Visual artist, freelance writer and illustrator

EDUCATION

• School of Art, Architecture and Design, London Metropolitan University, London, U.K. — Masters of Fine Art (Chevening Scholarship) SEPTEMBER 2019 - SEPTEMBER 2020
• Indus Valley School of Art and Architecture (IVS), Karachi, Pakistan — Bachelors of Fine Art JANUARY 2011 - DECEMBER 2014

EXPERIENCE

• Indus Valley School of Art and Architecture (IVS), Karachi, Pakistan— Research Advisor/Adjunct Faculty 2023-2024
• The Art Lounge Talks, Worldwide — Host and Researcher 2021 - PRESENT
• Artists for Flood Relief Karachi, Pakistan — Co Founder and Organiser 2020
• The Art Lounge, Karachi, Pakistan — Co Founder and Teacher 2015 - PRESENT
• The Teacher’s Resource Centre, Karachi, Pakistan— Workshop Conductor 2015
• Various Publications, Pakistani and International — Freelance writer/art writer 2014 - PRESENT
• Millennium Media, Karachi, Pakistan— Freelance Illustrator and Book Cover/Layout Designer 2015

Solo Shows

• 2018: ‘It’s always tea time’, solo show at Taseer Art Gallery, Lahore, Pakistan
• 2016 :‘Tale as old as time’, solo show at Sanat Gallery, Karachi, Pakistan
• 2013: ‘Hero Worship’, solo show at The Second Floor, Karachi, Pakistan (based on Pakistani cricket legends)

Selected Group Shows (Within Pakistan and International)

• 2023: ‘Made in Roath’ at G39, Cardi, Wales 2023: ‘Humanism: Flowering of Being’ at Asia House, London
• 2023: ‘Wajood e Zun’ at Haam Gallery, Lahore, Pakistan
• 2023: ‘In Transit’ at Koel Gallery, Karachi, Pakistan
• 2023: ‘Flow’ at Mission Gallery, Swansea, Wales
• 2022: ‘People You May Know’ at ArtChowk, Karachi, Pakistan
• 2022: ‘Why do artists do strange things’ at Full Circle, Karachi, Pakistan 2022: ‘She who tells a story’ at ArtCade, Islamabad, Pakistan
• 2022: ‘Ingenuity’ at Muse Galleries, Lahore, Pakistan
• 2022: Conceptualised ‘Curtain Falls’ at Sanat Initiative, Karachi, Pakistan 2021: ‘Emerged’ at VM Art Gallery, Karachi, Pakistan
• 2021: ‘Third Space: Room 1’, Online Exhibition with Khamsa Art
• 2021: MFA Degree Show at London Met, London, U.K
• 2021: ‘Summerscape ‘21’ at Koel Gallery, Karachi, Pakistan
• 2021: ‘Microcosm IV’ at Gandhara Art-Space, Karachi, Pakistan
• 2021: ‘Homing In’, Platform Asia U.K., funded by Arts Council England
• 2021: 2 person show, ‘Parting The Clouds’ at Koel Gallery, Karachi
• 2020: ‘Art X Music: Goodensemble’, Bloomsbury Festival, London, U.K.
• 2020: ‘Prints for Pandemic Relief’, online fundraiser exhibition
• 2019: ‘The Cracker’, MFA Winter show at London Metropolitan University, U.K. 2019: Magnificent Cusstard showed at 4Cose, London, U.K.
• 2019: ‘Contemporary Pakistan’ at World Bank, Islamabad, Pakistan
• 2019: ‘Currency of Pakistan’, State Bank Museum, Karachi, Pakistan
• 2019: ‘Not To Be Missed’ at Sanat Gallery, Karachi, Pakistan
• 2018: ‘Jaanch Partaal’ with VASL Artists Collective, various locations
• 2018: ‘Augmentation’ at the US Consulate, Karachi, Pakistan
• 2017: ‘A Thousand Stories To Tell’, Taseer Gallery, Lahore, Pakistan
• 2016: ‘Excerpts’ by Mandarjazail Collective at Koel Gallery, Karachi
• 2016: Light! Art! And Action!’ at VM Gallery, Karachi, Pakistan
• 2015: Work represented by GraFFik Gallery, London, U.K.
• 2015: ‘Milestone’ at Sanat Gallery, Karachi, Pakistan
• 2015: ‘I can see clearly now the rain is gone’, Sanat Gallery, Karachi
• 2015: ‘Emerging Talent’ show at VM Gallery, Karachi, Pakistan
• 2014: BFA Thesis show, Indus Valley School of Art, Karachi, Pakistan 2014: ‘Up, Down, Inside & Out’, Jamshed Nusserwanjee School, Karachi
• 2011: Group exhibition in ‘Kesisme’ cultural centre in Istanbul, Turkey

ARTIST COLLECTIVES

• Magnificent Cusstard Collective—London, U.K. | 2019- today
• Mandarjazail Collective—Karachi, Pakistan | 2016- today