TAJ BY NIGHT', ARTIST CAMP AT AGRA, INDIA

MUZZUMIL RUHEEL Visual Artist EDUCATION: 2009 Bachelors in Visual Arts School of Visual Arts, Beacon House National University, Lahore, Pakistan 2005 Bachelors in Arts (Journalism/Political sciences) Govt. Degree College, Lahore, Pakistan EXHIBITIONS: Solo Shows: 2014” Just In case” Rohtas Gallery, Lahore, Pakistan(November 2014) 2014 “…but some of them never happened? “ Canvas Gallery, Karachi, Pakistan 2012 “It’s only words” Rohtas Gallery, Lahore, Pakistan 2011 “I do not quote from scriptures; I simply see what I see”, VM Art Gallery, Karachi, Pakistan Two Person Shows 2013 The Social “Animals”, Koel Gallery , Karachi 2010 Back 2 Back, Rohtas II Gallery, Lahore & Rohtas I Gallery, Islamabad, Pakistan Selected Group Exhibitions: 2015 Dubai Art Fair, UAE Construction/ Deconstruction, Travelling Museum Show, Curated by Imran Queshi, USA 2014 JSW Residency, Karnataka State, India (November 2014) Present Re-Inventions, Grosvenor Gallery, London(October 2014) IV Pastures still green, IV Young Moscow International Biennial, Moscow Museum of Modern Art, Russia IEAA Show, Dubai Shape, Pattern and Form, Art Factum, Beirut, Lebanon Art Fest 2014, Frere Hall, Karachi, Pakistan 2013 Are you in Character, Gandhara Art Gallery, Karachi, Pakistan Stop-look-listen, Canvas Gallery, Karachi, Pakistan Crossing over, Gallery Latitude 28, New Delhi , India Awaaz, The Pakistan Council of Arts. Karachi, Pakistan Black Umbrella, performance, Gullgee Gallery, Karachi, Pakistan 2012 Seven, Curated by Adeela Suleman, Full Circle Gallery, Karachi, Pakistan Text Me, Lawrieshabibi Gallery, DubaiBand Baaja Baraat, In collaboration with Muhammad

Zeeshan, curated by Sameera Raja, IVS Gallery, Karachi, Pakistan . People tree, Sound Installation, Port

Grand, Karachi, Pakistan.Yak Yak Yak, New Media Installation, Gandhara Art Gallery, Karachi, Pakistan

NIZAKAT ALI DEPAR

Email: [email protected]

Education

2009 Graduation in Miniature Painting (Pass with Distinction)

National College of Arts Lahore, Pakistan

Experience

Three years miniature teaching experience at Centre of Excellence in Art & Design Jamshoro Sindh.

Living and working in Jamshoro.

Exhibitions

Solo Shows

2013 Cultural Roots at Jankossen Gallery Basle, Switzerland

2012 Truncated Conversation at Canvas Gallery Karachi

2010 Contemporary Miniature at Canvas Gallery Karachi

2009 News of the New at NCA Lahore (Thesis Show)

Two Person Shows

2009Farida Batool and Nizakat Ali Depar at Canvas Gallery Karachi

Four Person Shows

2010 Char rah at Drawing Room Gallery Lahore

200 Home and Displacement at Canvas Gallery Karachi

International Group Shows

2008 Trialogue (b/w USA, Germany & Pak) at NCA Pak, USA & Germany

2009 Imperial’s New Clothing at Talwar Gallery New York

2009 Off the Wall at Twelve Gates Gallery Philadelphia, USA

2010 Contemporary Silk Art Fair at Paris

2010 Common Thread at NM Gallery Dubai

2011 Dubai Art fair at Jumeirah, Dubai

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2012 Basle Scope Art fair at Switzerland

2012 Istanbul Contemporary Art fair at Istanbul, Turkey

Group Shows

2009 Distinction Holders at Zahoor-ul-Akhlak NCA Gallery Lahore

2009 Amalgamation at Shakir Ali Museum Lahore

2009 Traditional Miniature at Ocean Art Gallery Karachi

2012 Breaking the Molds at Staring Gallery Islamabad

2012 Band Baaja Baaraat at Indus Valley Gallery Karachi

2014 Reverberating sounds echo through the desert... at Koel Gallery Karachi

RAHEELA ABRO [email protected] Education: 2006-2009 Bachelor of Fine Arts (BFA Hons), University of Karachi, Karachi, Pakistan Major in miniature painting Minor in print making Achievement: 2009 3rd prize in Palestine liberation foundation Pakistan's art

Competition held at art council Karachi. Exhibitions: International shows 2011 “Redefining the miniature”, Modulla art gallery, Dubai 2010 “1st international exhibition” Tehran, Iran National shows 2 person show 2012 “Haal (present/condition), Canvas gallery, Karachi Group shows 2014 “It’s a Material World”,Art Chowk gallery,Karachi “Not another Miniature exhibition”,Unicorn Gallery,Karachi “5th Karachi Literature Festival”,Beach Luxtury Hotel,Karachi 2013 “ Vertical Strategies”,VM art gallery,Karachi “Common Dimensions”,Art Scene Gallery,Karachi “Various Sentences” T2F Gallery,Karachi “Awaaz,Baldia Factory Fire Inferno,Arts Council,Karachi 2012 “Attaining Heights”, VM art gallery, Karachi “Movement”, Art Chowk gallery, Karachi “3rd faculty show”, KSA gallery, Karachi 2011 “Porous Discipline”, KSA gallery, Karachi “Tanao II”, Chawkandi art gallery, Karachi “Tanao”, Rohtas gallery, Islamabad “United-in the age of dialogue”, national art gallery, Islamabad “2nd faculty show”, KSA gallery, Karachi 2010 “Bay Rung “Canvas gallery, Karachi “a good thing comes in small packages” IVS gallery, Karachi “Potpourri IV” Art Chowk gallery, Karachi “The Karachi miniatures “Poppy Seed art gallery, Karachi “Graduates of Karachi University” Zenaini art gallery, Karachi ‘‘6th Young artists show’’ Alhamra art gallery, Lahore “8th Emerging talent show” V.M art gallery, Karachi


2009 “Youth affairs” Arts council, Karachi 2008 “Sadquain Awards” Sadquain gallery, Karachi 2007 “Auto mobile parts sculptures” Expo center, Karachi 2004 “Art Extravaganza” pearl continental hotel, Karachi 2003 “Sadquain Awards” Sadquain gallery, Karachi Reviews and interviews publications:

Nigaah Art Magazine,Volume-1,Issue-32(2013),Komal Tauqeer

Dawn,6th November 2013,Peerzada Salman

Jahan Pakistan magazine,4th August 2013,Interview by Sumaira Basri kashif

Daily Sindh Express,9th September 2012,Interview by Barkat Jhandeer

Dawn,3rd june 2012,Salwat Ali

Herald Magazine,May 2012,Alina Husain Pakistan art review,Shamim Akhter Dawn,15th April 2012,Saima Salman Pakistan art review,30th issue,Shamim Akhter

Dawn,4th April 2012,Peerzada Salman

Dawn,13th May 2012,AnwarMooraj

Dawn,2nd October 2011,Salwat Ali

Pakistan art reviews,13th Issue, Shamim Akhter

Dawn,26th June 2011,Marjorie Husain

Nukta Art Magazine,Volum-6,Issue-1(May 2011),Sehba Mohammad

Tribune, Momina Sibtain

Dawn,17th April 2011,Shireen Ikramullah Khan

She Magazine,M A Zuberi

Khaleej times,Raziqueh Hussain

Dawn,26th December 2010,M. S. Kureshi

Daily Times,Staff Reporter

Sindh Study,Staff Reporter

Nukta Art Magazine,Volume-5,Issue-2(October 2010),Sehba Mohammad

Tribune,Staff Reporter

Dawn,4th June 2010,Anwer Mooraj

Dawn,31st January 2010,Salwat Ali

REHANA MANGI

E mail: [email protected]

Education

Current MA in Art and Design, Beacon House National University, Lahore, Pakistan.

2007 BFA in miniature painting (with Distinction) National College of Arts, Lahore, Pakistan.

Solo Shows/ Two person shows

2014 ”The Lives of line’’ at Canvas Galeery,Karachi,Pakistan

2013 ’’From Hair to Eternity’’Rohtas 2 Gallery Lahore, Pakistan

2012 Chukandi Art Gallery Karachi,Pakistan

2010 ’’Mashq an Endless Lust’’(with Noor Ali)Green Cardamon, London, UK.

2010 Alexis Renard, Paris, France

Exhibitions(Group Shows)

2014 ’’SINDH reverberating sounds echo through the desert’’, Koel Gallery, Karachi, Pakisan.

2014 ’’Sindh Festival’’ Frere Hall, Karachi, Pakistan.

2014 MEWO Kunsthalle, Memmigen, Germany.

2012 Green Cardamom at International Art fair, Dehli, India.

2012 ’’ Mere Humd9r0um’’ Aicon Gallery, New York

2011 ’’Base Commmune’’ Alexis Renard gallery, Paris, France.

2011 ’’Intimate Pictures’’ Gandhara at Tokyo, Japan.

2011 Green Cardammom at international Art fair Hong Kong

2011 Centro Cultural Borges Gallery, Buenos Aires, Argentina.

2011 ’’Landscape/place’’ Green cardamon at Art Dubai.

2011 ’’Drawn from Life’’ Abert Meseum And Gallery UK

2010 ’’Reprise’’ Aicon Gallery, New York

2010 The drawing Room ’’from Silk Art fair’’ Lahore, Pakistan.

2010 ’’The caged Birds sings’’ at National College of Arts, Lahore, Pakistan.

2010 ’’Mazar Bazar’’at Zahoru-ul-iklaq Gallery, Lahore, Pakistan.


2010 Pcific Asia Museum California, USA

2010’’ Stange Days’’ Drawing Room Gallery, Lahore, Pakistan.

2009 ’’Contemporary Art fom Pakistan’’ at Gomier, Milan, Italy.

2009 ’’Mashq’’ Green Cardamon, London.

2009 LE PERMENTENTE –MDL-The Windwill, Milan Italy(Art fair)

2009 ART DUBAI-Gallery Green Cardamon, U.A.E,(Art Fair)

2009 ’’5.Group Show’’Canvas Gallery, Karachi, Pakiatani.

2009 ’’Through other eyes’’ Contemporary Art from South Asia Herbert Art Gallery, at Swansea, Aberystwyth, Wales, England.

2008 ”Parallel lines” Bradford Museums Galleries and Heritagey England

2008 ”Dialogue” Nationa College of Artsm Lahore, Pakistan

2008 Croweaters Gallery, Lahore, Pakistan.

2008 ”Group Show” at Alexis Renard Gallery, Paris, France

2008 ”The Human Dichotomy” at Icon Gallery, California, USA

2008 ”Connect” at Anant Art Gallery, New Delhi, India

2008 ”Drawn for life” at Green Cardamom, London, UK

2008 All Sindhi Artists at LUMS, Lahore, Pakistan

2008 ”Genesis” at Gandhara Art Space, Karachi, Pakistan

2007 ”Degree Show” at National College of Arts, Lahore, Pakistan

Selected References

2013 ”From hair to Eternity” by Quddus Mirza

2010 ”Miniatures Contemporaines” by Virginia Whiles

2008 ’The New Miniature” by Gerard Mermoz

2008 ”Contemporary Art from Lahore” by Gerard Mermoz

2008 ”Is there such a thing as the New Miniature” by Gerard Mermoz

Publications

2012 ”Totems of the self” NUKTA Art Magazine, reviews by Nilofur Farrukh Vol 07

2012 SOHBAT journal of contemporary arts and culture, VOL 03

2012 ” Nolvel applications new hybrid” by Salwat Ali Dawn newspaper 29th January.

2011 Interview: Live wires by Salwat Ali 22 may.

2010 Miniature ”New Age” by sylvan Allidi magazine La Ganzettle Drouot 12 February

2010 PAKUSONLINE Showcase in November .

2010 Paul Carey – Kent’s top 10 show in London : Sachi online magazine

209 ” Home and displacement” DAWN

2008 ”The many faces of art” by Mohsin S Jaffri

2008 ”Croweaters show case last exhibition” The Nation City

SAJJAD AHMED |Curriculum Vitae

EDUCATION

2007 BFA, School of Visual Arts, Beaconhouse National University, Lahore, Pakistan

NOTABLES

2009 Finalist, Sovereign Asian Art Prize, Hong Kong

2003-2007 Madanjeet Singh Scholarship Award, South Asia Foundation

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2015 Deeply Superficial | Canvas Gallery, Karachi, Pakistan

2013 Abstraction in Immensity | Rohtas II Gallery, Lahore, Pakistan

2009 Deeply Superficial | Zahur-ul-Akhlaq Gallery, National College of Art, Lahore, Pakistan

Ways of Seeing | Alhamra Art Gallery, Lahore, Pakistan

GROUP EXHIBITIONS (Selective)

2015 Tracing The Void | IVS Gallery, Karachi, Pakistan

2014 ‘Stills of Peace & Everyday Life’ | Cathedral Museum of Atri (Museo Capitolare di Atri), Italy

‘Pasture Still Green?’, Moscow Biennale | Moscow museum of Modern Art, Moscow, Rusia

I.D | Islamabad Literature Festival, Islamabad, Pakistan

ART FEST 2014 | Frere Hall, Karachi, Pakistan

EX-IST | Dhaka Art Summit, Dhaka, Bangladesh

2013 Extra-Ordinary | Canvas Gallery, Karachi, Pakistan

Inaugural Exhibition | Aman Foundation, Karachi, Pakistan

Auction Exhibition for BNU Educational Fund | Lahore, Pakistan

Crossing Over | Gallery Latitude 28, New Delhi, India

2012 JAMM | Contemporary Art Platform, Kuwait

2011 SCORE | The Drawing Room Art Gallery, Lahore, Pakistan

Residency Show | Mansion-The Artist Residency, Lahore

In Inner and Wider Circles | Slought Foundation, Philadelphia, USA

2010 Sanjh | Alhamra Art Gallery, Lahore, Pakistan

Resemble Reassemble | Devi Art Foundation, Gurgaon, India

Sovereign Finalist Show | The Rotunda Square Exchange, Hong Kong

2009 Re-claim/Re-cite/Re-cycle | Bose Pacia, Kolkata, India

Four Person Show | Canvas Art Gallery, Karachi, Pakistan

Re-claim/Re-cite/Re-cycle | Travancore Art House, New Delhi, India

2008 Inaugural Show | FSCA, Bombay, India

Polyptych | Alhamra Art Gallery, Lahore, Pakistan

Tenth Anniversary Show | Galerie Mueller & Plate, Munich, Germany

2007 Fact & Fiction | SW1 Gallery, London, UK

Fact & Fiction | Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi, India

Thirteen Satellites of Lahore II | Alliance Francaise, Lahore, Pakistan

2006 New Media Festival | Hype Gallery, Berlin, Germany

Red Earth Art Project Red Earth Art & Alliance Francaise, New Delhi, India

Addendum | Caladan Gallery, Massachusetts, USA

Thirteen Satellites of Lahore | Annemarie Shimmel Haus, Lahore, Pakistan

PUBLICATIONS / MENTIONS (Selective)

South-Asia in Focus, Art Radar, Online

Artsome, Online

To Dhaka with love, Friday Times, Pakistan

Art Radar Asia, Online

Facts in Fiction, The News International, Pakistan

Abstract takes a beautiful turn, Express Tribune, Pakistan

Indian Express, India

The Caravan, India

The Wall, India

JAMM Art, Kuwait

Interview, Deconarch, Germany

Revenge of the Matter, The News, Pakistan

House Holds, The News, Pakistan

In narrow or wider circles, Slought Foundation, Philadelphia, USA

Perpetual Peace Project, Haverford College, Philadelphia, USA

Pakistan’s Warm & Beating Artistic Heart, The Great British Life, UK

Exhibitions Review, Daily Times, Pakistan

Exhibitions Review, The News, Pakistan

Resemble Re-assemble, India

Sanjh Catalogue, Pakistan

Libas International, Pakistan

New Media Art, Platform Mag, India

Work Mention, Art India Mag, India

Between Being & Nothingness, Dawn, Pakistan

Polyptych, Pakistan

Fact & Fiction, London, UK

School of Visual Arts Catalogue, Pakistan

Matters of Art, India

Red Earth Art, India

Nukta Art Mag, Pakistan

ARTIST TALKS

2014 ‘Panel Talk', Karachi Literature Festival, Karachi, Pakistan

2014 ‘Panel Talk', Islamabad Literature Festival, Islamabad, Pakistan

2013 'Talking Art', Indus Valley School of Art & Architecture, Karachi, Pakistan

2011 Art & Photography, School of Visual Arts, Beaconhouse National University, Lahore, Pakistan

Mansion-The Artist Residency, Lahore, Pakistan

SCORE, Lahore, Pakistan

2009 Solo Show Talk, Zahoor-ul-Akhlaq Gallery, National College of Arts, Lahore, Pakistan

Solo Show Talk, Alhamra Art Gallery, Lahore, Pakistan

2007 Artist Talk on Public Art Presentation, Annemarie Shimmel Haus, Alliance Francaise, Lahore,

Pakistan

2006 Artist Talk on Public Art Presentation, Annemarie Shimmel Haus, Alliance Francaise, Lahore,

Pakistan

COLLECTIONS (Selective)

Moscow Museum of Modern Art, Russia

Cathedral Museum of Atri (Museo Capitolare di Atri), Italy

Slought Foundation, USA

Stanley Morgan Foundation, Hong Kong

Al Nahyan Family, Abu Dhabi

Shahdadpuri Collection, Sigapore & London

Anupam & Lekha Poddar, Devi Art Foundation, India

SHAKIL SAIGOL

SOLO EXHIBITION

1991 Private World, Lahore Art Gallery, Lahore

1995 Kilms, Chawkandi Art Gallery, Karachi

1999 Abrash, Air Gallery, London

2004 SurSundari, Canvas Gallery, Karachi

2006 Khajuraho Revisited, Gallery Beyond, Mumbai

2008 Calcutta Revisited, Canvas Gallery, Karachi

2008 Equus Quagga "The Ordinary Zebra", Drawing Room Gallery, Lahore

2011 Equus Quagga, Khaas Art Gallery, Islamabad

2012 Almia Ye Hai Ke Main Zinda Hun, Canvas Gallery,Karachi

2013 Still We Are Like That Only, Khaas Art Gallery, Islamabad

GROUP EXHIBITION

1996 7th National Exhibition of Visual Arts PNCA, Islamabad

1999 Chawkandi Art Gallery, Karachi

2001 Triennale Sharjah Museum, Sharjah

2002 Uraan Exhibition, Gulgee Museum, Karachi

2002 J.I's Gallery, Karachi

2003 National Art Exhibition, Lahore

2003 J.I's Gallery, Karachi

2003 Harsh Goenka's Art Camps, Mudh Island, Mumbai

2004 Chawkandi Art Gallery, Karachi

2005 Humara Show, Mumbai

2005 Harsh Goenka's Art Camps, Mudh Island, Mumbai

2009 2 Man Show with Afshar Malik, Canvas Gallery, Karachi

SHOAIB MAHMOOD

Educaion

(Fine Arts specialize in Miniature painting) National college of arts

CERTIFICATIONS:

Certificate of Dramatic Society "The End" - National College of Arts – Annual Festival in 2000 Certificate of

Decoration, Nautanki & Skits - National College of Arts Summer - Festival 2001 Certificate of Skits writing

and solo performance - National College of Arts

- Annual Festival 2002

Certificate of Skits - National College of Arts - Convocation 2003.

AWARDS RECEIVED:

Honors in Final Thesis, Miniature Painting, National College of Arts, Lahore Won Competition of jewelry

designing in Zaragali (1999) - Certificate from world Gold Council.

Director Skits in summer festival in 2003.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Canvas Gallery, Karachi, August 2006 Solo Show (with Hajrah Yusuf) , Khaas Gallery, Islamabad. 2006

Group Exhibition Title "Segregation" at Anant Art Gallery New

Delhi India – 2005

Group Exhibition at Chawkandi Art Gallery Karachi - 2005 Group Exhibition at Khass Gallery Islamabad -

2005

Group Exhibition Titled "Ustad & Shagrid" , National College of Arts,

2004.

Thesis Exhibition National College of Arts, Lahore. – 2004.

Conducted Art Workshop at Educators school system (Beacon House) – 2005.

Future Exhibition:

Miniature Exhibition, To be Curated by Imran Qureshi, National Art Gallery, Islamabad, August 2006

EDUCATION:

Tazeen Qayyum (b.1973)

www.tazeenqayyum.com Profile Visual Artist, Contemporary Miniature Painter Solo Exhibitions 2015 ‘(IN)SURGE(NT)’, curated by Zarmeene Shah, Canvas Gallery, Karachi, Pakistan 2013 ‘A Holding Pattern’, co-curated by Lee Petrie and Stuart Keeler, Toronto Pearson Airport 2012 'Coule dans les veines (flows in the veins)', curated by Stuart Keeler, XIT-RM, Art Gallery of

Mississauga, Canada 2012 'Viewer Discretion is Advised’, Ross Creek Center for the Arts, Nova Scotia, Canada 2011 'It’s Complicated’, curated by Nadia Kurd, Thunder Bay Art Gallery, Canada 2009 'Viewer Discretion is Advised -new works by Tazeen Qayyum', Gandhara Art-Space, Karachi,

Pakistan 2001 ‘Woven Narratives: New Miniatures’, Gallery Rohtas II, Lahore, Pakistan 2000 'Contemporary Miniatures', Gallery Jutner, Vienna, Austria Performance Projects 2014/13 ‘ByOb: Bring Your Own Bollywood’ collaborative performance and photo-based project, Blackwood Gallery, at Celebration Square, Mississauga, Canada and at Parramasala Festival, Parramatta, Sydney, Australia 2013 ‘Lost in Desires’ Drawing Performance, Nuit Blanche, Art Metropole, Toronto 2012 'Do not know who we are', drawing performance at Art Gallery of Mississauga, Canada 2012 'Threading Encounters', The Door to Door exhibition series, Blackwood Gallery, University of Toronto, Mississauga, Canada 2009 Directed and Created 'A Feast in Exile', a collaborative inter-disciplinary performance project, Alliance de Francaise Karachi, produced by Vasl Artists' Collective and Indus Valley School of Art and Architecture, Pakistan 2007 Directed and Coordinated ‘Double Date’, a collaborative inter-disciplinary performance project,

produced by SAVAC, South Asian Visual Arts Center and AKA Gallery, Saskatoon, Lennox Contemporary Gallery, Toronto, Canada

2003 Directed and Coordinated ‘Lady Excusing her Love Bites as Cat Scratches’, a collaborative performance artwork, produced by SAVAC, Canada Two and Three - Person Exhibitions 2012 'A Homespun Web: Heather Goodchild, Noelle Hamlyn and Tazeen Qayyum, curated by Cole Swanson, Living Arts Centre, Mississauga, Canada 2011 Veiled: Andrew McPhail, Grace Ndiritu and Tazeen Qayyum',curated by Sarah Quinton, Textile Museum of Canada. 2009 ‘Failing States: recent works by Tazeen Qayyum and Adeela Suleman’, Aicon Gallery, London,

U.K. 2008 ‘Farida Batool, Tazeen Qayyum, and Adeela Suleman’, curated by Priyanka Mathews, Aicon

Gallery, New York, U.S.A. 2008 ‘Elusive Realities:recent works by Tazeen Qayyum and Sumaira Tazeen’, Chawkandi Art Gallery,

Karachi, Pakistan 2005 ‘Miniatures’ works by Tazeen Qayyum and Sheherbano Qazalbash, Canvas Gallery, Karachi, Pakistan

Select Group Exhibitions 2015 ‘Border Cultures: Part Three (Security, Surveillance) curated by Srimoyee Mitra, Art Gallery of Windsor, Canada 2014 ‘ Arrival/Revival’ curated by Abdullah Sayed, Parramata Artist Studio, Sydney, Australia 2011 'The Pill' curated by Avni Doshi, Latitude 28 Gallery, Delhi, India 2010 'The Rising Tide: New Directions in Art from Pakistan 1990 -2010' curated by Naiza Khan, Mohatta Palace Museum, Karachi, Pakistan 2010 'Off the Wall: De-Framing Contemporary Miniature Painting ', curated by Atteqa Ali, Twelve Gates Art Gallery, Philadelphia, U.S.A 2010 'Its a Disaster', curated by Anthea Foyer, CodeLive Metro, the 2010 Winter Olympics, Vancouver, Canada 2010 'A Delicate Point; Images from a South Asian Diaspora', OSilas Gallery, Concordia College, NY,

curated by Priyanka Mathew and Patricia Miranda 2009 ‘Bazgasht: Traditional Methods and Modern Practices’, curated by Ali Adil Khan with Asma

Arshad Mahmood and Rob Freeman, Art Gallery of Mississauga, Canada 2008 ‘Conversations across cultures, South Asian Imaginaries, curated by Maurizio Pellegrin and

Razia Sadik, Macy Gallery, Columbia University, New York 2008 ‘The Human Dichotomy’, Aicon Gallery, Palo Alto, U.S.A 2008 'ShContemporary08, Shanghai International Art Fair, Aicon Gallery, Shanghai Ex.Center 2008 'HKArt08', Hong Kong International Art Fair, Gandhara Art Gallery, Hong Kong Convention & Exhibition Center 2008 ‘Urban Myths & Modern Fables’, curated by Haema Sivanesan, University of Technology, Sydney

and 24Hr Art, Darwin, Australia and Doris McCarthy Gallery, University of Toronto Scarborough, Canada 2007 ‘Never Promised you a Rose Garden: Art of Pakistan’, private collection of Brigitte Neubacher, Palais Palffy, Vienna, Austria 2007 ‘Homecoming’, curated by Atteqa Ali, National Gallery of Pakistan, Islamabad 2007 ‘Dialogue with Tradition’, curated by M. Imran Quraishi, National Gallery of Pakistan 2007 ‘Women Looking East’, curated by Steven Spennel, University of Rhode Island, Providence Campus, U.S.A. 2006 ‘Contemporary Miniatures: Between Two Worlds’, Croweaters Gallery, Lahore, Pakistan 2006 ‘Gendering Detail, Contemporary Miniature Paintings’, curated by Kristy Phillips,

Art Square Gallery and SAGA (South Asian Gallery of Art) Toronto, Canada 2005 ‘Ongoing Dialogue’, Foresight Art Center, Amman, Jordon 2005 ‘A Thousand and One Days: The Art of Pakistani Women Miniaturists’, curated by Enrico Mascelloni, Salima Hashmi and Duccio K. Marignoli, Honolulu Academy of Arts, Hawaii and Musee des Beaux, Rouen, France 2004 ‘JALA- Japan Afro-Asian Latin American Exchange Exhibition’, Tokyo Metropolitan Museum, Japan 2003 ‘Bolly>Lolly>Holly>Tolly’ a SAVAC member exhibition, Harbourfront Centre, Toronto 2003 '43rd Suzzara Prize 2003-Spirit and Body; between tradition and cybernetics’, curated by Enrico Mascelloni , Padova, Italy 2003 ‘Negotiating Borders’ Miniature Paintings, curated by Salima Hashmi, Siddhartha Art Gallery,

Kathmandu, Nepal. 2002 2nd Painting Biennale, Saba Cultural and Artistic Center, Tehran, Iran 2002 Miniatures, Croweaters Gallery, Lahore, Pakistan 2002 10th Asian Biennale, Shilpakala Academy, Dhaka, Bangladesh

2000 'Contemporary Miniature Paintings', Didrichsen Art Museum, Helsinki, Finland 2000 'Contemporary Miniatures', Canvas Gallery, Karachi, Pakistan 1999 'Miniature Paintings', Offset Portfolio Centre, Islamabad, Pakistan 1996 ‘Small Treasures of a Lifetime’ Degree Show, National College of Arts, Lahore, Pakistan Select Private and Public Collections Doris McCarthy Gallery, University of Toronto National Gallery of Amman, Jordon National Art Gallery, Nepal

Federal Chancellery, Vienna, Austria Duccio K. Marignoli Collection, London, England The Anwar Family Collection, London, England Marcella C Sirhandi, Oklahoma, USA Achievements, Awards and Grants 2014 Nominated for the K.M. Hunter Award, Canada 2013 Nominated for Jameel Art Prize 2011,13 &15 Project Grant, mid-career artist, Ontario Arts Council, Canada 2006 & 2009 Canada Council Travel Grants 2008-2012 Paintings featured at the Christie's and the Sotheby’s South Asian Modern &

Contemporary Art auctions in New York and London 2008 Project Grant, Toronto Arts Council, Canada 2006 Access and Career Development Grant, Ontario Arts Council, Canada 2006 Project Grant, emerging artist, Ontario Arts Council, Canada 2000 UNESCO Bursary for a three-month residency in Vienna, Austria 1996 Award of Excellence, performance, National College of Arts, Lahore Education and Residencies 2014 2 week residency at Parramatta Artist Studio, Sydney, Australia 2013 3 month, Artists-in-Residence, Summer 2013, Blackwood Gallery, Mississauga 2000 3 month, Artists-in-Residence, Kultur Kontakt, Vienna, Austria 1996 Bachelors Degree, Fine Arts, National College of Arts, Lahore, Pakistan (majors in Miniature Painting) Work experience 2005 - 2007 Programming Committee member, SAVAC, South Asian Visual Arts Center, Toronto 2003 – 2005 Coordinator and Archive Developer, SAVAC-South Asian Visual Arts Center, Canada

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