Residencies provide dedicated time and space to local and international artists of all disciplines to experiment and generate work.
2024
Vertical Garden: Green Spaces in Urban Environment
with Asad Nizamani & Fayyaz Balochsupported by Shamain Akbar and Sehr & Ali Kazmi
2023
Nirala Sheher | The Peculiar City
with Faheem Abbas, Mubashar Iqbal, Niamat Nigar, Yaseen Khan & Zehra Hamdani Mirza (art writer in residence)supported by KKAF, Canvas Gallery, The Gallery T2F, Tahia Imran Ahmed, Sayeeda & Nadir Leghari, Sehr & Ali Kazmi, Shamain Akbar and Zarak Khan
Curators' Residency
with Asavir Nadeem, Ghazala Raees, Rameesha Azeem & Sehrish Mustafain collaboration with Gasworkssupported by British Council
The Falcon of Karachi
with Elisa Caldanasupported by Directorate-General for Contemporary Creativity of the Italian Ministry of Culture under the Italian Council program (12th edition, 2023)
2022
And So It Happened
with Lujane Pagganwala, Tooba Ashraf, Umme Laila, Zainab Zulfiqar & Nimra Khan (art writer in residence)supported by KKAF, Canvas Gallery, AIIR, The Gallery T2F, ODD BIRD ART, HBL Art Collection, Shamain Akbar and Shehnaz Ismail
2021
Creative Alternatives
with Ali Shariq Jamali, Anusha Ramchand Novlani, Sayera Anwar, Sunita Maharjan & Shah Numair Ahmed Abbasi (art writer in residence)supported by KKAF, Canvas Gallery, Aliya & Farouk collection, IVS, Full Circle Gallery, Fatima Munir & Adnan Amjad, Shamain Akbar, Saqib Ayub Khan, Sher Asfandyar Khan and Ziad Bashir
Kal Agar Main Marjaoun
supported by Getz Pharma, AIIR and Indus Valley School of Art & Architecture
Indigo Waves & Other Stories
with Danish Bashir, Mohammad Faheem & Luluwa Lokhandwala supported by AIIR, Open Society Foundations & The Karachi Collective
2020
Locating Word
with Quddus Mirza (mentor), Rabia S. Akhtar, Sanié Bokhari & Syed Hasnain Nawab
She's Grown into a New Skin. Her New Skin
with Noorafshan Mirzain collaboration with Indus Valley School of Art & Architecture
Echoes of the Walls
with Aisha Bashir, Firdous Mangi, Osama Rehman, Suleman Faisal & Rabia S. Akhtar (writer in residence)supported by KKAF, Canvas Gallery, Hum TV, Aliya & Farouk collection, Shamain Akbar, Ziad Bashir and Fatima Munir & Adnan Amjad
2019
Karachi Trader [6.1.6.0]
with aLifveFormsin collaboration with Goethe Institut-Pakistan
Karachidiary
with Bernhard Frue, Christina Zurfluh, Sabine Kienzer & Veronika Illmer
Diversity | Adversity
with Bushra Khalid, Hamid Ali Hanbhi, Jahanzeb Haroon & Noormah Jamal
Form/Facade
with Mina Arham Makhdum, Raasmia Minal Haque & Zahra Asim
Jamming in Karachi
with Carolijn Terwindt
Foundation
with Peter IbbersonSupported by Triangle Network & Arts Council England
2018
All That Perishes on the Edge of Land
with Hira Nabi
Bijli, Pani aur Gas
with Maryam Arslan, Mujtaba Asif, Rahman Zada & Sabeen Ahsan and Arsalan Isa (writer in Residence)
Conurbations
with Haider Ali Naqvi
2017
Returning a Stranger
supported by Triangle Network, Arts Council England & Indus Valley School of Art and Architecture
Regional Green Dialogues
with Arif Bahaduri, Arsalan Nasir, Baqer Ahmadi,Razin Rubin & Rida Zainabin collaboration with Henrich Boll Foundation
Insta Loves
with Abdullah Qureshi
2016
See View
with Suleman Aqeel Khiljifor Drawing Documents
TOLET
with Ammara Jabbar, Ehsan Memon, Hasan Raza & Ramla Fatimain collaboration with Karachi Theosophical Society
Walls on Going
with Sebastian Schmidtin collaboration with Goethe Institut-Pakistan
Cord of Desires
with Miro Craemerfor Urbanities - Art and Public Space in Pakistanby Goethe Institut-Pakistan
Texture/Vision
with Zahra Malkani & Shahana Rajani for Urbanities - Art and Public Space in Pakistaniin collaboration with Goethe Institut-Pakistan
2015
Between Thinking, Seeing, Saying & Nothing
with Marco Pezotto, Eric Peter & Shaheen Jaffrani and Fazal Rizvi (writer in residence)
Residue
with Ali Sultan & Wei Leng Tay
2014
Read and Respond
with Faryal Ahsan, Helen Kate, Muhammad Sufyan Baig, Syed Safdar Ali & Zoya Siddiquiand Seher Naveed (writer in residence)
2013
2012
smART Power Residency
with Art Jones
Creative Encounters
with Ferwa Ibrahim, Gemma Sharpe, Jamie George, Laura Eggerton, Rabbya Naseer, Rowan Geddis & Zainab Mawaz
Performance, Moving Image & Sound
with Amna Saeed, Elisabeth Rosenthal, Magda Fabianczyk, Muzzumil Ruheel, Narjis Mirza, Sarah Mumtaz, Zeeshan Younas & Zhou Bin
2011
MARGIN
with Ayesha Kamal, Ayesha Zulfiqar, Habib Phulpoto, S.M. Raza Zaidi & Zainab Siddiqui
State of Being So Divided
with Ahsan Jamal, Ayub Wali & Yasmin Jahan Nupurin collaboration with The Citizens Archive of Pakistan
Ahmed Ali Manganhar
with Ahmed Ali Manganhar
Nature and Artifice
with Basak Akcakaya, Khanyisile Mbongwa. Katayoun Karami, Muzzumil Ruheel, Naqsh Raj and Syed Hassan Mujtaba
2010
Categorical Inaccuracy
with Lakisha Niwanthi, Mohsin Shafi, Saba Qureshi, Shimul Saha & Zikra Baloch
BUILD
with Maria Z. Benjamin & Sana M. Ali
ON/OFF
with Ehsan-ul-Haq, Gemma Sharpe, Lara Baladi & Mohammad Abdelkarim
2009
Taaza Tareen 5
Local Artists' Residencywith Sausan Saulat, Haider Ali Jan, Unum Babar, Fahim Rao & Amna Tariq
Masooma Syed
with Masooma Syed
Taaza Tareen 4
with Ammad Tahir, Ferwa Ibrahim, Ghafar Abidi, Hurmut-ul-ein, Imran Mudassar, Mariam Ibraaz & Sara Khan
2008
Writing Home about Home
with Monali Meher, Riaz Mehmood, Jeanette Gaussi & Khalil Chishtee
International Artists' Residency
with A.Malik Channa, Adnan Madani, Anthony Schrag, Arefeh Riahi, Ayesha Jatoi, Barat al Badoor, Daniel Seiple, Ehsan ul Haq, Haider Ali Jan, Harry Sachs, Hurmat ul Ain, Iqra Tanveer, Kyla Pasha, Markus Lohman, Matthias Einhoff, Mehreen Murtaza, Meng Huang, Naveid Iqbal, Philip Horst, Sajana Joshi, Unum Babar, Vishuawa Ghosh & Zahid H Soomro
Taaza Tareen 3
with Ayesha Sultana, Irfan Hasan, Iqra Tanveer, Rabbya Naseer, Raju G.C. & Sohail Abdullah
2007
Where from ? Where to .... ?
with Wajid Ali, Hadia Moiz, Seema Nusrat & Irfan Gul Dahrisupported by The Ford Foundation and The Commune Artists' Colony
2006
Gadani Workshop International Artists' Workshop
International Artists' Residency
with Shahram Entekhabi, Asma Mundrawala, Nilofar Akmut, Anup Mathew Thomas & Awena Cozannetsupported by Warid Telecom, Annemarie Schimmel & Mian Yousuf Salahuddin
International Artists' Residency
with Christina Mackie, Ruby Chistee, Samuel Hsuan Yu Shih, Stephanie Dachary & Waseem Ahmed
2005
South Asian International Artists’ Residency
with Sunil Sigdel, Mahmudur Rahman & Abdul Jabbar Gullsupported by ZVMG Rangoonwala, VM Art Gallery & Ford Foundation
Connections
with Ali Kazim, Auj Khan, Ayesha Durrani, Ayesha Khan, Mahreen Zuberi, Mohammad Ali Talpur & Naveid Iqbalsupported by ZVMG Rangoonwala & VM Art Gallery
Textile Residency
with Danica Maiersupported by The British Council
2004
Second International Artists' Residency
with Clio Lloyd Jacob, Farah Jamaluddin, Lou Yongjin, Munawar Ali, Riyas Komu, Simone Willesupported by Ford Foundation, Rangoonwala Foundation and VM Gallery Triangle Arts Trust, UK and Robert Loder, British Council, Karachi, Arts Council England, International Artists Fellowships, Austrian Arts Council
2003
International Artists Residency
with Afshar Malik, Gordon Cheung, Hema Upadhyay, Liew Kwai Fei, Roohi Ahmedsupported by ZVMG Rangoonwala Foundation, VM Art Gallery, Triangle Network, Robert Loder, Arts Council England, British Council Karachi, National Art Gallery Malaysia,Khoj International Artists' Workshop
2001
International Artists' Workshop
Gadani WorkshopParticipants: Akram Dost, Amin Gulgee, Anwar Saeed, Asim Akhtar, Ligteringen, Jerry Buhari, Koralgedara Phuspakumara, Khalil Chishti, Lala Rukh Ahmed, Laura Paddock, Maryam Hussain, Naiza H. Khan, Nayan Kulkarni, Niloofar Chaman, Rehab-Al-Sadek, Roohi Ahmed, Ruby Shaheen, Samina Mansuri, Shuana McMullen, Sumaira Tazeen, Tang Zhigang, Walter D’Souza.