artist's cv
Work & Teaching ExperienceSeptember 2007 to date
Working on several projects as a consultant
Jan to August 2007
Research Associate, Shahnama Project, Faculty of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies, University of Cambridge, UK
August 2005 to date
Director: Indian, Mughal & Persian Miniature Painting Summer Programme, the Princes’ School of Traditional Arts, London
September 2003 to date
Sessional Lecturer - British Museum as part of World Art diploma course of Birkbeck College, University of London.
June2002 to July 2004 '
Honorary Visiting Artist, Faculty of Art & Design,
De Montfort University, Leicester, UK
February 2000 to date
Visiting Scholar, Fine Arts Department, Fatima Jinnah University, Islamabad Pakistan
1998-2000
Research Fellow, post-graduate study programme, National College of Arts Lahore Pakistan
1999
Worked as a teacher trainer in Ali Institute for Education, Lahore
1999 to date
Visiting tutor, The Prince’s school of Traditional Arts, The Prince’s Foundation, London
1995-1997
Visiting tutor, The Prince of Wales’s Institute of Architecture, London
Workshops & Seminars
1994 to date
I have conducted numerous workshops and seminars on Indian, Mughal & Persian Miniature Painting and drawing at the Victoria & Albert Museum London, The Globe-Shakespeare Theatre, The British Museum, Birmingham Art Gallery Birmingham, Art in Action Water Perry Park Oxford and at many other venues including schools, colleges ,etc. Besides, I am actively involved in adult learning and community education. I am also involved with the Princes’ School of Traditional Arts out reach programme.
Design & Illustration
1995 to date
Multicultural Children book illustration
1993
Pattern designer at Queensberry Hunt London
1995 to date
Developed Designs for Textile, Bridal Embroidery, Greeting Cards, Oriental Carpets/Rugs, etc.
Selected Solo & Group Exhibitions
2007/08
Chawkandi Art Karachi,Pakistan
2007
Sacred Space Gallery, Nottinghill London
2006
National Museum Washington, USA
2001
The Royal Windsor Castle, England
2000-2005
The Prince’s Foundation, London
1999
Palette of Pakistan, Asian Gallery Singapore & Alhamra Arts Council, Lahore Pakistan
1999
National College of Arts teaching staff exhibition, NCA Gallery, Lahore, Pakistan.
1998
Summer Bazaar, Soni Gallery, London, England.
1997
50 years of Pakistan, A Celebration of Art, Art Connoisseur Gallery London, England.
1997
The Art Connoisseur Gallery London, England.
1996
Independence Exhibition. Alhamra Arts Centre Lahore, Pakistan.
1995
The Gallery, Allan Baxter\'s and Associates London, England.
1995
Hunting and Observer Art Competition (Finalist).
Henry Moore Gallery, Royal College of Art London, England.
1994
Art in Action, Waterperry Park Oxford, England.
1993
Annual Degree Show, Royal College of Art, Henry Moore Gallery London, England.
1992
5th Water-colour Competition Exhibition (Finalist). Organized by the Singer, Fried Lander and The Sunday Times.
• The Mall Galleries, London, England.
• Leeds City Art Gallery Leeds, England.
• The Royal Birmingham Society of Artists Birmingham, England.
1990/1991
All Pakistan Young Artists\Exhibition National Council of the Arts Islamabad, Pakistan.
1991
Annual Degree Show, National College of Arts Lahore, Pakistan.
1989/1990
Exhibition of Paintings, Punjab Artists\' Association. Alhamra Arts Centre Lahore. Pakistan
Qualifications and Training
1994-97
PhD (Painting), The Prince’s Foundation, University of Wales, UK.
1993
MA (Distinction)Royal College of Art London
1987-1991
BA (Fine Arts), National College of Arts Lahore, Pakistan.
1989-1990
Training in the restoration of old manuscript illustrations as part of BA Programme, Lahore, Pakistan.
Awards & Prizes
1997
Al-tajir world of Islam Trust Prize for The degree show
1994-95
1st years PhD, partly funded by The Prince of Wales’s Institute of Architecture, London
1994-1996
Annemarrie Scimmel (Professor Emeritus Harvard University, Boston USA) Scholar
1993
MA passed with Distinction
1993
Al-Baraka Trust Award for the RCA degree show
1993
Best Artist of the RCA Degree Show (Daily Telegraph)
1991-93
Al-Baraka Trust Award for MA (RCA)
Other Research Work/ Study Tours
1991- 1996
Visual documentation of the following sites (photography, sketches & paintings, etc):
• Ayasofya, Istanbul, Turkey
• Blue Mosque, Sultan Ahmet, Istanbul, Turkey
• Topkapi Sarayi, Istanbul, TURKEY. Alhambra- Moorish Palace, Granada, Spain
• Generalife- Moorish Gardens, Granada, Spain
• Albaicin- Arab Quarters, Granada, Spain
• Mosque of Cordoba, Cordoba, Spain
• Shalimar (Mughal) Gardens Lahore, Pakistan
• Lahore (Imperial Mughal) Fort Lahore, Pakistan
• Imperial Mughal Mosque Lahore, Pakistan
• Wazir Khan (Mughal) Mosque Lahore, Pakistan
• Blue Tiled Tomb Architecture Multan, Pakistan
1996
VITA study tour to Chartres Cathedral, Chartres, France
1994
VITA study tour to Fes and Volubilis, Morocco
1993
Contribution of the Muslims in the Field of Music of Indo-Pak Subcontinent
1993
Research for a documentary film Miniature, the Mirror of the Mughals - for a postgraduate student at Goldsmiths’ College, University of London
1991
Personification of Ragas (Indo-Pakistan classical music).
Workshops Attended
1984-2000 Japanese paper making, Botanical drawing into design motif, Islamic Calligraphy, materials and techniques of Medieval and Renaissance painters, preparation of pigments, Gesso and Egg Tempera, English Lettering, Islamic Calligraphy, Holography course, Black & White photography (developing and printing), Ceramics, Tie & dye, Vegetable dying, Ceramic – throwing, glazing.
Professional Skills
Drawing, Painting ,Drawing (natural history); Figure drawing; Surface Design; Book Illustration; Paper Making; Natural Pigments preparation; Squirrel tail hair brush Making; Botanical Drawing into Design Motif; Illumination; Restoration of Old Manuscript Illustrations, Printmaking (basic), Sculpture (basic), etc.
Academic Skills
Art Curriculum Research, Planning & Development (Undergraduate & Postgraduate level). Well versed with teaching pedagogy.
Computer Skills
MS Word, Quark Express, Adobe Photo Shop, Basic knowledge of CAD, Power Point, Dream Weaver and Flash
Press Reviews and Interviews
The work has been reviewed in the Press (Guardian, Telegraph) Arab & Asian News Papers, magazines and Cable TV, Recently intervied and filmed by Tribal UK for a project on Muslim Women as Role Models in the UK
Current Engagements
• Working on a number of children’s book illustrations
• Completing private commissions
• Pursuing the publication of PhD thesis
• Developing a few multicultural interactive book projects for children
• Preparing towards a solo show(two years time) in London and abroad