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Feroza Hakeem was born in Quetta, Pakistan, and graduated in 2019 from the prestigious Notional College of Arts, specializing in Miniature Painting, with minor in oil painting, photography, multimedia, and silversmithing. She further enriched her artistic education with a semester at the Siena Art Institute in Italy. Hakeem’s work has received international recognition, notably being exhibited in the ‘Belt and Road’ exhibition at Suzhou University Museum in China. In 2021, she participated in an Experimental Learning Program led by Bani Abidi and Priya Sen, collaborating with artists from Karachi, Delhi, Pune, Bangalore, Quetta, Baroda, London, and Berlin. Her exhibition history spans prominent galleries such as 0 Art Space, Gallery 6, Satrang Gallery, Full Circle Gallery, Muse Gallery, and Artscape Gallery, along with prestigious institutions like the World Bank Islamabad, Swiss Embassy Islamabad, and the Embassy of France Islamabad. In 2023, she held her first solo exhibition at Numaish Gah as the recipient of Art Saraye Artist Grant 2023. Currently, in 2024, Hakeem is collaborating with the Faiz Foundation, exhibiting at the Como Museum in Pakistan, and participating in the Lahore Biennale, further solidifying her presence in the contemporary art scene.

 

CV

Education

2019 National College of Arts, Lahore, Pakistan
Bachelors in Fine Arts (3.7 GPA)
Major: Miniature Painting
Minors: Oil painting, Photography, Multimedia, Silversmith, Calligraphy)

2018 Sienna Art Institute, Italy
Sponsored scholarship for 1 semester

Exhibition Record

3rd Novmber 2024. My loved once Solo show ( Numaishgah)

Novmber 2024 Art fair in muscut represented by (Numaishgah)

October 2024 Lahore biennale 

September 2024 Dharti Dhar Dhar Dharke Gi Group Show ( Como museum of Art) Curated by Salima Hashmi

October 2022 Artscape Gallery Group Show (Islamabad, Pakistan)

June 2022 “Firefly Dreams” Group Show at Muse Art Gallery (Lahore, Pakistan)

August 2021 “Eternal Ephemeral” Group Show at Full Circle Gallery (Karachi, Pakistan)

August 2021 “Onrushing” at Alhamra Arjumand Painting Award Group Show

August 2020 Online Art Exhibition at O Art Space (Lahore, Pakistan)

March 2020 “Empowering Pakistan” Group Show at World Bank (Islamabad, Pakistan) March 2020 “Nayaa” Group Show at Satrang Art Gallery (Islamabad, Pakistan)

September 2019 PNCA Group Exhibition (Sponsored by Swiss Embassy) (Islamabad, Pakistan) December 2019 National College of Arts Degree Show Thesis Exhibition (Lahore, Pakistan)

July 2018 “The Real and Its Double”, Embassy of France Group Exhibition (Islamabad, Pakistan) December 2018 Group Exhibition at Sienna Art Institute (Sienna, Italy)

May 2017 “Belt And Road” at Suzhou University Museum Group Exhibition (Suzhou, China)

Artist Residencies

November 2022 Art Otaq- Art Saraye “Notes From Somewhere” (Exhibition in Lahore, Pakistan)

December 2021 Karbath “In Pursuit Of Wilderness” (Exhibition in Lahore, Pakistan)

Other Experiences and Achievements

2024 Worked with Faiz foundation trust on promotion and protection of Hazara cultural heritage.

2023 Being selected for the Artist Grant. This year grant includes a solo exhibition and sum of PKR 350,000.

2021 Design Workshop at Qom, Iran

2021 “Experimenter Learning Program” Online Workshop conducted by Bani Abidi, Priya Sen. 2018 Selected and sponsored to study at Sienna Art Institute, Italy

2017 Volunteer for Hazara Charity at Information and Communication Technology Centre 2014 Merit Scholarship at BUITEMS Institute