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Born 1980, Lahore, Pakistan
Lives and works in Lahore, Pakistan


EDUCATION

2010 MFA, Fulbright Fellow, Columbia University, New York, NY

2003 BFA, National College of Arts, Lahore, Pakistan


SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2012
Tracy Williams, Ltd., New York (forthcoming)

2010
Ghost Nation, Canvas Gallery, Karachi, Pakistan

2008
Khaas Gallery, Islamabad, Pakistan

2007
Recent Drawings, Alhamra Art Gallery, Lahore, Pakistan


SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2011
And nothing but the truth, IVS Gallery, Indus Valley School of Art and Architecture, Karachi, Pakistan
The center cannot hold, Grey Noise, Lahore, Pakistan
Geld, RECEPTION, Berlin, Germany
India Art Summit, courtesy of Grey Noise Lahore, New Delhi, India

2010
Art Basel Miami Beach, courtesy of Tracy Williams, Ltd., Miami, FL
Held up by Columns, curated by Maxwell Graham, Renwick Gallery, New York, NY
Columbia MFA Thesis Show, Fisher Landau Center for Art, Long Island City, NY
New Art from Pakistan, Thomas Erben Gallery, New York, NY
B-Sides, 6 to 8 Months Project Space, New York, NY

2009
First Year MFA Exhibition, Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Art Gallery, Columbia University, New York, NY

2008
Lost in Your Eyes, LeRoy Neiman Gallery, Columbia University, New York, NY
Inter-Linked, Ejaz Galleries, Lahore, Pakistan
Group Show, Canvas Gallery, Karachi, Pakistan

2007
Inaugural Exhibition: Pakistani Art from 1947 to the Present, National Art Gallery, Islamabad, Pakistan
Articulating the Subtext, Alliance Française de Karachi, Pakistan

2006
Illuminated Quran and Hadith Calligraphy, Nairang Gallery, Lahore, Pakistan

2005
Group Show, Khaas Gallery, Islamabad, Pakistan

2004
Side b>>new art from Lahore, Nairang Gallery, Lahore, Pakistan
Miniature Group Show, Canvas Art Gallery, Karachi, Pakistan

2003
Regurgitations (Thesis Exhibition), National College of Art, Lahore, Pakistan
Around Miniatures, Rohiyat Gallery, Lahore, Pakistan


AWARDS AND RESIDENCIES

2011
Artist-in-Residence, Santa Fe Art Institute, Santa Fe, NM

2008-2010
Fulbright Fellowship, Columbia University, New York, NY


REVIEWS, INTERVIEWS AND PUBLISHED WRITING

2011

2010
2009
MKM. "Hanging Fire" at The Asia Society, exhibition review, The Friday Times, October 2, 2009
MKM. Starring the Artist: Self Portraits from Pakistan, catalogue essay, 2009

2008
Qurat ul ain Siddiqui. Diverse Experiments, Dawn, August 22, 2008
Aasim Akhtar. Chasing the Chimera, The News International, May 2008
MKM. “Beauty and Truth": Seminar Organized by the Baytunur Trust and Iqbal Academy, Lahore, for Nukta Contemporary Art Magazine of Pakistan, May 2008
MKM. Shahid Sajjad, exhibition review, The Friday Times, April 2008
MKM. The Art of Gimmickry, editorial, The Friday Times, August 17, 2006