b. Lahore, Pakistan, 18th Feb 1989
EDUCATION
2019 MA Painting, Wimbledon College of Arts, University of Arts London (merit). United Kingdom
2011 BA (Honors), University of California Berkeley (magna cum laude). United States
SELECTED SOLO AND TWO PERSON EXHIBITIONS
2023 November, Solo, ‘Gaia’, Sanat Initiative, Karachi, Pakistan
2022 November, Solo, ‘I Am in the Colors’, HAAM Gallery, Lahore, Pakistan
2021 August, Solo, ‘Nature of an Afterthought: A posteriori’, Sanat Initiative, Karachi, Pakistan
2020 December, Solo, ‘Being and Becoming’, Satrang Gallery, Islamabad, Pakistan
2019 September, ‘Woman and Salt’, Degree Show Wimbledon College of Arts, London, U.K
2018 October, ‘Distorted Reality’, Full Circle Gallery, Karachi, Pakistan
August, ‘Juxtaposed Feminity’, MyArtWorld, Islamabad, Pakistan
2017 September, Solo, ‘Crisis of Woman’, Alliance Françoise’– Karachi, Pakistan
SELECTED GROUP SHOWS
2024 February, ‘Currently Streaming”, Ravij Menon Contempory, Los Angeles, USA (upcoming)
2023 May, The Tarantata screening, Something Like a festival, Kathmandu, Nepal
March, NFT Exhibition, The Upside Space, Dubai, UAE
March, The Tarantata screening, Art Divvy Film Festival, Lahore, Pakistan
March, ‘Who’s who’, Sanat Initiative, Karachi, Pakistan
February, ‘Perfectly out of place’’, Artscape Gallery, Islamabad, Pakistan
2022 December, VM Art Gallery, Let there be night, Karachi, Pakistan
September, Sculpture, COMO Museum, Lahore, Pakistan
March, ‘What is an Artist?”, VM Art Gallery Karachi, Pakistan
January, ‘What is a good painting”, ArtChowk Gallery, Karachi, Pakistan
2021 October, Avant-!, COMO Museum, Lahore, Pakistan
May, Peepal & Banyan, Haus der Stastistik, Berlin, Germany
2019 November, Purchase Prize Group Show, The Cello Factory, London, U.K
June, Ashurst Emerging Artists Group Show, Ashurst Emerging Art Gallery, London, U.K
May, Squeezed, The Nunnery Gallery, London, United Kingdom
2017 August, Collectors Weekend, MyArtWorld, Islamabad, Pakistan
PERFORMANCE
2022 January, The Rose, Karachi, Pakistan
2021 October, The Tarantata, seven locations in Southern Italy
2020 March, Laal Jadoo; Red Magic; 2 hr 20 min performance of ‘The Bonded Bride’, Karachi, Pakistan
2019 November, The Nautch, London, U.K.
May, One Night Stand, 70 min performance of ‘De’voilez’, Cite’ De Arts Internationale, Paris, France
RESIDENCES, AWARDS AND PRIZES
2022 Nominated, Sovereign Asia Art Prize 2023
2021 Domus Residency, Galatina, Italy
2019 Shortlisted for Ashurst Emerging Art Prize
Shortlisted for the Ingram Collection’s Young Contemporary Talent Purchase Prize
PUBLICATIONS, REVIEWS, & ARTICLES
2022 Jehangir, Neha: “Conversations with Amber Arifeen”, Youlin Magazine, December 9th
Jehangir, Neha: “Art Review: Sculpture at Como Museum of Art”, Youlin Magazine, September 19th
2021 Alvares, Jovita: “I’m every woman”, Dawn, September 21st
2020 Shaikh, Nageen: “Red on the Spectrum”, ArtNowPakistan, 20th March
Borah, Santanu: ‘Artist Profile: Amber Arifeen’, The Indian Curator, January 10th
2019 Publication and Catalogue, One Night Stand/Coup D’Soir, curated by Ami Gulgee, May
Fahy-Majeed, Adam: “One Night Stand in Paris”, The Friday Times, June 28th
McCarry, John: “A Collective Dream: One Night Stand/Coup d’un soir”, ArtNowPakistan, June 2nd
2018 Zubairi, Nadeem: “Biased Opinion”, Business Recorder, October 20th
Peerzada, Salman: “Reality and its Distortions”, Dawn Newspaper, October 18th
2017 Shahzad, Shiza: “The Crisis of Woman”, Niche Lifestyle Magazine, November Issue
Shaheen, Samina: “The fight Within”, The News International, October 17th
Zuberi, Nadeem: “Elusive Emotions”, Business Recorder, September 23rd
Datta, Anil: “Crisis of Woman: A searching exhibition”, The News, September 15th
Arshad, Shameen: “Collectors Weekend Review”, Art Now Pakistan, August 7th