Lives and works in Karachi, Pakistan

Education

2014 Masters of Fine Arts, Cornell University

2010 Bachelors of Arts, University of Toronto

Residencies and Awards

2022 Inventing the Nation, Research Grant, Art South Asia Project (ASAP), and British Council

2021 Artist Commission Award, London, Asia, Art Worlds Conference, Paul Mellon

Centre for Studies in British Art, UK

2019 Artist Residency, 18th Street Arts Centre, Santa Monica, CA, USA

2018 LADIESFUND Art Prize, Karachi, Pakistan

2014 Baskerville Painting Award, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, USA

Select Group Exhibitions

2025 Cat People: Of Artists and Cats, curated by Marc Bembekoff, La Galerie CAC, Noisy-le-Sec, France

2025 Voices from an Archived Silence, Transoceanic Exchanges, a collaborative project by Studio for Memory Politics, exhibited at Studio Kayamani, Colombo, Sri Lanka, and Indus Valley School of Art and Architecture, Karachi, Pakistan

2024 Public Art Abu Dhabi Biennale 2024 - 2025, Abu Dhabi, UAE

2024 Three Tired Tigers, curated by Lucas Morin, Jameel Arts Centre, Dubai, UAE

2024 MANZAR: Art and Architecture from Pakistan 1940s to Today, Art Mill Museum, Doha, Qatar

2024 Legacies of Crossings, curated by Zahra Khan, Shahnaz Gallery, London, UK

2024 The Imminence of a Revelation, curated by Nafisa Rizvi, AAN Gandhara Art Space, Karachi, Pakistan

2024 POWER/PLAY, curated by Ambika Trsai, 12 Gates Arts, Philadelphia, PA, USA

2023 Body Ecologies, curated by Aziz Shoal, Canvas Gallery, Karachi, Pakistan

2021 Re-Examine/Retrace, AAN Gandhara Art Space, Karachi, Pakistan

2020 Sagar Theatre on Queens Road, LB02 Collateral event, Plaza Theatre, Lahore, Pakistan

2019 The Jumbo Alteration, Canvas Gallery, Karachi, Pakistan

2019 Self Portraits in the Age of Selfie, COMO Museum, Lahore, Pakistan

2018 THE PERFECT GENTLEMAN, curated by Zara Khan, Rossi and Rossi, London, UK

2017 NIGHTCALL, Public Address Gallery, Brooklyn, NY, USA

2017 Karachi Biennale 2017, Alliance Francais, Karachi, Pakistan

2014 CANT CAN’T, Site 109, New York, NY, USA

2013 Free School, Gary Snyder Project Space, New York, NY, USA

Solo Exhibitions

2025 Frog Rain, Canvas Gallery, Karachi, Pakistan

2018 BIG MEN WEAR REALLY BIG SHOES, Sanat Initiative, Karachi, Pakistan

2017 Heroes and Others, Taseer Art Gallery, Lahore, Pakistan

2016 YAY YAH WOH, VM Art Gallery, Karachi, Pakistan

2014 The Moonch and His Poof, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, USA

Workshops and Seminar

2021 Presenter, London, Asia, Art Worlds Conference, Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art, UK

2021 Presenter, Inter-Archives Conversations #3, Narravatising the Archive, Asia

Art Archive India

2020 Presenter, Constructing Personal Archives 2020, Online Open Dialogue

Series, Curating for Culture

2018 Presenter, Tate Research Centre: Asia, Critical Perspectives on Art and

Education, Habib University, Karachi Pakistan

Curatorial Projects

2019 – present Kurachee, Tiny Publication Grant, and Publication Research

space at COMO Museum, Lahore, Pakistan

2015 – 2018 Lead Curator, National History Museum, Greater Iqbal Park, Lahore, Pakistan

2018 Soft Bodies, Indus Valley School of Art and Architecture, Karachi, Pakistan

Select Work Experience

2015 - Present Adjunct Faculty, Liberal Arts, Fine Arts Department,

and Graduate Studies Department, Indus Valley School of Art and Architecture, Karachi, Pakistan

2011 – 2018 Lead Curator, National History Museum, Lahore, Director of Exhibitions

and Programs, The Citizens Archive of Pakistan, Karachi, Pakistan

2025 Voices from an Archived Silence, Transoceanic Exchanges, Studio Kayamani, Colombo, Sri Lanka, and Indus Valley School of Art and Architecture, Karachi, Pakistan