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Huma Mulji

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Art Training BFA, Sculpture/ Printmaking, Indus Valley School of Art and Architecture, Karachi, Pakistan.

MFA (New Media Arts) 2010, Transart Institute, Berlin, Donau-Universität Krems, Austria.

Teaching / Art Education Experience:
2002 - present Assistant Professor, 3 Dimensional Studios, School of Visual Arts, Beaconhouse National University, Lahore, Pakistan.
2004 - present Member, Board of Studies, Beaconhouse National University, Lahore.
2004 - present Member, Academic Council, Beaconhouse National University, Lahore.
2001 - present External Examiner, International Baccalaureate, Visual Arts Program, The International School, Karachi.
1996-2002 Instructor, A’ Level Art, The Lyceum School, Karachi.
Upcoming Exhibitions:
October 2010 The Rising Tide, Mohatta Palace Museum, Karachi, Pakistan.
Past Exhibitions:
July 2010 Failure to Yield, ConcentArt, Berlin, Germany.
May 2010 HK International Art Fair, Project 88, Hall 3, Stand H04 HongKong, China.
May 2010 Crystal Palace and Other Follies, Rohtas Gallery, Lahore, Pakistan
March 2010 As The Land Expands, Al Riwaq Art Space, Adliya, Kingdom of Bahrain
February 2010 Home and the World, Aicon Gallery, New York, USA.
January 2010 The Empire Strikes Back, The Saatchi Gallery, London, UK
December 2009 Ressemble Reassemble, Devi Art Foundation, New Delhi, India
September 2009 Hanging Fire: contemporary art from Pakistan, Asia Society, NY, USA.
May 2009 High Rise, Elementa Gallery, Dubai, UAE.
April 2009 Shanakht Project, The Arts Council, Karachi.
March 2009 Going Places, Sameera Raja Gallery, Karachi.
March 2009 Art Dubai 2009, Gallerie 88 FZCO, B10, Dubai, UAE.
February 2009 Half-Life, Zahoor-ul-Akhlaq Gallery, NCA, Lahore.
December 2008 15-An IVS Alumni Collective, Indus Valley School Gallery, Karachi, Pakistan.
September 2008 6 Degrees of Separation: Chaos or congruence, Anant Gallery, New Delhi, India.
September 2008 “Farewell to Post Colonialism”, Third Guangzhou Triennial, Guangdong Museum of Art, China.
March 2008 Desperately Seeking Paradise, Pakistan Pavillion, ART DUBAI, UAE.
February 2008 “Arabian Delight”, Rohtas Gallery, Lahore.
October 2007 “Take Away”, Zahoor-ul-Akhlaque Gallery, National College of Art, Lahore.
August 2007

“Outside the Cube”, National Art Gallery Islamabad,

“Love”, National Art Gallery, Islamabad,

“Moving Ahead”, Sculpture in Pakistan, NAG , Islamabad.

July 2007 “Contemporary Art from Pakistan”, Thomas Erben Gallery, New York, USA.
June 2007 “Destination Asia: Non-strict correspondence”, by Indian and Pakistani artists, Soros Center for Contemporary Art-Almaty , Kazikhistan.
August 2006 “256 Shades”, V.M. Art Gallery, Karachi.
June 2006 “Sub-Contingent: the Indian Subcontinent in Contemporary Art”, Fondazionne Sandretto Re Rauburg, Torino, Italy.
April 2006 “Flights of Fancy”, Royaat Gallery, Lahore, Pakistan.
November 2005 “Something Purple: Media Art from Pakistan”, Hongkong.
October 2005 “ScopeLondon”, London UK.
February 2005 “Beyond Borders, Art from Pakistan”, NGMA, Mumbai, India.
January 2005 “Sirf Tum”, Rohtas Gallery, Lahore.
March 2004 “Along the X Axis”, Exhibition of Digital Art, Delhi, India.
November 2003 Darmiyan Exhibition, Nehr Ghar, Lahore, Pakistan.
October 2003 Open Studios, UpRiver Workshop, Lijiang, China.
July-August 2002 Aar Paar II, Mumbai, India.
June 2002 The Brewster Project, Brewster, NY.
Decemeber 2001 Group Show, 6 Pakistani artists, Jay Grimm Gallery, New York, USA.
June 2001 Open Studios, Gasworks, London, UK.
November 2000 “Diversity and Direction”, Contemporary Art of the 90’s, Arts Council of Pakistan, Karachi.
April 2000 “Pakistan: Another Vision”, Brunei Gallery, SOAS, London, UK.
November 1999 “Cityscapes”, Galerie Sadequain, Frere Hall, Karachi.
September 1999 “Urban Voices 111”, Sheraton Hotel, Karachi.
1998 “Karachi Contemporaries: Part 1”, A.N. Gallery, Karachi.
1997 “High, Low, and In-between”, AN Gallery, Karachi.
Theatre Design:
1997-2002

Costumes, sets and stage props for “Jang Ab Naheen Hogee” (There will be no war), based on Aristophanes’, “Lysistrata”, Tehrik-e-Niswan, Karachi.

“Jungle Jungle Zindabad” an adaptation of “The Elephant and the Trogopan”, from Vikram Seths, Beastly Tales, Tehrik-e-Niswan, Karachi.

Worked as Set designer and internee in the costume atelier of ‘Theatre Der Staadt Aalen’ towards a production of Shakespeare’s ‘Ein SommerNachts Traum’, Aalen, Germany.

“The Constant Wife”, Tehrik-e-Niswan, Karachi.

“ An Inspector Calls”, Tehrik-e-Niswan, Karachi.

“Tales from a Thousand and One Nights”, a stage adaptation of the Arabian nights. Collaboration between Tehrik-e-Niswan and Syed Jamil Ahmed (Bangladesh), Karachi, Pakistan.

Curatorial experience and Project Facilitation:
November 2008 Facilitator, Vasl Lahore Artists Residency, Lahore.
Aug 2006 Facilitator “13 Satellites of Lahore”, a public art project with art students.
2006 Curatorial Team for National Art Gallery of Modern Art, Islamabad, Pakistan.
2006 Co-ordinator, Vasl Residency Lahore April 2006.
2000- 2002 Co-ordinated “Aar Paar” 1, 11, 111 with Shilpa Gupta (Mumbai); an exchange of art between artists from India and Pakistan, sited in public spaces in Mumbai and Karachi.
2001 Working Group, Vasl International Artists Workshop, held at Karachi, January 12-29, 2001.
February 2000 As part of a group, conceived and installed an interactive artwork for the Pakistan Peace Coalition conference. 160 6” x 4” tiles made by citizens of Karachi were exhibited at Metropole Hotel, Karachi.
October 1999 Co-curated “Cityscapes” an exhibition of Contemporary Art, and recitals of contemporary poetry and literature, Sadequain Gallery, Frere Hall, Karachi.
Selected Workshops & Residencies:
2003

Darmiyaan Artists Workshop, Lahore , Pakistan.

UpRiver Loft International Artists Workshop, Lijiang, China.

2001 - 2002 "Contemporary Asian Artists Initiative”, CAAI, a forum to encourage regional dialogue, and make an accessible network for Art practitioners in Asia/South Asia. New Delhi, India.
2001 Artist in Residence, Gasworks Studios, London, UK.
1999 Khoj International Artists Workshop (Triangle Arts Fund) Modinagar / New Delhi, India.
Workshops & Residencies:
September 2003 Darmiyaan Artists Workshop, Lahore, Pakistan.
October 2003 UpRiver Loft International Artists Workshop, Lijiang, China.
2001 - 2002 "Contemporary Asian Artists Initiative”, CAAI, a forum for regional dialogue, and networking for Art practitioners in Asia/South Asia, New Delhi, India.
April 2001 Artist in Residence, Gasworks Studios, London, UK.
November 1999 Khoj International Artists Workshop, Modinagar, Delhi, India.
Other Professional Experience:
2002 “Zero Down Payment”, presented at Mapping South Asian Art, Shisha, Manchester, UK. Essay published by Cornerhouse, UK in Mapping ArtSouthAsia: A Visual and Cultural Dialogue between Britain and South Asia, 2006.
2001 “Popular Culture & Art”, presented as part of the exhibition, Pakistan: Another Vision, SOAS, London, UK.
2001 Juror, National College of Arts, Lahore.
2000 Juror, National College of Arts, Lahore.
1997 Researched and compiled data on Pakistani artists for a CD-ROM production of “50 years of Pakistan...an Art Retrospective”, Enabling Technologies and Solutions Unlimited, Karachi.
1996 Associate Editor, The Artists newsletter Pakistan.