Ghazala Raees is a researcher and curator working as a Lecturer in the Department of Cultural Studies, National College of Arts, Lahore. She received her Bachelors in Visual Communication Design from NCA and went on to study Critical Media and Cultural Studies at the School for Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), UK. Her practice explores the potential of exhibitions as mediums of expression, emphasizing on the ideas of reading ‘exhibitions as artworks’.
Ghazala Raees was selected for the Curator’s Residency at Vasl Artists Association where she curated Creation in Translation [case study 01] (2024). Recently she co-curated Echoes of Lahore (2025) at Wazir Khan Baradari, Lahore – an exhibition derived from a research on Mall Road, Lahore conducted with students of the Cultural Studies Department, NCA. Raees attended a summer program at the School for Curatorial Studies in Venice where she co-curated Supavenezia at AplusA Gallery, Venice (2022) as part of the program. She has worked with The Citizens Archive of Pakistan (Maazi ki Saa’aatain, 2020), June Collective (Consolidated Spaces, 2023), and The Roadside (Allomorphs of an Antecedent, 2023) to execute diverse curatorial projects. Raees was nominated to attend the International Visitors Leadership Program (IVLP) for Emerging Archive Technologies to Safeguard Cultural Heritage and is a member of the Pakistan U.S Alumni Network (PUAN).
