Work Experience
2011-2013 Beaconhouse School System Lahore, Pakistan
Advanced Level Art & Design Teacher
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Responsible for course designing and setting examinations, thesis and portfolio guidance for Cambridge International Examinations. Responsible for instilling an understanding of visual perception and aesthetics along with developing student's abilities of observation and analysis of the visual world, sensitivity, skill, personal expression and imagination. Focus on how to relate their skills to an enhanced knowledge of their own cultures, as well as an appreciation of practical design problems.
2010 Zahoor ul Akhlaq Gallery National College of Arts
Management Team
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Assistant Manager- Involved in organizing the book launch and allied exhibition of “Maazar Baazar”; The book has been produced and edited by Saima Zaidi, to present Pakistani popular culture through visual and documentary forms
2009-2010 National College of Arts Lahore, Pakistan
Illustration Artist
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Illustration Artist for Adaptive English Language Teaching Tool- ICT Islamabad.
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Responsible for creating the main character of a Teacher and all the visual images per lesson.
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Created detailed hand drawn keyframes which were later animated
2006- 2013 Taufiq Hussain Couture Lahore, Pakistan
Creative Director
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Established a new brand for accessories for Taufiq Hussain Couture
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Incharge of client handling, overseeing promotional campaigns and organizing shoots
2004 Dawn News, Lahore, Pakistan
Intern
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Interned at the Marketing and Sales Department of Dawn News,
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Organized a Spelling Bee for school-going children for Marketing purposes, responsible for creative visuals and slogans
2004 Government of Pakistan Lahore, Pakistan
Artist
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Was Commissioned as an artist to take part in painting a mural for the International Squash Tournament taking place in Lahore, Pakistan
Awards and Honours
2018 Artwork featured in The Aleph Review Vol.2 (Literary and Art Journal)
2017 Selected for Art Rooms 2018
2009 Awarded First class Honors in Miniature painting (BFA) National College of Arts
2009 Renard and Ebraheem Award for Miniature Painting
2008 Awarded a prize for 3rd position in the Culture and Democracy Exhibition held at NCA in partnership with Heinrich Bӧll Stifung
2007 Government of Pakistan: Youth Talent Award; Regional Representative for Youth Delegation to China
2007 Young Artists Exhibition at Alhamara Art Gallery
2007 Ghazali Education Trust Calligraphy Exhibition
2003 Lahore American School Art Extravaganza
Exhibits
August Create! Art Magazine
2021 (selected for a juried exhibit by Tam Gryn)
“Healing from within”- Group show
March My Art Wolrd (Islamabad, Pakistan)
2018 “Art Brunch” - Group show
January The Art Rooms (London, UK)
2018 “Focus on Pakistan” – group show
November AnYahh Art Gallery (Dubai, UAE)
2017 “Chiaroscuro”- My Art World Pakistan
October Ejaz Art Gallery (Lahore, Pakistan)
2017 “Zoetic”- Five Contemporary Miniature Artists
April Taseer Art Gallery (Lahore)
2013 “Together We Stand Alone”- Solo Show
September Created Mural for Universal Peace Day,
2012 displayed at the Beaconhouse School System, Liberty Campus (Lahore)
December The Drawing Room Art Gallery (Lahore)
2009-2010 "Char Rah"
October Moulin De Lest (Milan,Italy)
2009 "Miniature Pakistane Contemporanee"
July PNCA (Pakistan National Art Gallery- Islamabad)
2009 “Pushing Boundaries”
May Alhamra Art Gallery
2009 Miniature Group Show
April Oceans Art Gallery (Karachi)
2009 Miniature Group Show
March En Vogue Art Gallery (Lahore)
2009 "Trespassing Through Time"
Education
2005-2009 National College of Arts Lahore, Pakistan
Bachelor of Fine Arts (Fine Arts Specialization in Miniature Painting)
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Minors: Photography, Print Making (1&2), Painting, Digital Painting, Screen Printing
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Scholarship holder from 2005-2009 for being one of the top 5 students
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Awarded ‘Honours’ for final year thesis project
2004 Lahore Grammar School Lahore, Pakistan
GCE ‘A’ Levels - Cambridge
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Art and Design, Business Studies, Urdu Language
2002 Lahore Grammar School Lahore, Pakistan
GCE ‘O’ Levels - Cambridge
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Gained the highest mark in the Lahore region in the June 2002 ‘O’ level examinations for Art (Distinction)
2010 - present
2010 - present