Salima Hashmi: She is a Pakistani painter artist, former college professor, anti-nuclear weapons activist, and former caretaker minister in Sethi caretaker ministry. She has served for 30 years as a professor at NCA and remained the dean of the National College of Arts for 4 years. She is the eldest daughter of the renowned poet Faiz Ahmed Faiz. Salima Hashmi retired after serving 12 years as the Dean of School of Visual and Communication Department at the Beaconhouse National University, where she tried to infuse a sense of professionalism and a level of excellence in her students. In the art world, Salima Hashmi has moved from being a person to a phenomenon. Her book on the female artist, Unveiling the Visible, a seminal work on the subject, is an attempt to remind how women artists have been significant architects in shaping the art of this country. In her eloquent prose, she brings together information, interviews, and analysis of artists’ works, relevant. Currently, she is.a professor at emeritus and director of Unesco Madnjeet Singh Institute of South Asian arts. Affan Alam: It all started for him at a very early stage in the narrow streets of old Lahore, where he always observed that even in that confined space every object had its unique placement. Be it the way the milk shop was set up every morning or the decorated 'pan shops' or the handcarts that were selling colourful stuff. It was all designed. He grew up to become a designer and specialises in communication design. His design philosophy revolves around a core value that good design is something that has a function, creates more interaction between people, and it can alter the way people live and function in society. He has worked on several local and multinational brands and organizations. Some of them were USIP, British Council Pakistan, UNESCO, US Embassy Islamabad, American Film Showcase, European Union, National Police Bureau, Hewlett Packard, GlaxoSmithKline, KFC, Tapal. He is currently working as an independent Creative Director and offers consultancies for communications, campaign strategies, digital media and content development. Wajiha Abbasi: Wajeeha Abbasi is an internationally featured Independent Graphic Designer and Illustrator. Her work represents narratives and moments from every day, along with themes around women, pop culture, and the philosophy of the Self and the Other. Abbasi has won Ladybird Books Publications award and has had her work exhibited/featured on several platforms including London Design Festival, Digital Arts, VM Art Gallery, Elle Italia, Made in Arts London, Al Jazeera, and The Floating Magazine. She has worked on projects for NASA, V&A Museum, Coca Cola, UN Women, YLabs, Herald, and Red Bull amongst others as well.
Sabahat Nawaz: Sabahat Nawaz is an educationist and trained as a textile designer. Nawaz graduated from the National College of Arts, Lahore, and later completed her Masters in Design for Textile Futures from Central Saint Martins, University of the Arts, London. Her work investigates contemporary ideas of space. She aims to map out new possibilities that bring an exciting dimension to our architectural environment. Nawaz is interested in exploring what these spaces are capable of producing and privatizing; through this, she is redefining the role of the designer as a social, critical, and political negotiator within space. She is very invested and dedicated to higher education in design, in Pakistan. Currently, she is teaching in the department of Industrial Design -(SADA), at the National University of Sciences & Technology, Islamabad. Zain Ahmed: Zain Ahmed has a BA Honors (Theatre) from York University Toronto Canada.Zain Ahmed is the current Artistic Director of the NAPA Repertory Theatre at the National Academy of Performing Arts in Karachi. He is also the founder and director of the NAPA International Performing Arts Festival as well as other festivals like the Karachi Laughter Fest and the Young Directors Festival. He has been working as a director in the theatre and television for the last 20 years. His recent work on the stage includes Heer Ranjha, Raagni, Shakuntala, and Stumped. Before joining NAPA he taught Drama at BNU Lahore. Fizza Hassan: Fizza Hasan, one of the founding members of Theatre Wallay, is also its artistic director. Theatre Wallay, an Islamabad based company, evolved from a group she brought together in 2005. Director, actor, producer, trainer and writer, Fizza has been involved with almost every one of the group’s productions to date, of which the “Voices of Partition” , and ‘On Common Ground’ toured the United States in 2015, and 2017 respectively. By profession, Fizza is a teacher of French and English literature as well as a teacher trainer. She has been working in the education sector for more than twenty years. Aamir Nawaz: Aamir is Theatre Director, Theatre Educationist, Theatrical Light Designer & Theatre trainer working in Theatre Field since 2003. He is the Founder and Artistic Director of “Maas Foundation” which is the leading theatre company of Pakistan since 2003. He has participated along with theatre productions of Maas Foundation in more than eight international theatre festivals as a theatre director. He is also the General Secretary at Assitej Pakistan, a national Chapter of Assitej International which is a platform for theatrical organizations working in the field of theatre for young audiences.He has directed and produced more than 26 theatre plays and more than 340 theatre shows.
Mobeen Ejaz: Mobeen Ejaz is a Graphic Designer, Theatre Director, Drama Teacher, Actor, Art Director, PlayWright, Storyteller. He has been practicing theatre since 2002. His theatrical practice began with his participation in several theatre workshops as well as acting in private theatrical productions. This grew into a seething, unstoppable passion for performing on stage that continued well into his college years as a student at the prestigious National College of Arts, Lahore where he other than lurking around, directed and acted in innumerable plays while acquiring his bachelor’s degree as a Graphic Designer in 2007. After hopping up and about the corporate world for a year he gladly found LGS, JT, or LGS, JT rather gladly found him. He worked as the Head of drama at LGS, where he designed a drama program. He had directed over 16 Junior and Middle School Plays for them. His theatrical genius lies in experimenting with different forms of theatre while he has an innate knack for absurd theatre. For the past 2 years, He has been teaching graphic design and acting at the Institute for Art and Culture. Aqdas Waseem: Aqdas Waseem is an actor, a Director, and a concept Writer. A collection of all of Aqdas Waseem's media work includes TVCs, Promos, Dramas, Short Films, and Theater performances. Aqdas completed his Bachelor of Arts degree from the National College of Arts, Lahore, performing many theater plays and winning accolades. He has acted in a number of TVCs and promos of renowned brands and channels including Ufone, Kurkure, Mobilink, Q Mobile, Pak Wheels, Ten Sports, Geo Tez, to name a few. Iram Sana: After completion of her degree from National College of Arts, Iram Sana started her career as an Art Lecturer at Ali Institute of Education. Later she joined Olomopolo Media as Communication Director. OLOMOPOLO Media has established itself as a cultural and social production hub, pivoted around the organization, design and execution of performing arts and visual media. |