‘Gather’, Group Exhibition, Art at Pluto, LAHORE, PAKISTAN (2025)

‘Romantasy’, Group Exhibition, Cobalt Gallery , LAHORE, PAKISTAN (2025)

‘Lines of reverie’, Group Exhibition, Ejaz Gallery , LAHORE, PAKISTAN (2025

Between Flesh and Memory’, Group Exhibition, Colabs , LAHORE, PAKISTAN ( 2025)

Art Exhibit, 15th Mir Punjabi Mela, LAHORE, PAKISTAN ( 2024)

'TRANSLUCENT DREAMS’, Group Exhibition, EKA GALERII, TALLINN, ESTONIA (2024)

Pop Up -opening, Group Exhibition, Petit-Scandale, TALLINN, ESTONIA (2024)

‘Gradually tracing out a circle’, GROUP EXHIBITION, Galleri Snerk, TROMSO, NORWAY, (2023)

'Karosta Festival 2023', Public Art Mural, Atmodas Darz, LIEPAJA, LATVIA, (2023)

'Loomingulised reaalsusid / ‘Creative Realities’, Group Exhibition ,Villa DombrovkA, KAREPA, ESTONIA, (2023)

‘RESIDUES’, Solo Exhibition, Ventspace Project, TALLINN, ESTONIA, (2023)

‘Other Places’, Solo Exhibition, Estonian Academy of Arts, TALLINN, ESTONIA (2023)

‘The cosmic flood and the Big Bang flower’, GROUP Auction, Estonian Academy of Arts 108th Anniversary Auction, TALLINN, ESTONIA, (2022)

‘An Ode to the city’, Group Exhibition, Muse Galleries, LAHORE, PAKISTAN, (2022)

‘Karachi ki Khoj: [Re]defining the Metropolis’, Group Exhibition, International Public Arts Festival, NED, KARACHI, PAKISTAN, (2020)

‘A Sight for Sight’, Group Exhibition, Collateral Event, Lahore Biennale 2020, LAHORE, PAKISTAN (2020)

‘Witnessing Change: Articulation and Experiences of Urban Transformation and Displacement’, Group Exhibition, LUMS, LAHORE, PAKISTAN, 2019

‘City of Dreams and Nightmares’, Two person Exhibition, Al-Hamra Art Gallery, LAHORE, PAKISTAN, (2018)

‘Focus On: Pakistan’, Group Exhibition, Art Rooms, LONDON, UK, (2018)

‘Harappa to Lahore via Katas’, Group Exhibition, Shakir Ali Museum, LAHORE, PAKISTAN, (2017)

‘LahoreSketchGroup I’, Group Exhibition, Alhambra Art Gallery, LAHORE, PAKISTAN, (2016)

Estonian Academy of Arts / MA Contemporary Arts, 2022 - 2024 , TALLINN, ESTONIA

Thesis:' ‘Responding’ to Life and Drawing Practice with Spontaneity and Improvisation'

National College of Arts / Bachelor of Architecture (Hons), 2008 - 2013, LAHORE, PAKISTAN

Thesis:' Beneath the Steel Sky; Reenvisioned: Speculative Architecture in Game Environments"

Lahore College of Arts & Sciences / o/A-Levels- CIE, 2002- 2007, LAHORE


EDUCATION

CURATION AND COMMUNITY PROJECTS

WEB LINKS

Amel Ghani : "Art attack: Coming together to sketch ", THE EXPRESS TRIBUNE , March 23, 2015 https://tribune.com.pk/story/857485/art-attack-coming-together-to-sketch/

Naeem Saadhu "Interview: Drawing city of dreams and nightmares", DAWN Pakistan, November 26, 2018 https://www.dawn.com/news/1447638

Zohreen Murtaza : "EXHIBITION: SEE THE CITY FROM HERE", DAWN Pakistan, November 04, 2018 https://www.dawn.com/news/1443508

Khadijah Rehman: "Art Review: City of Dreams and Nightmares - A Tapestry of Collective Consciousness", Youlin Magazine, October 10, 2018. https://www.youlinmagazine.com/story/city-of-dreams-and-nightmares-at-alhamra-art-gallery/MTI1NA==

“Kabooter Awaay Jawaay”, A Publication by Reem Falaknaz, Lahore Biennale 2020, https://www.lahorebiennale.org/publications/kabootar-awaay-jawaay/

Zohreen Murtaza : "Of Palimpsests and Desi Flâneurs ", THE KARACHI COLLECTIVE , Oct 21, 2021https://thekarachicollective.com/of-palimpsests-and-desi-flaneurs/

'Karosta Festival 2023', Public Art Mural, Atmodas Darz, LIEPAJA, LATVIA, (2023) https://www.karosta.lv/festival-karosty-2023/

‘TRANSLUCENT DREAMS’, Group Exhibition, EKA GALERII, TALLINN, ESTONIA (2024) https://www.artun.ee/en/calendar/translucent-dreams-at-eka-gallery/

Ventspace Project / Curator, 2022-2023,, TALLINN, ESTONIA -Curated and organized art exhibitions

No-Maintenance Collective /Curator, 2023-ongoing , TALLINN, ESTONIA -Curating safe and alternate spaces for art and ideas sharing.

Dorm Gallery / Curator, 2023, TALLINN, ESTONIA -Curated and organized experimental community art exhibits.

Kaaghaz / Curator/ Community Organizer, 2020-2025 , LAHORE, PAKISTAN -Organized and managed experimental community space. Curated numerous art exhibitions, workshops, and cultural events.

LahoreSketchGroup / Artist / Community Organizer, 2016- 2020, LAHORE, PAKISTAN -Organized and facilitated Urban Sketching weekly ‘gatherings’.


DRAWING WORKSHOPS AND COURSES

Drawing Workshop and Artist Talk, Suraj Ghar, LAHORE, PAKISTAN (2024)

‘Inkscapes: Sci-Fi, Fantasy & Everyday Environments, Elective course at Beaconhouse National University, LAHORE, (2022)

‘Mindful-making' - Drawing workshop’, Kaaghaz, LAHORE, PAKISTAN, (2022)

Collaborative drawing workshop, By Syed Sachal & Bibi Hajra, International Public Arts Festival, Indus Valley School of Art & Architecture, KARACHI, PAKISTAN, (2020)

Pandamonium Workshops/ Art Instructor/Facilitator, 2021 , LAHORE, PAKISTAN, Facilitated a series of collaborative automatic drawing workshop


PUBLICATIONS AND CONTRIBUTIONS

Book Cover: The Social Life of Islam: Sufi shrines in Urban Pakistan by Amen Jaffer, Cambridge University Press, (2025)

Book Cover: A Piece of the Moon by Mushir Anwar, Lahore, Folio Books, (2023) Illustrator,

“Kabooter Awaay Jawaay”, A Publication by Reem Falaknaz, Lahore Biennale 2020, LAHORE, PAKISTAN, (2020)


PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Freelance / Illustrator and Storyboard Artist, 2014- PRESENT, REMOTE Worked as a Storyboard Artist on various Indie Animations, Short Films, TV commercials, Netflix Web series. Worked as an Illustrator on Children Storybooks, Album Covers, Book Covers, Architectural Illustrations for various Design Projects.

RK Associates / Senior Architect / Partner, 2016- 2022, LAHORE, PAKISTAN Worked as a Project Architect on various commercial, residential projects, Project Management for Design and Construction. As a 3D- visualizer on various commercial, Residential and Industrial Projects.

Studio 88 / Art Director, 2015- 2017 LAHORE, PAKISTAN Worked as a Art Director on various Concept Art and Pre-production Visualisation Projects

RK Associates / Junior Architect/Partner, 2014- 2016, LAHORE, PAKISTAN Worked as a Project Architect on various commercial, residential projects, Project Management for Design and Construction. As a 3D- visualizer on various commercial, Residential and Industrial Projects.

Tintash / Concept Artist, 2013- 2014, LAHORE, PAKISTAN Worked as a Graphic Designer and Concept Artist on various Mobile games and game asset creation project.


EXHIBITIONS

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