Wednesday, November 20, 2019 12:00 pm
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12:00 pm
EST (GMT -05:00)
Sumaira
Tazeen
is
a
Canadian
visual
artist,
educator,
and
curator
of
Pakistani
origin.
She
received
her
BFA
in
Miniature
painting
and
Sculpture
from
the
National
College
of
Arts,
Lahore
in
1996.
Since
then,
her
work
has
been
exhibited
in
established
group
and
solo
exhibitions
across
South
Asia,
the
United
States,
Canada,
Europe,
and
the
Middle
East,
and
has
been
presented
to
such
influential
figures
as
Queen
Elizabeth
II
and
Princess
Rania
of
Jordan.
Tazeen
is
the
recipient
of
a
number
of
awards
including
the
Haji
Muhammud
Sharif
Award
for
Miniature
Painting
(1996),
the
Charles
Wallace
Trust
Fellowship
(2004),
the
Department
for
International
Development
Scholarship
Award
(2003-2004)
and
Ontario
Arts
Council’s
grant
for
Emerging
Artists
(2014,
2016).