Maham Suhail

Maham Suhail, a Karachi-born artist with a base in Lahore (Pakistan) & London (UK), has been displaying her visual/sound artwork since after her first group show, the ‘Sanjh Art Exhibition’ at the Alhamra Arts Council, Lahore (2010): a large-scale show including established as well as emerging artists of the time.
As an early visual art practice, Maham was always sketching and painting, till finally deciding to start making public, her Digital Photography. She was on the Dean’s Honor Roll during her time at Beaconhouse National University (M.A. Arts & Design), 2013. Maham began her experiments with Video & Sound Art around this time, while continuing to exhibit her Modern Art Prints & AV projections, nationally and internationally.
Apart from working with focused mediums across projects/events, she has also continued to work with Multi-disciplinary practices: overlapping Fixed Media, Poetry, Movement, Sound & Performance/Video installation, and Art prints. Maham had her first solo show at the Lahore Arts Council in 2014. Her images have been part of an ‘Exposure Photo. Award’ publication (2015), and also used as digital projections in galleries, theatre and music shows.
Maham’s artwork is mostly conceptual, as moving between two...

- TV Journalism Diploma: S. Asian Free Media Association (SAFMA), Lahore, Pakistan 2011

- M.A. Arts & Design: Beaconhouse National University (BNU) Lahore, Pakistan 2013

- M.A. Music Production: Berklee College of Music (Valencia, Spain) 2019

- Luvre Museum, Paris (France): Exposure Photography Award (digital display) 2015
- Range Gallery, Kolkata (India): Iternational Experimental Arts Festival 2016
- Alliance Francaise du Bengale, Kolkata (India): 'Trunk Call' experimental theatre 2015
- Academy of Fine Arts, Kolkata (India): Annual International Arts Exhibition 2015
- New York Art Gallery (online representation): 2016-'17
- Laguna Art Gallery (website): 2016-'17
- Hotel Jane, New York (U.S.): 'Art Takes Armor' (SeeMe) group show 2018
- Lahore Biennale Foundation (Lahore, Pakistan): performance collab with sound installation 'How Will You Conduct Yourself in the Company of Trees?'
- Alhamra Arts Council, Lahore (Pakistan): Solo show ('Scenes Less Seen') 2014, National Arts Exhibition 2019
- Palau les Arts y Sciences (Valencia, Spain): Discover-i 2019
- Akademie der Kunst (Berlin, Germany): 2022