Based between Lahore and London, Irum Rahat’s painting practice is fundamentally anchored in the praxis of pictorial expression. She explores the notion of mundanity and its multifaceted reverberations in a culturally and personally significant way.
Education
Sep 2021 - July 2023 MA Fine Art (Distinction)|Central Saint Martins, University of the Arts London.
Jan 2016- Jan 2020 BA Fine Art|National College of Arts, Lahore, Pakistan.
Selected Exhibitions
2023 (Un)done, Hypha Studios Stratford, London
Graduate Show, Central Saint Martins, Kings Cross, London
Transparent Ritual, Lethaby Gallery, London.
2022 Merch, Koppel X, Piccadilly Circus, London
Into Our World, Central Saint Martins, Archway, London
This Is Not A Party, Trinity Buoy Wharf, London.
2021 What Lies Within, Full Circle Gallery, Karachi, Pakistan
This and That Art (Online).
2020 Artists for Flood Relief, Karachi, Pakistan (Online)
Khamsa Art (Online)
Young Artists Exhibition, Alhamra Arts Council, Lahore, Pakistan
Saanjh, Studio 46, Lahore, Pakistan
VM Art Emerging Talent, Karachi, Pakistan
Beyond the Self, Studio Seven Gallery, Karachi, Pakistan
Stories II, Shakir Ali Museum, Lahore, Pakistan.
2019 Thesis Display, National College of Arts, Lahore, Pakistan.
Selected Press
2024 Postgraduate Portraits
2023 Graduate Showcase UAL
2020 Daily Times article