about Maham
Maham Qureshi is a visual artist based in London, United Kingdom. She is currently pursuing her Masters in Fine Art from the University of East London. Her practice examines relationships between the body and the intimate spaces it occupies. Often drawing from the bathroom as a site, Maham is interested in ideas of purification, the physical act of cleansing and when broader belief systems intersect. She enjoys working primarily in sculpture, installation and performance, where one informs the other and allows, while making, the gestures of the body to manifest through material.
Maham's association with the Karachi Biennale Trust has continued to inform her thinking and practice. She has taken many roles in the organisation, managing multiple projects as the lead for their Communications, Educational Programming and Hospitality teams.
Alongside her studio practice and work with the Biennale, Maham is deeply committed to art education. She began teaching in 2018 and has since worked at several prominent institutions across Karachi, including Cedar College, St. Michael’s Convent School, and Eden College. Maham enjoys developing interdisciplinary programs that bring art into classrooms and engage young audiences in conversations around contemporary practice.
Rooted in Karachi’s restless urban landscape, Maham’s work reflects her search for stillness in the anxiety of the city, using materials and spaces to explore how the body remembers and performs.
highlights from my work
some projects i have had the absolute pleasure working on
Karachi Biennale Trust's Educational Program
This project was focused on bringing
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This project aims to develop a user-friendly mobile application.
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This project aims to develop a user-friendly mobile application.
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This project aims to develop a user-friendly mobile application.
Resume/CV
BFA in Visual Art Department of Fine Art
Indus Valley School of Art and Architecture, Karachi, Pakistan
2024
Experience
Work Experience
Vasl Artists’ Association, Karachi, Pakistan
Project Coordinator
Company Secretary
Karachi Biennale Trust, Karachi, Pakistan
Educational Programming Coordinator
Hospitality Coordinator
The Knowledge Forum, Karachi, Pakistan
Freelance work
Women Director’s Festival, Karachi, Pakistan
Under supervision of Kulsoom Aftaab
Project Initiator
Discovering New Artists (DNA), Lahore, Pakistan
Assistant Curator
Karachi Biennale Trust, Karachi, Pakistan
Hospitality Coordinator
Emerging Artist Prize Coordinator
Education
2024
Teaching Experience
2023
Eden College, Karachi, Pakistan
CAIE A Level Art
St. Michael’s Convent School, Karachi, Pakistan
CAIE A Level Art
Cedar College, Karachi, Pakistan
CAIE A Level Art Teacher’s Assistant
Cedar College, Karachi, Pakistan
CAIE A Level Art Teacher’s Assistant
British Council Pakistan in collaboration with Easel Bay, Karachi, Pakistan
Instructor
NJV Learning Festival 2024, Karachi, Pakistan
Artist/Educator Panellist for Mental Health, Advantages and Disadvantages of AI
Academic Conferences
Group Shows
Group show, ‘Ode to the Ordinary - Uncommon Dialogues’ curated by Nurayah Sheikh Nabi at Koel Gallery, Karachi, Pakistan
Group performance, ‘Fairytale 72’ for Amin Gulgee’s solo show, Spooky Action at a Distance curated by Adam Fahy-Majeed at Canvas Gallery, Karachi, Pakistan
Well, Come Back Home curated by Shanal Kazi at Full Circle Gallery, Karachi, Pakistan
Personal Projects
Qamar Bharoocha Bana (photographer/writer), Karachi, Pakistan
Archivist, Cataloguer, Writer
Niilofur Farrukh (art critic/curator/art interventionist/writer), Karachi, Pakistan
Archivist and Cataloguer