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Rabbania Shirjeel

Rabbania Shirjeel is a Lahore based multi-disciplinary artist and curator. She has an Art background with a photography degree. With her practice, she is interested in using photography, text, video, architecture model making techniques and paper collages to address personal histories, nostalgia and social behaviors and coexisting. Her works are mostly multi-layered from exploration of cultures, languages and social landscape. Rabbania’s work has been exhibited nationally and internationally including Gallery 39k, Lahore, Alhamra Arts Gallery, Lahore, The Drawing Room, Lahore, Sir Syed Memorial Complex, Islamabad, Millepiani,Italy. She started her career as Coordinator Arts at The British Council Lahore and has been invited for artist talks and as a Jury including All Indian Summer,UK, Kalaboration Arts, UK, Kaaravan, Lahore, LUMS. Rabbania is a founder of Tasweerghar through which she is Interested in community building and expanding critical discourse on south Asian contemporary photography through exhibitions ,talks and its Annual Residency Program since 2015. She has curated many projects under Tasweerghar , transforming Narratives and co-lead the project Art Chain Pakistan. She Introduced Tasweerghar Annual Residency program in 2017 and since then have curated and organized Art residencies including the British Council Residency Grant 2023-2024 and was part of the WOW festival 2024.
All Day Interactive

Saturday 1st Feb

Zal:Reel Identity

Location: Gallery 1 Tasweerghar will curate a photography exhibition by Aiman Amin that centers on a deeply personal and cultural exploration of Balochi women's lives. The exhibit features a series of photographs, including self-portraits of the artist, with embroidered motifs serving as powerful stamps of identity. Another series of with portraits of Baloch matriarchs in their stark local environments follows, photographs of the women in the places they inhabit, and video footage capturing their everyday lives. Aiman Amin’s work is inspired by archival photographs and oral histories of Baloch women across generations, particularly within her family. Her photography blends historical references with contemporary reinterpretations to document and celebrate the visual representation of Balochi women. It also pays homage to fading traditions, such as Balochi embroidery and the legacy of face tattoos, offering a poignant reflection on cultural memory and resilience. Through this series, Aiman, herself a Baloch woman, positions Balochi women as protagonists of their own stories—central figures of discovery, storytelling, and strength.

All Day Interactive

Sunday 2nd Feb

Zal: Reel identity Tasweerghar

Location: Gallery 1 Tasweerghar will curate a photography exhibition by Aiman Amin that centers on a deeply personal and cultural exploration of Balochi women's lives. The exhibit features a series of photographs, including self-portraits of the artist, with embroidered motifs serving as powerful stamps of identity. Another series of with portraits of Baloch matriarchs in their stark local environments follows, photographs of the women in the places they inhabit, and video footage capturing their everyday lives. Aiman Amin’s work is inspired by archival photographs and oral histories of Baloch women across generations, particularly within her family. Her photography blends historical references with contemporary reinterpretations to document and celebrate the visual representation of Balochi women. It also pays homage to fading traditions, such as Balochi embroidery and the legacy of face tattoos, offering a poignant reflection on cultural memory and resilience. Through this series, Aiman, herself a Baloch woman, positions Balochi women as protagonists of their own stories—central figures of discovery, storytelling, and strength.