Born in Karachi - Pakistan

Lives and Works in Dubai – UAE

WORK

2019 - Present Adjunct Professor, American University in Dubai - UAE

2021 - Present Advisory Board Member, American University in Dubai - UAE

AWARD

Golden Visa Recipient, UAE

EDUCATION

2019 Rhode Island School of Design MFA - Painting

2009 National College of Arts, Lahore, Pakistan BFA - Painting

2005 Indus Valley School of Arts & Architecture, Karachi, Pakistan BFA - Painting

SCHOLARSHIP

2017 MFA, Full Scholarship, Salama bint Hamdan Al Nahyan Foundation, Abu Dhabi, UAE

FELLOWSHIP

2016 The Salama bint Hamdan Emerging Artists Fellowship (SEAF) Abu Dhabi, UAE

GRANT & RESIDENCIES

2025 Nika Projects Residency (ongoing)

2024 Pollock-Krasner Foundation Grant Recipient

2024 Art Jameel Research and Practice Program - Project Grant

2024 Djerassi Artist Residency Program, California, USA

2024 Residency Unlimited, NY, USA

2023 DAAR Residency, Bangladesh

2022 Lakeside Art and Science Residency, Iowa, USA

2021 Konvent Residency, Barcelona, Spain

2020 Art Jameel, Research and Practice Programme - Grant Recipient

2020 Tashkeel x EXPO - HAMMOUR HOUSE Residency

2019-2020 CAD 8.0 Residency

2014 Trélex Residency, Trélex, Switzerland

2015 Campus Art Dubai 4.0, Core member

2014 Campus Art Dubai 3.0, Core member

COLLECTION:

Brown Arts Initiative Student Collection, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island, USA

Private Collection - Providence, NYC, California, Philadelphia, Nebraska, Iowa, San Francisco, USA

Private Collection - London, UK

Private Collection - Dubai, Abu Dhabi, Sharjah, UAE

Private Collection - Karachi, Lahore, Islamabad, Pakistan

Private Collection - Vienna, Austria

Private Collection - Ontario, Toronto, Canada

Private Collection - Kazakhstan

Private Collection - Beijing, China Download Full CV

Private Collection - Seoul, South Korea

Private Collection - Split, Croatia

Contact | 00971559265710

Email | Zahra.jewanjee@gmail.com

Instagram | @zjewanjee