Experience

Indus Valley School of Art and Architecture (IVS) Official

• 1 - 100 Employee

• • Jan 2023 - Present

  As Director of the M.Phil in Art and Design, I lead the graduate program at IVS, fulfilling all management, administrative and curriculum development duties, alongside teaching responsibilities in both the Graduate Program as well as the undergraduate Liberal Arts core program if required.

• • Jan 2018 - Present

  Full-time faculty in the Liberal Arts program. Teaching undergraduate level Liberal Arts courses in global contemporary art and design, and socio-political and cultural theory.

• • Oct 2016 - Aug 2021

  Heading the largest department at IVS, with over 700 students and about 25 permanent and adjunct faculty members. Alongside teaching responsibilities, this includes all administrative and academic aspects associated with the running of the department including management of budgets and resources, scheduling, recruiting and hiring, course development, curriculum development, network development, and the ongoing evolution of the program as per its long-term vision and mission.

• • Aug 2016 - Jan 2018

  - Teaching undergraduate level Liberal Arts courses in contemporary art and design, and socio-political and cultural theory, while simultaneously heading the Liberal Arts program at IVS, Karachi.- Chair, IVS Graduate Committee - January - August 2017: Responsible for designing a multi-degree awarding postgraduate program proposal for the Higher Education Commission, including executive and programming structures, courses and curricula



Independent Curator

• Fine Art
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Curator (global contemporary art)

  • Jul 2010 - Present

  2017 • Curator-at-Large, KB17 (‘Witness’), the inaugural Karachi Biennale 2017 • Curator, ‘Pagal Pagal Pagal Pagal Filmy Dunya (Mad Mad Mad Mad Filmy World), Althea Thauberger’s film on Capri Cinema, Karachi • Curator, ‘Proposals Towards a New Architecture’, solo exhibition: Seema Nusrat, Gandhara Art Space, Karachi • Curator, ‘Taqseem’, Koel Gallery annual special exhibition, Karachi • Curator, exhibition ‘The Heart of Stone’, pietra dura works by Lél Inlay, HSY studio, Karachi 2016 • Curator, ‘Binary’, Adeel uz Zafar solo exhibition, Canvas Gallery, Karachi • Curator, ‘New Urban Landscapes’, Seema Nusrat solo exhibition, Koel Gallery, Karachi 2015 • Curator, ‘Washed Upon the Shore’, Amin Gulgee solo exhibition, Canvas Gallery, Karachi • Curator, ‘And Nothing But The Truth: Parrhesia II’, Koel Gallery, Karachi • Curator, ‘Insurgent’, Tazeen Qayyum solo exhibition, Canvas Gallery, Karachi • Curator ‘Through the Looking Glass: The Work of Amin Gulgee’, for the Karachi Literature Festival 2015 • (Co) Curator, ‘Speaking in Tongues’, Karachi Literature Festival 2015 2014 • (Co) Curator, ‘DREAMSCAPE’, large scale exhibition of performance and installation art, Amin Gulgee Gallery, Karachi • 'Curatorial team, Drawing the Line: Rare Maps & Prints', Mohatta Palace Museum, Karachi 2011 • Curator, ‘And Nothing But the Truth: The Problem of Parrhesia’, IVS Gallery, Karachi • Curator, ‘Encounters in Drawing’, IVS Gallery, Karachi • Curator, ‘Encounters’, Rohtas II, Lahore, Pakistan 2010 • Assistant Curator, ‘Ghosts in the Turret’, Video program in conjunction with ‘The Rising Tide’ curated by Naiza Khan, Mohatta Palace Museum, Karachi • Research Assistant, ‘The Rising Tide’ • Curator, ‘Turbulent Waters: Critical Portraits Of A Shifting Identity’ 4th Cairo Video Festival, Medrar for Contemporary Art, Cairo, Egypt Show less



(independent)

• Art Writer | Critic

  • Jul 2010 - Present

  As a critical art writer focusing on the modern and contemporary periods, Shah regularly contributes to catalogues, books, journals and several local and international print and online publications. As a critical art writer focusing on the modern and contemporary periods, Shah regularly contributes to catalogues, books, journals and several local and international print and online publications.



Karachi Biennale Curatorial 2017

• Karachi

• Curator-at-Large, Karachi Biennale 2017 (KB17)

  • Sep 2016 - Nov 2017

  Led by Chief Curator Amin Gulgee, with Zarmeene Shah as the Curator at Large, and a team of four young assistant curators, the inaugural Karachi Biennale (KB17) included over 160 local and international artists and was spread across 12 locations in the urban metropolis of Karachi. KB17 dates: 21 October 2017 - 05 November 2017 Led by Chief Curator Amin Gulgee, with Zarmeene Shah as the Curator at Large, and a team of four young assistant curators, the inaugural Karachi Biennale (KB17) included over 160 local and international artists and was spread across 12 locations in the urban metropolis of Karachi. KB17 dates: 21 October 2017 - 05 November 2017



Mohatta Palace Museum

• Karachi

• Assistant Director & Curator

  • Feb 2014 - Jan 2015



CCA Derry - Londonderry

• Northern Ireland

• Consultant, South Asian Art

  • Aug 2012 - Dec 2013



Indus Valley School of Art and Architecture (IVS) Official

• 1 - 100 Employee

• • Jul 2010 - Jun 2011

  2011• Curator, 6th Annual Faculty Exhibition, IVS Gallery, Karachi• Curator, ‘And Nothing But the Truth: The Problem of Parrhesia’, IVS Gallery, KarachiAccompanied by curatorial essay: To Render Visible, 2011• Curator, ‘Encounters in Drawing’, IVS Gallery, KarachiAccompanied by curatorial statement: Encounters in Drawing, 2011• Curator, ‘Tales From the Desert’, IVS Gallery, Karachi2010• Curator, 3rd IVS Alumni Collective, IVS Gallery, Karachi

• • Jul 2010 - Jun 2011



Mohatta Palace Museum

• Karachi

• Assistant Curator and Researcher, 'The Rising Tide'

  • Aug 2010 - Dec 2010

  ‘The Rising Tide’ curated by Naiza Khan, Mohatta Palace Museum, Karachi Research Assistant, ‘The Rising Tide’ Assistant Curator, ‘Ghosts in the Turret’, video art program in conjunction with TRT ‘The Rising Tide’ curated by Naiza Khan, Mohatta Palace Museum, Karachi Research Assistant, ‘The Rising Tide’ Assistant Curator, ‘Ghosts in the Turret’, video art program in conjunction with TRT



4th Cairo Video Festival - Medrar for Contemporary Art

• Cairo

• Curator

  • Aug 2010 - Oct 2010

  Curator for Pakistan, ‘Turbulent Waters: Critical Portraits Of A Shifting Identity'. In collaboration with Vasl Artists Collective (part of the Triangle Arts Network) at 4th Cairo Video Festival, arranged by Medrar for Contemporary Art. Curator for Pakistan, ‘Turbulent Waters: Critical Portraits Of A Shifting Identity'. In collaboration with Vasl Artists Collective (part of the Triangle Arts Network) at 4th Cairo Video Festival, arranged by Medrar for Contemporary Art.



Molly Nesbit

• Manhattan, New York

• Curatorial Intern

  • Jun 2009 - Sep 2009

  Curatorial internship with Molly Nesbit on re-initiation of project ‘Utopia Station’, first originated by Molly Nesbit and Hans Ulrich Obrist at 50th Venice Biennale 2003 Curatorial internship with Molly Nesbit on re-initiation of project ‘Utopia Station’, first originated by Molly Nesbit and Hans Ulrich Obrist at 50th Venice Biennale 2003



Indus Valley School of Art and Architecture (IVS) Official

• 1 - 100 Employee

• Visiting Faculty of Fine Art

  • Jan 2007 - Dec 2007

  3rd yr BFA Painting Studio (including supervision of mini-thesis) 3rd and 4th yr BFA Drawing Studio 3rd yr BFA Painting Studio (including supervision of mini-thesis) 3rd and 4th yr BFA Drawing Studio