Risham Syed

Risham is an Assistant Professor at the School of Visual Art, Beaconhouse National University (BNU) in Lahore, Pakistan.

Education
1996
MA, Royal College of Art, London, UK
1993
BFA Honours (Painting), National College of Arts, Lahore, Pakistan.

Awards and Scholarships
1996
Stephenson Harwood Award, Degree Show, RCA, London.
Charles Wallace Trust Scholarship, UK
1995
Cité International des Arts, Paris, France.
1989-93
Merit Scholarship, National College of Arts, Lahore, Pakistan.

Selected Group Exhibitions
2008
‘Conversations 1’, Elementa Gallery, Dubai.
Launch Show, GreyNoise, Alhamra Art Gallery, Lahore.
2007
‘Landscape’, National Gallery of Art, Islamabad, Pakistan.
Site-specific painting ‘Still Life’, National Gallery of Art, Islamabad, Pakistan.
‘Take Away’, Zahoor-al–Akhlaq Gallery, Lahore , Pakistan.
2005
58 Years of Pakistani Art, Alhamra Art Gallery, Lahore , Pakistan.
2002
Threads, Dreams and Desires, Harris Museum, Preston, UK
Fukuoka Triennale, Museum of Asian Art, Fukuoka, Japan.
‘Painting Over The Lines’, Indo Centre of Art & Culture, New York, USA.
2001
Maneuvering Miniature, IIC Gallery, New Delhi and Sakshi Gallery, Mumbai, India.
Group Show, British Council, Lahore, Pakistan.
1998
Traveling Exhibition ‘Vague Terrains’, Rouen, France and Herbert Read Gallery, Kent Institute, United Kingdom.
‘Mappins: Shared Histories’, Travelling Exhibition, Delhi, Mumbai, Lahore and Islamabad.
1997
‘Patterning’, NCA Gallery, Lahore, Pakistan.
‘Drawing’, NCA Gallery, Lahore, Pakistan.
‘Scope VII’ Faculty NCA show, NCA Gallery, Lahore, Pakistan.
Women Artists Show, Arts Council, Lahore, Pakistan.
National Exhibition, Arts Council, Lahore, Pakistan.
1996
National Exhibition, Arts Council, Lahore, Pakistan.
Group Show, Corum Gallery, London, United Kingdom.
‘Figure it out’, Gallery 7, Hong Kong.
MA (Painting) Degree Show, Royal College of Art, London, UK
1995
Group Show, Queen Elizabeth Conference Hall, London, UK
‘Interim Show’, Barbican Center, Concourse Gallery, London, United Kingdom.
Group Show, Mermaid Theatre Gallery, London, United Kingdom.
1994
National Exhibition, Islamabad, Pakistan.
Convocation Show, National College of Art, Lahore, Pakistan.
Group Show, National Women’s Conference, Lahore, Pakistan.
Group Show, Rohtas Gallery, Islamabad, Pakistan.
1993
Degree Show (BFA), National College of Arts, Lahore, Pakistan
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