Research Centre for Art & Design

Dr. Masooma Abbas

Dr. Masooma Abbas
Dr. Masooma Abbas

Professor
Research Centre of Arts & Design
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Experience   

20 years of Experience:
  • Jan 1999- Lecturer- Government Post-Graduate College for Women Sahiwal
  • Sep 1999 to date from Lecturer to Associate Professor Fine Arts, LCWU Incharge Research Centre for Art & Design, Institute of Design and Visual Arts, LCWU

Honor and Awards

  • Sylvan C. Coleman & Pamela Coleman Memorial Fellowship 2012-2013 awarded by the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.
  • Stood 2nd in M.A.-Fine Arts- Part-II in 1996 in Punjab University, Lahore and Received Roll of Honor from LCWU in 1996.
  • Distinction holder in M.A.-Fine Arts- Part-I 1995 in Punjab University, Lahore
  • Naseem Hafeez Qazi Scholarship 1995

Memberships

  • Member Historians of Islamic Art Association USA
  • Member various LCWU Committee
  • Member Artist Association Punjab
  • Member THAAP The Trust for History, Arts & Architecture in Pakistan
  • Member ICOM, Pakistan

Graduate Students/Postdocs/Undergraduate Students/Honour Students

Years                        Degree                 Name

2013-In process      PhD Fine Arts         Rabia Yaseen

2013-In process     PhD Fine Arts         Farah Khan

2013-In process      PhD Fine Arts       Ayesha Saddiqa

2013- In process       PhD Fine Arts       Maryam Ali

2012            MS Fine Arts                        Rahat Afza

2012            MS Fine Arts                        Sadaf Nawaz

2016                  MA Visual Arts (NCA)          Amna Gull

2016-Inprocess   MS Fine Arts             Imrana Afsheen

2015-Inprocess     MS Fine Arts            Amna Yaseen

2015-In process    MS Fine Arts           Laraib Majeed

2015-In process    MS Fine Arts           Sehrish Toor

Supervised Conceptual artistic projects of BFA Visual Arts, Part III and IV from 2009-2012
Supervised MA Fine Arts II Research Papers from 2006-2009

Member Doctoral Committee, Institute of Design and Visual Arts, LCWU

Evaluated PhD and MS Fine Arts Thesis of College of Art & Design University of the Punjab

Service Activity

  • Serving LCWU for the last 20 years as follows:
  • Incharge Research Centre for Art & Design, IDVA
  • Director Directorate of Faculty Development and Internationalization (DFDI)
  • Looking after the Office of Director Quality Enhancement Cell
  • Head Faculty Development Centre
  • Library Incharge
  • PhD Coordinator
  • BFA Coordinator Institute of Design and Visual Arts
  • Designed Fine Arts syllabus from 1999 to date. Performed Discipline, Admission, Election, and Departmental duties of extra curricular activities
  • Arranged Conference, Seminar, Research Colloquium, training workshops and lectures for LCWU and other Institute faculty at LCWU
  • Worked in Inpage software as an English-Urdu Translator for the Metropolitan Museum of Art New York advertisement “Senses of Spring” dated 28th April 2014.

Brief Statement of Research Interest

I am eager to explore the diverse aspects of Art & Design, as well as culture and visual anthropology

Publications

  • Abbas, Masooma. “The Tomb of Ali Mardan Khan at Lahore: A Reconstruction of Its Original Decoration.” Jamal: A Journal of Aesthetics 1 (2012): 12-31.

  • Abbas, Masooma. “Ornamental Jālīs of the Mughals and Their Precursors.” International Journal of Humanities and Social Science 6, no. 3 (March 2016): 135-147.

  • Abbas, Masooma. “Haft Asl: The Seven Modes of Ornamentation in Islamic Art.” JASS Journal of Arts and Social Science 5, no. I (June 2018): 148-

  • Ornament of the Chauburji Gate, Lahore: The Meeting of the Mughal Decorative Style with Traditional Islīmī-Khatā’ī (Publication awaited, submitted to Journal of Asian Civilization, QAU, Islamabad in Feb 2019

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

  • “Pensive Nature” A Solo Show of Paintings at National Art Gallery (no. 5) Visual Arts Division, Pakistan National Arts Council Islamabad from 25th April till 4th May 2019
  • “Distinctive Nature” A Solo Show of Paintings at Art Gallery, Multan College of Arts, Bahauddin Zakariya University, Multan from 22nd March till 29th March 2019
  • “Transcendental Nature” A Solo Show of Paintings at Coopera Art Gallery, the Mall Road Lahore from 6th to 12th October 2018.
  • “Nature Always Wears the Colors of the Spirit” PNCA Shakir Ali Musuem Lahore from 19th to 23rd February 2018
  • “Esoteric Nature” A Solo Show of Paintings at Nukta Studios, National Police Foundation, Sector O-9, Lohi Bher, Islamabad, from 27th August to 3rd September 2017 at Nukta Art Gallery.
  • “Delight in Nature” A Solo Show of Paintings at Lahore Arts Council, Mall Road Lahore, from 3rd to 5th May 2017 at Alhamra Art Gallery.
  • “Natural Inspirations” A Solo Show of Paintings at Pakistan National Council of the Arts, Islamabad from 8th to 10th April 2016 at Gallery # 2.

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

  • PARTICIPATION IN MORE THAN 20 GROUP EXHIBITION AT NATIONAL LEVEL

Research Grants And Contracts.

Sylvan C. Coleman and Pamela Coleman Memorial Post-Doctoral Fellowship awarded by The Metropolitan Museum of Art New York USA

Total Award Amount: 37,000 $ (2012-2013)

Other Research or Creative Accomplishments

  • Full-time in residence scholar 2012-2013 and Honorary Research for Gallery 463 at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA

Selected Professional Presentations

My artwork is present in private spaces