Tazeen Qayyum is a multidisciplinary Pakistani-Canadian artist. Drawing from complex issues of belonging and displacement within a socio-political context, her art is a way for her to navigate identity and beliefs living in the diaspora. Qayyum’s work has been exhibited across the globe and is included in the collections of the Royal Ontario Museum, Canada; Art Mill Museum, Qatar; Robert McLaughlin Gallery, Oshawa; TD Canada Trust Permanent Collection, Toronto; Welt Museum, Vienna; University of Toronto, Canada; Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Pengzhou, China; National Gallery of Amman, Jordan; and National Art Gallery, Nepal. Qayyum co-founded Art Address, an interactive space for artistic discourse in Toronto. She currently serves as a member of the Arts Council, Oakville Trafalgar Memorial Hospital, and has previously served on the Board of Directors, Oakville Galleries and the Advisory Board, Blackwood Gallery, University of Toronto. Qayyum received her BFA in Visual Arts from the National College of Arts Lahore, Pakistan in 1996.
