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

2024 Pollock-Krasner Foundation Grant Recipient 2024

2024 Residency Unlimited, NY, USA (Upcoming)

2024 Djerassi Artist Residency Program, California, USA (Upcoming)

2023 DAAR Residency, Chittagong, Bangladesh

2022 Lakeside Art and Science Residency, Iowa, USA

2021 Konvent Residency, Barcelona, Spain

2020 Art Jameel, Research and Practice Programme

2020 Tashkeel Residency - 6 Months

2019-2020 CAD 8.0 Residency - 6 Months

2014 Trélex Residency, Trélex, Switzerland - 4 Weeks

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

Private Collection - Seoul, South Korea

Private Collection - Split, Croatia

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Email | zjewanje@risd.edu

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