Department of Visual Arts

Sidra Liaqat

Sidra Liaqat
Sidra Liaqat

Lecturer
Department of Visual Arts
                                      

Experience    

Lecturer - Visual Arts (2014 – Present)
Visual Arts Department,
Institute of Design & Visual Arts,
LCWU, Lahore.

Honor and Awards

  • Gold Medal and Merit Certificate for 1st Position in MS (Fine Arts), Session 2011-2013, LCWU, Lahore.
  • Academic Roll of Honour in MS (Fine Arts), Session 2011-2013, LCWU, Lahore.
  • Gold Medal and Merit Certificate for 1st Position in BFA (Painting), Session 2007-2011, LCWU, Lahore.
  • Academic Roll of Honour in BFA (Painting), Session 2007-2011, LCWU, Lahore.
  • Frogh-e-Taleem Gold Medal Award, by Idara Frogh-e-Taleem Punjab, at LCWU, Lahore.
  • Excellence Award — “34th Annual Art Exhibition 2020,” organized by the Artists’ Association of Punjab, Alhamra Art Gallery, Lahore.
  • Excellence Award — “Kashmir Bleeds,” a group show organized by Artists Association of Punjab, Alhamra Art Gallery.
  • Top 10 Award — “Current,” Alhamra’s 15th Annual Exhibition for Young Artists-2019, Alhamra Art Gallery, The Lahore Arts Council.
  • Top 10 Award — “Take Off,” Alhamra’s 14th Annual Exhibition for Young Artists-2018, Alhamra Art Gallery, The Lahore Arts Council.
  • Top 10 Award — “Young at Art,” Alhamra’s 13th Annual Exhibition for Young Artists-2017, Alhamra Art Gallery, The Lahore Arts Council.
  • Top 10 Award — “Memoirs of the Future,” Alhamra’s 9th Annual Exhibition for Young Artists-2013, Alhamra Art Gallery, The Lahore Arts Council.

Memberships

Member of Artists’ Association of Punjab

Graduate Students/Postdocs/Undergraduate Students/Honour Students

Years

Degree

Name

2021

MS Fine Arts

(History of Art)

Rehana Aleem

2020

BFA Visual Arts

(Miniature Major)

Saba Nousheen

2020

BFA Visual Arts

(Miniature Major)

Tahreem Ashraf

2018

BFA Visual Arts

(Miniature Major)

Adeela Khan

2018

BFA Visual Arts

(Miniature Major)

Sara Javaid

2018

BFA Visual Arts

(Miniature Major)

Warda Aziz

2018

BFA Visual Arts

(Miniature Major)

Zakkia Naeem

2015

BFA Visual Arts

(Miniature Major)

Anmol Zafar

2015

BFA Visual Arts

(Miniature Major)

Asma Shereen

2015

BFA Visual Arts

(Miniature Major)

Ayesha Rauf

2015

BFA Visual Arts

(Miniature Major)

Makkiea Mahak Arif

2015

BFA Visual Arts

(Miniature Major)

Maryam Shakeel

2015

BFA Visual Arts

(Miniature Major)

Nimra Saleem

2015

BFA Visual Arts

(Miniature Major)

Saba Kazmi

Service Activity

  • Teaching Miniature Painting as a major subject to BFA-III.
  • Teaching History of Modern Art as a compulsory subject to BFA-III.
  • Teaching Conceptual Drawing as a compulsory subject to BFA-III.
  • Teaching Creative Writing as a compulsory subject to BFA-III.
  • Secretary BOS meeting, Visual Arts Department.
  • Departmental focal person Online Course Directory, Visual Arts Department.

Brief Statement of Research Interest

Contemporary Pakistani Art

Publications

  • September 29, 2020
Article and Portfolio Publication Brush-Knitted Metaphors, in Visual Communication Quarterly, Taylor & Francis, Vol. 27, Issue 3, p 147-160, ISSN: 1555-1393 (Print) 1555-1407 (Online), category Y, https://doi.org/10.1080/15551393.2020.1781642. 
  • March 1, 2018
Research Article Ideological Comparison between the Split-Angled Perspective of Safavid and Cubist Paintings, published in international Asian Journal of Multidisciplinary Studies, Pune, India, Vol. 6, Issue 3, p 70-78, ISSN: 2321-8819 (Online) 2348-7186 (Print), Impact Factor: 1.498, http://www.ajms.co.in/sites/ajms2015/index.php/ajms/article/view/2986.

Other Research or Creative Accomplishments

SOLO EXHIBITION (International Level)

  • 2017
    “Brush-Knitted Metaphors,” solo show at Teachers International Art Exhibition, part of International Week, at the Museum of Hebei Normal University, Shijiazhuang, China.
     

GROUP EXHIBITIONS (International Level)

  • 2020
    “Unorthodox,” Online exhibition organized by E-exhibitions, https://www.theartcenter.org/single-post/unorthodox.
  • 2020
    “Online Art Project 2020, International Multidisciplinary Online Art Exhibition,” organized by Contemporary Art Initiative, Turkey.
  • 2020
    “International Virtual Exhibition,” an online group exhibition organized by Virtual International Development of Art, Spain.
  • 2019
    “Literary and Social Festival,” an international group show organized by the Association of Physicians of Pakistani-descent of North America (APPNA), with collaboration of Artists’ Association of Punjab and National Artists’Association of Pakistan, at Hyatt Regency, Orlando, Florida, USA.
  • 2014
    “International Art Exhibition,” Naseem Hafeez Qazi Gallery, Institute of Design & Visual Arts, Lahore College for Women University, Lahore.

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS (National Level)

  • 2021
    “Alhamra 3rd National Exhibition of Visual Arts 2021,” Alhamra Art Gallery, The Lahore Arts Council.
  • 2021
    “Art and Liberation,” group exhibition, Sargodha Literary Festival, 4th edition 2021, at Zubeida Agha Art Gallery, University of Sargodha.
  • 2021
    “Beyond the Threshold of Time,” Alhamra’s 17th Annual and 2nd Online Exhibition for Young Artists.
  • 2020
    “Resilience,” Alhamra’s 16th Annual and 1st Online Exhibition for Young Artists.
  • 2019
    “Beyond the Limits,” group show at Mussawir Art Gallery, Lahore.
  • 2017
    Exhibition of “Arjumand Painting Award 2017,” organized by the Gallery 6, at Pakistan National Council of the Arts, Islamabad.
  • 2016
    “Enhancing Boundaries…” Alhamra’s 12th Annual Exhibition for Young Artists.
  • 2015
    “Massacre of the Innocents,” organized by Pakistan National Council of the Arts, Shakir Ali Museum and Artists’ Association of Punjab, at National Art Gallery, Islamabad
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  • 2015
    “About Time...” Alhamra’s 11th Annual Exhibition for Young Artists.
  • 2014
    “Aesthetics ‘N’ Clay,” NHQ Gallery, Institute of Design & Visual Arts, LCWU.
  • 2013
    “Evolving Nine,” Group Show by the Studio Practitioners from LCWU, with collaboration of NHQ Gallery and the Lahore Arts Council, at Alhamra Art Gallery.
  • 2008
    “Fresh Cream,” Alhamra’s 4th Annual Exhibition for Young Artists – 2008, Alhamra Art Gallery, The Lahore Arts Council.

ARTIST RESIDENCY (National Level)

  • 2014
    “Passion for Freedom,” Artist Residency 2014 and exhibition, Institute of Design & Visual Arts, LCWU.

Selected Professional Presentations

Presented the research paper Ideological Comparison between the Split-Angled Perspective of Safavid and Cubist Paintings, in the 3-Days International Conference “The Role of Mysticism in Establishing Harmony and Peaceful Coexistence,” on February 22, 2018, at LCWU in collaboration with Cultural Center of Islamic Republic of Iran and HEC.