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Tazeen Qayyum Biography
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1992 - 1996 |
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Three Gold Medals for puppet making and performance, by The Puppeteers NCA, Pakistan
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1996 |
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Received a B.F.A. in Miniature Painting from the National College of Arts, Lahore, Pakistan
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1996 |
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Award of Excellence, performance, National College of Arts, Lahore, Pakistan
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1997 |
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Pioneer member, The Offset Portfolio Centre- a resource centre which maintaind a database on the works of artists from Pakistan. Organized seven group and eight solo exhibitions of various artists at The Offset Portfolio Centre
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1999 |
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Teaching, Art of Miniature Painting
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2000 |
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UNESCO Bursary for a three-month residency in Vienna, Austria
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2003 - 2005 |
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Coordinator and Archive Developer at SAVAC-South Asian Visual Arts Centre, Toronto, Canada
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2006 |
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Access and Career Development Grant, Ontario Arts Council, Canada
Project Grant, Ontario Arts Council, Canada
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2005 - 2007 |
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Programming Committee member, SAVAC, South Asian Visual Arts Centre, Toronto, Canada
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2008 |
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Project Grant for emerging artists, Toronto Arts Council, Canada
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2008 - 2009 |
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Paintings featured at the Christie's and the Sothbey's South Asian Modern & Contemporary Art auction in New York
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The artist lives and works in Toronto, Canada
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| Selected Exhibitions |
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2011
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The Pill, curated by Avni Doshi, Latitude 28 Gallery, Delhi, India
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2010
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The Rising Tide: New Directions in Art from Pakistan 1990 -2010, curated by Naiza Khan, Mohatta Palace Museum, Karachi, Pakistan
Off the Wall: De-Framing Contemporary Miniature Painting , curated by Atteqa Ali, Twelve Gates Art Gallery, Philadelphia, USA
Its a Distaster, curated by Anthea Foyer, CodeLive exhibition at the 2010 Winter Olympics, Vancouver, Canada
A Delicate Point, Images from a South Asian Diaspora, OSilas Gallery, Concordia College, NY, curated by Priyanka Mathew and Patricia Miranda
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2009
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Viewer Discretion is Advised - new works by Tazeen Qayyum, Gandhara Art Gallery, Karachi, Pakistan (solo)
Failed States: recent work by Tazeen Qayyum and Adeela Suleman, Aicon Gallery, London, UK
Bazgasht: Traditional Methods and Modern Practices, curated by Ali Adil Khan with Asma Arshad Mahmood and Rob Freeman, Art Gallery of Mississauga, Canada
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2008
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The Human Dichotomy, Aicon Gallery, Palo Alto, CA
Urban Myths & Modern Fables, curated by Haema Sivanesan, University of Technology, Sydney and 24Hr Art, Darwin, Australia and Doris McCarthy Gallery, University of Toronto Scarborough, Canada
Farida Batool, Tazeen Qayyum, and Adeela Suleman, Aicon Gallery, curated by Priyanka Mathews, New York, USA
Elusive Realities, recent works by Tazeen Qayyum and Sumaira Tazeen, Chawkandi Gallery, Karachi, Pakistan
HKArt08, Hong Kong International Art Fair, Gandhara Art Gallery, Hong Kong Convention & Exhibition Center
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2007
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Never Promised you a Rose Garden: Art of Pakistan, private collection of Brigitte Neubacher, Palais Palffy, Vienna, Austria
Dialogue with Tradition, curated by M. Imran Quraishi, National Gallery of Pakistan, Islamabad
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2006 - 2007
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Directed and Coordinated Double Date, a collaborative inter-disciplinary performance project, AKA Gallery, Saskatoon and Lennox Contemporary Gallery, Toronto, Canada (solo)
Never promised you a Rose Garden: Art of Pakistan, private collection of Brigitte Neubacher, Palais Palffy, Vienna, Austria
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2006
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Contemporary Miniatures: Between Two Worlds, Croweaters Gallery, Lahore, Pakistan
Gendering Detail, Contemporary Miniature Paintings’, curated by Kristy Phillips, Art Square Gallery and SAGA (South Asian Gallery of Art) Toronto, Canada
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2005
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Ongoing Dialogue, Foresight Art Center, Amman, Jordon
Miniatures, works by Tazeen Qayyum and Sheherbano Qazalbash, Canvas Art Gallery, Karachi, Pakistan
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2004
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JALA- Japan Afro-Asian Latin American Exchange Exhibition, Tokyo Metropolitan Museum, Japan
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2003
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3rd Annual Exhibition by the Canadian Society of Miniature painters, Sculptors and Gravers, at the Canadian Museum of Civilization, Ottawa.
Conceived, Directed and Coordinated Lady Excusing her Love Bites as Cat Scratches, a collaborative performance artwork, produced by SAVAC, Canada (solo)
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2002
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2nd Painting Biennale, Saba Cultural and Artistic Center, Tehran, Iran
Miniatures, Croweaters Gallery, Lahore, Pakistan
10th Asian Biennale, Shilpakala Academy, Dhaka, Bangladesh
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2001
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Contemporary Artists from Pakistan, curated by Salima Hashmi, Athens, Greece and Warsaw, Poland
Woven Narratives: New Miniatures, Gallery Rohtas II, Lahore, Pakistan (solo)
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2000
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Contemporary Miniatures, Gallery Jutner, Vienna, Austria (solo)
Contemporary Miniature Paintings, Didrichsen Art Museum, Helsinki, Finland
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1999
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Miniature Paintings, Offset Portfolio Centre, Islamabad, Pakistan
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1996
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Small Treasures of a Lifetime, Degree Show, National College of Arts, Lahore, Pakistan
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1995
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Miniaturists, Shakir Ali Museum, Lahore, Pakistan
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SELECTED PUBLIC COLLECTIONS:
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National Gallery of Amman, Jordon
National Art Gallery, Nepal
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