CV
Utdanelse
December 2014. B.F.A. (Bachelor of Fine Arts) _ Indus Valley School of Art and Architecture (I.V.S.A.A), Karachi, Pakistan
October – December 2017. The Anthropology of Food (short course) at UiO_ Department of Social Sciences, Oslo, Norway
June 2019. M.F.A Art and Public Space _ Oslo National Academy of the Arts _KhiO, Oslo, Norway
May 2020. Buddhism and Modern Psychology by Prof. Robert Wright, Princeton University, (online course, Coursera)
February 2022. On Reading With _ GCAS-Jehān with Global Centre for Advanced Studies, Dublin (Online)
Stipend/Priser
October 2022. Diverse stipend, NOFOFO, Oslo, Norway
March 2022. Travel grant for Sweet Dream exhibition, Office for Contemporary Arts, OCA, Oslo, Norway
February 2022. Eckbos Legat grant for Immigration Clinic, Oslo, Norway
June 2021. Norsk Kultur Fond, NKF Prosjektstøtte kulturvern, Oslo, Norway
May 2021. FLB Fond for lyde og Bilde, Prosjektstøtte, Arts Council, Norway
April 2021. Nominee for DNB stipend exhibition with Oslo Kunstforening, Oslo, Norway
March 2021. Stipend from BKV_ Visual artist remuneration fund, NBK, Norway
Dec 2020. Extraordinary project support in connection with corona crisis, KORO
March 2020. Arbiedstipend/One year working grant for young artists, Arts Council, Norway
May 2019. Diverse stipend for newly graduated artists, Arts Council, Norway
July 2017. Group residency grant at Saari Residence (Koneen Säätiö), Mynamaki, Finland
December 2014. Distinction in Dissertation, B.F.A _ (I.V.S.A.A), Karachi, Pakistan
Kunstnersamtaler/Workshops/Seminarer:
March 2024. Book launch of “Cooking, time”(working title) published by Ethos Publisher (page-setter imprint), Singapore
February – November 2023. Multilingual writing workshop with Leser søke bok, Litteraturhuset, Oslo, Norway
October 2022. Artist talk with students from TCF College (non-for profit) and Karachi University, Karachi, Pakistan.
May 2022. Intergenerational Solidarity among Artists, First Supper Symposium on Ages-im at Elsker, Oslo, Norway.
April – May 2022. Immigration Clinic for Creative Professionals, Verdensrommet, Kutlurhuset Oslo, Norway.
August 2021. Roundtable Cooking: The Neighbourhood Meeting with Njokobok, part of The Migrant Assembly, Oslo, Norway.
March 2021. Ingredients for PROTEST – panel discussion, moderator, HUMAN International Doc Film Festival, Oslo, Norway
June 2019. Convocation, on Expanded Language-Based Practices, live readings at Research Pavilion, Venice Biennale, Italy
November 2018. “Food, memory, place” Riso workshop at Low Standard gallery, Oslo, Norway.
October 2018. Participant in Researching Public Art by Public Art Agency, Stockholm, Sweden
September 2015. Talking series lecture- Artist Talk at (I.V.S.A.A), Karachi, Pakistan
Utstillinger/Residencies:
Jan – March 2023. Artist in residence at Photo Ktm with Jatayu Vulture Restaurant & Bird Conservation, Kawasoti, Nepal
January 2023. Commissioned Essay for Center and Periphery: Cultural Deserts in Eastern Europe, Tranzit, Prague, Czech Republic
November – December. 2023. Cooking, Time? curated by Noor Bhangu, Solo project with a Public Program, Oslo, Norway
October – December 2022. “Sweet Dreams ” Solo Project at AAN Art Space and Museum, Karachi, Pakistan
TBD. Fellow at Académie session 8, Tour de Table, RAW Material Company, Dakar, Senegal.
May – June 2022. Tutti-Frutti Kahaniyan, Group show at Canvas Art Gallery, Karachi, Pakistan.
October 2021. The Sea we See is Not Blue, part of Mattering Oil intervention, Teknisk Museum, Oslo, Norway
April – October 2020. Artist in Residence, CLIMATA: Capturing Change at a time of Ecological Crisis, PRAKSIS, Oslo, Norway
February 2020. Karachi ki Khoj: [Re]defining the metropolis, IPAF 2020, (International Public Art festival), Karachi, Pakistan
June 2019. Degree Show_ Semiotics of Food | II, BAR Oslo National Academy of the Arts and Glasnost, Oslo, Norway
May 2019. Supermarket Flow, exhibition at KBH Kunsthal, Skive, Denmark
March 2019. Semiotics of Food (publications) at Fully Booked Dubai Art Book Fair, UAE
September 2018. Public Reading, Through the Tandoor, Flat Bread Society, Losæter, Oslo, Norway
September 2018. Reading/Performance at Jan Van Eyck Akadmie, FAFF (Food Art Film Festival), Maastricht, Netherlands
July 2017. Artist in residence at Saari Residence, (Koneen Säätiö), Mynamaki, Finland
January 2016. Group show titled “Is Saye Kay Parcham Talay” (I.V.S.A.A), Karachi, Pakistan
August 2015. Installation Artist at Sziget Festival Island of Freedom, Budapest, Hungry
June 2014. Group. Show, “Up, Down, Inside and Out” at Jamshed Memorial School, Karachi
December 2014. Degree Show I.V.S.A.A.; Karachi, Pakistan
Annet
April 2021- ongoing. Policy Advocacy for Verdensrommet, Oslo, Norway.
November 2020 – March 2022. Editorial board member, HUMAN International Documentary Film Festival, Oslo, Norway.
March 2016 – December 2016: Artist in Research, Gadap sessions by Karachi Art Anti University (Karachi Lajamia)
January 2015 – December 2016. Teaching Assistant (Drawing and Writing) at the Indus Valley School of Art & Architecture, Karachi
August 2015 – September 2017. Freelance writer for The Friday Times, Herald, Dawn, TFT and Artnow, Karachi, Pakistan.
August 2013. Research Assistant at Tentative Collective (Mera Karachi Mobile Cinema) , Karachi, Pakistan
