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Tazeen Qayyum is a contemporary miniature painter who received her BFA in Visual Arts the National College of Arts Lahore, Pakistan in 1996. Her work has been shown internationally in both solo and group exhibitions, some of which include ‘Urban Myths & Modern Fables’, University of Sydney, Australia and UTSC, Toronto, ‘A Thousand and One Days: The Art of Pakistani Women Miniaturists’ at the Academy of Art, Honolulu, Hawaii, ‘JAALA Exhibition at... Tazeen Qayyum is a contemporary miniature painter who received her BFA in Visual Arts the National College of Arts Lahore, Pakistan in 1996. Her work has been shown internationally in both solo and group exhibitions, some of which include ‘Urban Myths & Modern Fables’, University of Sydney, Australia and UTSC, Toronto, ‘A Thousand and One Days: The Art of Pakistani Women Miniaturists’ at the Academy of Art, Honolulu, Hawaii, ‘JAALA Exhibition at the Tokyo Metropolitan Museum, Japan, ‘Negotiating Borders’ Miniature Paintings at Katmandu, Nepal, ‘Homecoming’, at the National Gallery of Pakistan and ‘CodeLive Metro’ at the 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics.

She has created collaborative performances including ‘Double Date’ in 2006-07 produced by SAVAC (South Asian Visual Arts Centre), Toronto and AKA Gallery, Saskatoon, Canada, and ‘A Feast in Exile’ in 2009 produced by VASL Artists’ Collective.

Qayyum’s work was included in the 10th Asian Biennale, Dhaka, Bangladesh in 2002 and 2nd Painting Biennale, Tehran, in 2002. Qayyum was awarded a UNESCO bursary in 2000 to work and exhibit in Vienna. In 1997 she co-founded ‘Offset Portfolio Centre’, a resource centre and gallery for artists in Pakistan.

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