Education:
- February 2020 - February 2022 - MA Art and Design, Beaconhouse National University.
- September 2013 - May 2017 - BFA Visual Arts, Beaconhouse National University.
- September 2011 - May 2013 - A Levels, Beaconhouse Defence Campus. - September 2008 - May 2011 - O Levels, Garrison Academy for Boys.
Work Experience:
• September 2022 - (Current) Senior Lecturer, Permanent Faculty - School of Visual Art and Design - Beaconhouse National University Lahore.
• February 2019 - September 2022 - Visiting Faculty, School of Visual Art and Design - Beaconhouse National University Lahore.
• June 2020 - July 2020 - Course Coordination - Global Classroom - School of Visual Art and Design - Beaconhouse National University Lahore.
• February 2018 – December 2019 - Roots Ivy International, Visiting Faculty - HND Fashion Program.
• March 2018 – January 2019 - The Last Word, Communications Manager.
• September 2017 - February 2018 - Social&Co, Creative Designer, Lahore. • July - August 2016 - Happa Studio. Design Internship.
Exhibitions:
• September 2024 - Dharti Dhar Dhar Dharkay Gi - Artist as Witness - Curated by Salima Hashmi - COMO Museum - Lahore.
• March 2024 - Simultaneity as Design: Pakistan and Beyond - Design Summit Lahore 01
• March 2024 - Visiting Artist Fellowship Art Exhibition - Mittal Institute - Harvard University - Boston
• March 2024 - New Narratives in Photography - Alhamra Arts Council Lahore Tasweerghar, Grain Projects, British Council.
• February 2024 - New Narratives in Photography - Midlands Art Center Birmingham - Tasweerghar, Grain Projects, British Council - Birmingham.
• February 2024 - Indian Art Fair (Wonderwall Gallery) - Delhi.
• November 2023 - Envision E-vision (Group Show) - PNCA - Islamabad • March 2023 - One Upon a Time - HAAM Gallery - Lahore
• February 2023 - Indian Art Fair (Wonderwall Gallery) - Delhi.
• December 2022 - The Body Displaced (Group Show) - Full Circle Gallery - Karachi
• April 2022 - Indian Art Fair (Wonderwall Gallery) - Delhi.
• February 2022 - MA Art and Design Thesis Show - BNU Lahore.
• February 2022 - An Ode to the City (Group Show) - Muse ArtGallery Lahore.
• September 2021 - The Lens and The Pen (Group Show) - TasweerGhar Lahore.
• June 2021 - Towards home (Group Show) – Dominion Gallery Lahore - Curated by Amna Suheyl.
• January 2021 - Thinking Around Corners - The Art Platform India - Curated by Bhavna Kakar, Renu Modi.
• August 2020 - The Art Platform India - Online Exhibition.
• May 2020 - Museum of Scroll - Online Exhibition.
• March 2020 - Hindustan Times Art Fair (Wonderwall Gallery) - Delhi. • January 2020 - Indian Art Fair (Wonderwall Gallery) - Delhi.
• January 2020 - Of The Moments (Group Show) - 12.0 Contemporary Gallery Islamabad.
• November 2019 - Exit Strategy (Group Show) - Islamabad Art Fair (PNCA) – Islamabad.
• November 2019 - Re-punctuated (Solo) - Full Circle Gallery - Karachi. • August 2019 - Pakistan at 100 - World Bank - Islamabad.
• December 2018 - Urban Agglomeration - Myartworldpk - Islamabad. • October 2018 - Surface 01 (Group Show) - Art Buzz Studio Delhi.
• March 2018 - River in an Ocean - The Creative Process curated by Abdullah Qureshi and Natasha Malik, A Collateral event of Lahore Biennale 1.
February 2018- Annual Emerging Artists show – Myartworldpk curated by Zara Sajid. • April 2017- BNU Thesis Degree Show.
Curatorial Projects:
• August 2024 - Curator - Between White and Green | Pakistan at 77 - PNCA Shakir Ali Museum - Lahore.
• Nov 2023 - Assistant Curator - Envision E Vision - Chronicles of Tomorrow - SOT x BNU - PNCA - Islamabad
• October 2023 - 4 Days - Lahore Design Festival x Micropom - Assistant Curator - BNU Lahore.
• March 2023 - Perpetuating Perplexities - HAAM Gallery x MDSVAD BNU - Lahore.
• December 2022 - The Body Displaced - Full Circle Gallery
• September 2022 - January 2023 - Assistant Curator Be(coming) The Museum - BNU, CCAI, Lahore Museum .
• February 2020 - Navigating MatterAct 2 - Maryam Rahman – The Last Word.A collateral event of LB 02.
Residencies and Projects:
• January - March 2024 - Manager Curatorial Research and Writing - Design Summit Lahore 01.
• February - April 2024 - Visiting Artist Fellowship - Mittal Institute - Harvard University.
• June 2023 - January 2024 - New Narratives in Photography Residency - Tasweerghar, Grain Project UK - Supported by British Council Pakistan. (Current)
• February 2022 - July 2022 - Secret Histories Project (Artist) - The Pind Collective • October 2020 – Online Photographic Exchange Program – Supported by British Council, Grain Project UK, Transforming Narrative and Tasveer Ghar.
• July 2017- ITU Designers in Residence, Arfa Technology Park, Lahore.
• September 2016 -Beaconhouse National University, CKU, Lahore BiennaleFoundation. “Stories We Tell” - Editing Team, Video Content.
• 2016 - “We Walk Lahore”, LBF Urbanities Project, Honi Ryan.
• 2016 - “Silent Dinner Party”, LBF Urbanites Project, Honi Ryan.
Publications and News:
− https://mittalsouthasiainstitute.harvard.edu/2024/02/vaf-waleed-zafar/ − https://www.transformingnarratives.com/digital_collaborative_grants/ new_narratives.aspx
− https://www.youlinmagazine.com/article/art-review-towards-home-at dominion-gallery/MjAyNQ==
− https://www.indulgexpress.com/culture/art/2018/oct/12/surface-01---an exhibition-of-emerging-artists-at-delhis-artbuzz-studios-10630.html
− https://www.thecreativesciences.science/2018/10/new-creative-artspace.html − http://www.hedonics.com.au/Urbanities-Pakistan/We-WalkLahore_HoniRyan.pdf − https://lbb.in/delhi/surface-01-an-5f60cf/
− http://mattersofart.blogspot.com/2018/10/surface-01-exhibition-of- emerging.html − http://knuk.co/waleed-details.php http://www.arabnews.com/node/1417156/lifesty le − https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2018/03/20/l ahore-biennale-foundation hosts-river-in-an-ocean-honouring-lala-rukh/
− https://dailytimes.com.pk/222219/visual-delight-river-in-an-ocean-a-show-of active-resistance/
− http://mattersofart.net/reviews-details.aspx?mpgid=5&pgid=5&rid=136 − https://canserrat.org/jury-selection_visual-art-call- oct-2018
− https://www.dawn.com/news/1449530
− https://www.urdupoint.com/en/pakistan/artistsimaginations-on-urban agglomeration-g-496976.html http://www.thefridaytimes.com/tft/ tread-of-pioneers/
− https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2018/03/20/lahore-biennale-foundation-hosts-river-in - anocean-honouring-lala-rukh/ https://www.dawn.com/news/1398479 https:// dailytimes.com.pk/222219/visual-delight-river-in-an-ocean-a-show-of-activeresis tance/