Munibah graduated from National College of Arts Lahore in 1993 under the rigorous training of Ustad Bashir Ahmed. She received National critical acclaim by attaining the Shakir Ali Award which is the highest award of excellence at N.C.A, as well as the Haji Sharif Award for her works in Miniature Painting. She also received the Gold medal and Principal’s Honor Award. After moving to Riyadh in 1994 she stopped working for 14 long years and felt hostage to the negative environment from where she did not want an escape. She eventually overcame this ’silent’ period and her series Zinda Dargore (Buried Alive) reflects on how she felt during those dormant years. It was as if she was buried alive, with no ambition and no drive to follow any of her ambitions. Zinda Dargore is a multi-era series where each painting has been revisited several times and is quite unique in the way that the evolution of images and technique is seen within each single work.
Nooresehr’s paintings are psychosocial interpretations of various traumas of her own life. Although the images are auto biographies of her soul she hopes to make a difference in the lives of many other women like her who are battling hard times. These stories carry strong influences of the visual vocabulary, grammar and technique of the Indo Persian school of manuscript paintings. The medium used is Gouache and gold on true Wasli and the process of painting translates into a magical, delightful, and lyrical trance for her. Munibah’s art practice is a constant and deliberate effort to preserve the art form in its traditional technique and flavor but she uses her training to create contemporary paintings which she relates to her own life and to the lives of so many women around her .She touches on social issues especially pertaining to women subjugation, patriarchy and and misogyny in our culture. The areas of interest in this series is the suppression of women in our culture due to the incorrect interpretation and exploitation of social and religious values. There are many hidden metaphors and recurring images of trees, ghosts, and other demons of her life. Her work is figurative, fluid and lyrical with a huge emphasis on the illuminated margins which are in fact paintings in their own entity.
BFA National College of Arts, Lahore, Pakistan
Areas of Interest:
Miniature Painting, Calligraphy, Illumination, Printmaking
Exhibitions:
2023:Ejaz Art Gallery,Lahore.
2023: Haam Gallery Lahore.
2018: Pakistan National Council Of Arts Islamabad.
2018: N.L.P.I Islamabad.
1998: Manahil Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
1996: Diplomatic Quarters ,Riyadh Saudi Arabia.
1993: Degree Show National College of Arts , Lahore, Pakistan.
1991: All Pakistan Painting and Printmaking Exhibition Alhamra Art Gallery , Lahore, Pakistan.
Workshops:
2018-2020: Tuluth (Rasheed Butt).
2018:Kufic (Rasheed Butt)
2016:Porcelain Painting (European and American ) Futaba Lio
1992: Egg Tempera Painting.
1991: Monotype Printmaking (Walter Crump)
Awards:
1993: Shakir Ali Award for Fine Arts.
1993: Haji Sharif Award for Miniature Painting.
1993: Berger Gold Medal for the Most Outstanding Student .
1993:Distinction for Thesis Show.
1993:Principal’s Honor List Award.
1991: Award of Honor in the 7th All Punjab Painting and Printmaking Exhibition by the National Council of
Arts Pakistan.
1984: 1st prize On the Spot Painting by Idara-e-Saqafat-e-Pakistan.
1984: 1st Prize for On the Spot Painting by Pakistan Federation of University Women.
1983: 1st prize for On the Spot All Punjab Painting Competition by the Educators Club Pakistan.
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