PAKISTAN

Dua is a visual artist based in Karachi, Pakistan. She graduated from the Indus Valley School of Art and Architecture in 2019 with a bachelor's degree in fine arts. She attended the Summer Residency Project at School of Visual Arts, New York in 2020 and has exhibited her work in multiple group shows nationally and internationally including; Koel Gallery, Karachi, Liliput Galleria Experimental, Mexico and Alhamra Art Centre, Lahore. 

Dua describes her work as a personal expression of her surroundings and familial experiences. Her drawings and paintings are often reimagined depictions of archival photos as a way to revisit her memories and recreate those images. She plays with floral and textured patterns seen in her home, assorted compositions and a darker colour palette to convey a sense of melancholy and longing for people who are not present in her life anymore. One of Dua’s artistic ambitions is to open a printmaking studio in Karachi, Pakistan and make printmaking more accessible to local, budding artists.

Dua has recently been accepted for an Artist-Residency in Thailand and Italy.

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