About
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Education
Bachelors of Fine Arts (Awarded Honors) – National College of Arts, Lahore 2021
Exhibitions
In review (three-person show) – O Art Space – Lahore 2024 Living Lexicon (proverbs across cultures) – Art Soch Contemporary – Lahore 2026 Domestic Provocations – Alhamra – Lahore (curated by Shabnam Syed Khan, 2025 Rohma Khan, Faseeh Saleem and Irum Zia Raja) We Are The Trace Of What Was Never Whole – That Studio – Lahore 2025 A Culture of Care – AAN space and Museum – Karachi (curated by Zulfikar Ali 2024 Bhutto) Sculpture Exhibition – Lahore Museum – Lahore (curated by Arshia Sohail) 2024 Photographs – Como Museum – Lahore 2023 Consolidated Spaces – a project of June Collective – Haam Gallery – Lahore 2023 Revealing Vistas Within – Imaraat Studio – Islamabad (Curated by Sarah Rajper) 2023 Tale Tellers – Lakir Gallery – Lahore (curated by Amna Suheyl) 2022 Retracing Spatial Memory – Tagheer – Lahore 2022 Well, Come Back Home – Koel Gallery – Karachi (Curated by Shanal Kazi) 2022 Post Reality – Lahore Vigital Art Festival (curated by Rabeya Jalil and 2021 Broadcast Vol II – O Art Space, Lahore 2021
Residencies
June Collective Artist Residency – Lahore, Pakistan 2023
Grants and Awards
Awarded ZairaZaka Studio Art Prize 2022 Awarded Top Ten Artists Award – 18th Young Artists Exhibitions – Alhamra 2022 Awarded Honors – BFA (Bachelors of Fine Arts) 2021
Press (Selected)
‘Domestic Affairs’ – Quddus Mirza – The News on Sunday 2025 ‘Revelations in Time and Space’ – Sousan Qadeer – Art Now Pakistan 2025 ‘Consolidating Spaces Amidst Hierarchy’ – Zohreen Murtaza – The 2024 Karachi Collective ‘This Place For Displacement’ -Quddus Mirza – The News on Sunday 2023 ’18th Annual Young Artists Exhibition ‘Around the Corner’ opens at Alhamra ‘ – 2022 Daily Times
Curatorial Projects (Selected)
Seeping Through – Haam Gallery – Lahore 2024 The Institution Of Absurdity – Muse Gallery – Lahore 2022 An Ode to the City – Muse Gallery – Lahore 2022
Teaching, Workshops and Public Engagement
Art Workshop Creator and Facilitator – Nagar Fort School – Chitral 2025 Art Educator – Sicas – Lahore 2024-2025 Mural Project (Commissioned), Unique group of Schools 2025
Writing
Contributing Writer – When Spirits Conquer (Anthology) – Lyallpur Fine Art Fair 2021
Professional Engagement
Art Judge – Beaconhouse International Student Convention (BISC) 2024
Ayesha Naeem is a visual artist based in Lahore, Pakistan. She works between paint, sculpture and photography to examine the idea of home as a transient space, touching upon themes of displacement, migration, climate emergency, erasure and identity. Naeem graduated with Honors in Fine Arts from the National College of Arts, Lahore, in 2021, specializing in Painting.