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Dubai – Lahore
Zaheer Chaudhry is a Pakistani visual artist whose practice is rooted in observation. Working through photography, research, and image-making, he investigates how ordinary places carry cultural memory and ecological meaning. His work invites slower ways of looking, where attention becomes both a creative method and a form of knowledge.
EXHIBITIONS
- 'DNA 2', group show by Studio RM at Tanzara Art Gallery, Islamabad, Pakistan, 2025
- ‘Landscape’ online group show by PhotoPlace, Middlebury Gallery, USA. 2024
- ‘Listen To Her’ Solo show at PNCA, Islamabad. 2024
- ‘Fly On the Wall’ Group show at PNCA, Islamabad. 2024
- ‘The Art Show’ The Art Den, Dubai. 2024
- ‘Living The Moment’ Solo show at Sivana Restaurant, Gilgit. 2023
- Five Travelers. Group Show at Art Next Project, Lahore. 2023
- ‘Curating The Curators’ Group Show at Rangrez Art Gallery. Lahore. 2022
- ‘Sleeves’ Metaverse Biennale at Tawfik Hall, Dubai. 2022
- ‘Unheard/ Picturing Time’ Online group show at O-Art Space. 2021
- ‘Surkh/ Red’ Group show at Alhamra Art Council, Lahore. 2019
- ‘Visual Stories’ The Keyboard 1/5. Group show. Carriers and Barriers. Zahoor Ul Akhlaq Gallery NCA. 2019
- ‘Fading Connections’ Group show at Punjab Institute of Language, Art and Culture (PILAC) Lahore. 2018
- ‘Creative Moment’ Group show at Shakir Ali Museum, Lahore. 2017
- ‘Sleeves / Dissolving Edges’ 6TH THAAP Conference, Lahore. 2016
- ‘Roshni Tou Tum Bhi Ho’ Group show at Fortress Square Mall, Lahore. Nomad Art and Center Islamabad. Balochistan Art Gallery, Quetta. Sardar Bahadur Khan
- Women's University Quetta. 2016
- ‘Mountain Valleys of Pakistan’ Group show at International Islamic University, Islamabad. 2015
- ‘Eclipses’ The 11th International Collage Exhibition/Exchange, Okato, New Zealand. 2009
- ‘Memories’ World Art Foundation Expo. California. USA. 2009
- ‘Shedding Load’ Gallery 39K, Lahore. 2009
- ‘Wetlands’ Young Artist Show. Alhamra Art Council, Lahore. 2007,2008, 2009
- ‘Memories’ Sadiqain Awards Show, Karachi Art Council, Karachi. 2008
- ‘Tadbeer/ Taqdeer’ REDO PAKISTAN, Paper publication in Karachi, Lahore, Dhaka and London. 2007
ARTIST TALKS
- Creativity. Global College of Sciences, Fatima U Zahra Campus, Choa Saidan Shah. 2022
- Creative Photography and Digital Art. Govt Degree College Sibi, Baluchistan. 2021
- Design and Tourism. UCP – University of Central Punjab, Faisalabad. 2020
- Creative Photography. KIU Gilgit, Media & Communication Dept. 2017
- Creativity and Photojournalism. Sardar Bahadur Khan University, Quetta. 2016
- Sleeves/ Dissolving Edges. 6TH THAPP Conference, Lahore. 2016
CARBON ROADSIDE ARTS (CRSA)
Carbon Roadside Arts, a project by Orange Concepts (ORCO) Pakistan, has curated over 500
photography exhibitions, Art workshops, and film screenings in the rural areas of Pakistan.
CURATORIAL PRACTICES
- ‘Living The Moment’ Solo show at Sivana Restaurant, Gilgit. 2023
- ‘Surkh/ Red’ Group show atAlhamra Art Council, Lahore. 2019
- ‘Knocking At Window’ A series of Pakistan’s first online photography exhibitions. 2019
- ‘Roshni Tou Tum Bhi Ho’ A series of group shows in Lahore, Quetta and Islamabad. 2017
- ‘Mountains Valleys of Pakistan’ Group show at International Islamic University, Islamabad. 2015
- ‘Carbon Roadside Arts’ A series of Pakistan’s first roadside photography exhibitions/installations, workshops and film screenings in rural the areas.
- Recognized for talent and awarded the 'Golden Residency Visa' by the Culture and Art Authorities in Dubai, 2024.
- The most viewed photographer in Pakistan over the last 11 years, CARBON 2016-2024
- Won three different awards in Your Choice slot for NatGeo Magazine in Street Photography and Creative Photography categories. 2018
- Nat Geo Hong Kong Nomination: Nat Geo Awards Hong Kong, Photography. 2012
- Winner: Pakistan's 1st Agahi Photo Journalist Awards. Independent Category Photographer. 2012
- Roshni Tu Tum Bhi Ho: A series of group photography shows covered by Geo News, Neo News, Samaa News, Dawn, BBC Urdu, The News, The Tribune, BBC Pashtu and City 42
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