artist's profile

A multi-skilled visual artist, with more than 12 years of wide and varied experience in art education, painting, drawing, book illustration, surface design, curriculum research and development at the undergraduate & postgraduate level.
Zahra has BA in Fine Arts and MA in Painting from the Royal College of Art, London (passed with distinction), followed by a PhD in Fine Art. She has taught since 1993 at the Undergraduate & Postgraduate level both in the UK and abroad. She has also conducted regular workshops on painting/drawing for young adults & adults, at venues such as the Victoria and Albert Museum, The British Museum London,Asia House, Birmingham Museum, etc. She has given numerous illustrated talks, conducted seminars and have been actively involved in developing the Visual Arts curriculum at the Undergraduate and Postgraduate level. She was also declared the best artist of the year Royal College of Art degree show.
Recently interviewed & filmed by Tribal Education UK for their Muslim Women Role Model series.
The work has been reviewed in the Press (Guardian, Telegraph) Arab & Asian News Papers, magazines and Cable TV.
She has exhibited nationally and internationally and my works are included in major private collections that of HRH Prince of Wales.