Seema Nusrat

Born in 1980 in Karachi (Pakistan)
Lives and works in Karachi (Pakistan)

Seema Nusrat trained as a sculptor at the Indus Valley School of Art and Architecture, Karachi and later did her MFA from Nova Scotia College of Art and Design, Halifax, Canada. She currently teaches at the Indus Valley as Associate Professor in the Fine Art Department. Her solo shows include: “Proposals Towards a New Architecture,” Gandhara Art Gallery, Karachi in 2017; “New Urban Landscape,” Koel Gallery, Karachi in 2016; “Items of Re-Use,” Canvas Gallery, Karachi in 2013; “Resuscitate,” Rohtas Gallery, Lahore in 2008 and “Body Without Body,” VM Art Gallery, Karachi in 2007. She has attended several residencies in Europe and Asia, notably JSW Abhisaran Residency, Vijayanagar, India in 2014; Can Serrat International Artist Residency Programme, El Bruc, Spain, in August 2009; Artist in Residence Programme of Fukuoka Asian Art Museum, Fukuoka, Japan in 2009; Gasworks International Residency, London in 2008; 3 Island Workshop, Scotland in 2008; Theertha International Artists’ Workshop, Sri Lanka in 2008 and VASL Residency, Karachi in 2007.

Of her work for KB17 Seema Nusrat writes: “Barricades, entrenchments and barriers that were introduced to cordon off areas during unrest in Karachi are now an integral part of the city’s landscape. The security infrastructure that looked alien at the time of its inception has become a regular feature at public spaces and government institutions. This could evoke fear and anxiety among denizens of Karachi but it could also be intertwined with the architecture such that it becomes a design element. Containing the Metropolis is a continuation of Proposals Towards a New Architecture, one which could meet requirements of a city in conflict while maintaining design aesthetics fit for a metropolis.”