Download PDF (197 K)SUMAIRA TAZEEN
Born 1973, in Hyderabad, Pakistan
B.F.A. in Miniature Painting, National College of Arts, Lahore, Pakistan (1996)
The artist lives and works in Karachi, Pakistan.
Select Solo Exhibitions
2007 Canvas gallery, Karachi, Pakistan
2006 Rohtas II, Lahore, Pakistan
Curated Exhibition
2008 Associated Metaphors: An Exhibition of Neo- Miniatures, IVS Gallery, Karachi,
Pakistan
Select Group Exhibitions
2008 Tradition,Technique,Technology – I; Contemporary artists from Pakistan
featuring Ayesha Durrani, Ahsan Jamal, Amjad A Talpur and Sumaira Tazeen,
Aicon Gallery, New York
Integration: A collaborative of IVS and Milestone Charitable Trust, IVS Gallery,
Karachi, Pakistan
Faculty Art/ 3, IVS Gallery, Karachi, Pakistan
Let's Draw the Line, Chawkandi Art Gallery, Karachi, Pakistan
2007 The Subtext, curated by Niilofur Farrukh, New Art Gallery, Alliance Françoise De
Karachi, Pakistan
Dialogue with Tradition, Gallery's inaugural show, curated by Imran Qureshi,
National Art Gallery, Islamabad, Pakistan
The Thousand and One Days: The Art of Pakistani Women Miniaturists, curated by
Enrico Mascelloni, Salima Hashmi and Duccio K. Marignoli, Museum of Fine Art,
Rouen, France
2006 Miniatures for 6/6: The Labyrinth, V M gallery, Karachi, Pakistan
Faculty Art/ 2, IVS Gallery, Karachi, Pakistan
Miniatures for 12th Asian Art Biennale, Dhaka, Bangladesh
Faculty Art/1, IVS Gallery, Karachi, Pakistan
2005 The on going Dialogue, Foresight Art Centre, Amman, Jordan
The Thousand and One Days: The Art of Pakistani Women Miniaturists, curated by
Enrico Mascelloni, Salima Hashmi and Duccio K. Marignoli, Gallery 26, Honolulu
Academy of Arts, Hawaii
Street Art Inspirits, Harbourfront Centre, Toronto, Canada
2003 Caravan Café: Central Asian Art show, Milan, Italy
National Exhibition, Islamabad, Pakistan
2002 Dish Dhamaka: An exhibition of satellite dishes, Gallery Amin Gulgee, Karachi,
Pakistan
Chawkandi gallery, Karachi, Pakistan
Aar Par: Exchange of public art between India and Pakistan,
Uraan: an exhibition of paintings, sculpture and Ceramics, Gallery Amin Gulgee,
Karachi, Pakistan
Crow Eaters gallery, Lahore
2001 Contemporary Artists from Pakistan, curated by Salima Hashmi, Athens, Greece
and Warsaw, Poland
Vasl artists show, Gallery Amin Gulgee, Karachi, Pakistan
Kara –Art, Alliance Françoise De Karachi, Pakistan
2000 National exhibition of calligraphy, PNCA, Islamabad, Pakistan
1999 Offset Portfolio Center, Islamabad, Pakistan
American club, Islamabad, Pakistan
1998 Women artist exhibition, Zennini, Karachi
1997 Chawkandi Art Gallery, Karachi, Pakistan
Miniature show for Queen Elizabeth II, Gallery NCA, Lahore, Pakistan
Rohtas Gallery, Islamabad, Pakistan
Pakistan Golden Jubilee exhibition, Arts Council, Karachi, Pakistan
Kunj Art Gallery, Karachi, Pakistan
1996 Degree show, National College of Arts, Lahore
1995 Miniaturists, Shakir Ali Museum, Lahore, Pakistan
Workshops
2004 Workshop on teaching learning and assessment at TIP, Karachi, Pakistan
2003 Workshop on traditional gilding techniques, Victoria and Albert museum, London,
UK
2001 Vasl, International Artist workshop, Gadani, Pakistan
1994 Workshop on Egg tempera painting by Andrew Young, American Artist at NCA,
Lahore
Awards
2003-2004 Recipient of Charles Wallace Trust Fellowship by British Council Pakistan
2003 Visited University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology on Higher
Education Link program by British council Pakistan
1996 Haji Mohammad Sharif Award for Miniature Painting, NCA, Lahore, Pakistan
Gold medal for outstanding student, NCA, Lahore, Pakistan
Name in Principal's Honors list, NCA, Lahore, Pakistan
1992-96 Merit Scholarship holder, National College of Arts, Lahore, Pakistan