Mahreen Zuberi
{{Short description|Pakistani artist}}
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| name = Mahreen Zuberi
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| birth_name = Mahreen Asif Zuberi
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1981|6|1}}
| birth_place = Karachi, Pakistan
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| organization = Karachi University, Beaconhouse National University, Indus Valley School of Art and Architecture
| years_active = 2003–present
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Mahreen Asif Zuberi (born January 6, 1981) is a Pakistani artist from Karachi, Pakistan.{{Cite book|last=Hashmi|first=Salima|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=OvJGAQAAIAAJ&q=Mahreen+Zuberi|title=Flash Art|date=2009|publisher=Giancarlo Politi|isbn=|location=|pages=78|language=en}}{{Cite web|last=Hashmi|first=Salima|date=2016-11-15|title=Contrary Signs {{!}}|url=https://flash---art.com/article/contrary-signs/|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2020-06-25|website=Flash Art|language=en-US}} She studied at the National College of Arts in Lahore where she completed her Bachelor of Fine Arts with distinction.{{cite web |last= |first= |date= |title=Mahreen Zuberi |url=https://karachiartdirectory.com/art-professionals/mahreen-zuberi/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230811023121/https://karachiartdirectory.com/art-professionals/mahreen-zuberi/ |archive-date=11 August 2023 |access-date=11 March 2024 |website=Karachi Art Directory}}
Career
She works at Karachi University in Karachi, Pakistan as the Fine Arts program Coordinator in the Department of Visual Studies.{{cite web |last= |first= |date= |title=Department of Visual Studies - Faculty - Fine Arts |url=http://www.uok.edu.pk/faculties/visualstudies/faculty.php |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240114101359/https://uok.edu.pk/faculties/visualstudies/faculty.php |archive-date=14 January 2024 |access-date=11 March 2024 |website=University of Karachi}} Her work has been exhibited since 2003. Her work is in the collection of the QAGOMA (Queensland Art Gallery and Gallery of Modern Art),{{Cite book |url=https://cdn.sanity.io/files/m2obzhc2/production/8d847c2765341a082a74d1cf477da7d250538f14.pdf |title=Queensland Art Gallery Annual Report |date=2007–2008 |publisher=Queensland Art Gallery |pages=69 |language=en |chapter=Collection Acquisitions |access-date=11 March 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240305023243/https://cdn.sanity.io/files/m2obzhc2/production/8d847c2765341a082a74d1cf477da7d250538f14.pdf#page=71 |archive-date=5 March 2024 |url-status=live}} {{Cite web |title=Creators: Zuberi, Mahreen Asif |url=https://collection.qagoma.qld.gov.au/creators/zuberi-mahreen-asif |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221119181240/https://collection.qagoma.qld.gov.au/creators/zuberi-mahreen-asif |archive-date=19 November 2022 |access-date=5 March 2024 |website=QAGOMA}} the Fukuoka Asian Art Museum{{Cite web |title=Creases 2 - Artist: Mahreen Asif Zuberi |url=https://jmapps.ne.jp/faam_en/det.html?data_id=4853 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240312022727/https://jmapps.ne.jp/faam_en/det.html?data_id=4853 |archive-date=12 March 2024 |access-date=25 June 2020 |website=Fukuoka Asian Art Museum}} and the Devi Art Foundation.{{Cite web |title=Resemble Reassemble - Devi Art Foundation |url=https://artsandculture.google.com/exhibit/resemble-reassemble/ewIyUnvPKRUvIQ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230702202137/https://artsandculture.google.com/story/dgUxUnvPKRUvIQ |archive-date=2 July 2023 |access-date=25 June 2020 |website=Google Arts & Culture |language=en}}
Exhibitions
- "A Thousand and One Days: The Art of Pakistani Women Miniaturists", Honolulu Academy of Arts (2005, group exhibit){{Cite web |last= |first= |date=30 October 2005 |title=Feminine perspectives |url=http://archives.starbulletin.com/2005/10/30/features/story03.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210123114805/https://archives.starbulletin.com/2005/10/30/features/story03.html |archive-date=23 January 2021 |access-date=3 June 2020 |website=Honolulu Star-Bulletin}}
- "Hanging fire", Asia Society Museum (2008, group exhibit){{Cite web |date=10 September 2009 |title=Hanging Fire: Contemporary Art from Pakistan |url=https://asiasociety.org/new-york/exhibitions/hanging-fire-contemporary-art-pakistan |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230811023118/https://asiasociety.org/new-york/exhibitions/hanging-fire-contemporary-art-pakistan |archive-date=11 August 2023 |access-date=22 May 2020 |website=Asia Society |language=en}}
- "Associated Metaphors: An exhibition of Neo-Miniatures", IVS Gallery (2008, group exhibit){{Cite web |last=Khan |first=Sumbul |date=May 2008 |title=Man, Woman and Art |url=https://newslinemagazine.com/magazine/man-woman-and-art/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230811091431/https://newslinemagazine.com/magazine/man-woman-and-art/ |archive-date=11 August 2023 |access-date=3 June 2020 |website=Newsline |language=en}}
- "Resemble Reassemble", Devi Art Foundation (2010, group exhibit){{Cite web |last= |first= |date=2010 |title=Resemble Reassemble |url=https://www.artslant.com/ind/events/show/76741-resemble-reassemble?tab=EVENT |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200603191348/https://www.artslant.com/ind/events/show/76741-resemble-reassemble?tab=EVENT |archive-date=3 June 2020 |access-date=3 June 2020 |website=ArtSlant}}
- "Contemporary Miniatures", (2011-2012, traveling group exhibit){{cite web |title=bio |url=https://mahreenzuberi.weebly.com/bio.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230811023119/https://mahreenzuberi.weebly.com/bio.html |archive-date=11 August 2023 |access-date=11 March 2024 |website=mahreen zuberi}}{{Cite web |last= |date=2011 |title=Contemporary Miniatures |url=https://www.qagoma.qld.gov.au/whats-on/touring/contemporary-miniatures |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210321164725/https://www.qagoma.qld.gov.au/whats-on/touring/contemporary-miniatures |archive-date=21 March 2021 |access-date=3 June 2020 |website=QAGOMA |language=en}}{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=2011 |title=Significant shows by modern & contemporary Indian artists |url=http://www.theartstrust.com/Magazine_article.aspx?articleid=332 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200603190918/http://www.theartstrust.com/Magazine_article.aspx?articleid=332 |archive-date=3 June 2020 |access-date=3 June 2020 |website=The Arts Trust}}
- Gladstone Regional Art Gallery and Museum{{Citation needed|date=June 2020}}
- Perc Tucker Regional Gallery{{Citation needed|date=June 2020}}
- Exercising the Border. Anita Rogers Gallery, New York (2023){{Cite web |last=Seifter |first=Joanna |date=2 March 2023 |title=Beyond the Surface |url=https://www.tusslemagazine.com/mahreen-zuberi |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240312025805/https://www.tusslemagazine.com/mahreen-zuberi |archive-date=12 March 2024 |access-date=11 March 2024 |website=Tussle Magazine |language=en}}
Further reading
- {{Cite book |title=A thousand and one days : Pakistani women artists|date=2005|publisher=Silvana Editorale |editor1=Marignoli, Duccio K. |editor2=Mascelloni, Enrico |isbn=88-8215-978-7|location=Milano|oclc=62283482}}
References
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Category:National College of Arts alumni
Category:Academic staff of the University of Karachi
Category:Academic staff of Beaconhouse National University
Category:Indus Valley School of Art and Architecture alumni
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