Raheela Abro

Raheela Abro is a Karachi-based artist with an art practice since 2010. She has exhibited her works in local and international art galleries, including three Solo and two 2-Person exhibitions at the Canvas Gallery, Karachi. She has participated in more than 50 group exhibitions at galleries in Karachi, Islamabad, Lahore as well as in Dubai and Iran. Her works are part of prominent art collections across the world. She is currently enrolled in a Ph.D. program and completed her MA in Art Education from the Beaconhouse National University, Lahore in 2017. Abro received her Bachelor’s in Fine Arts from the University of Karachi in 2009. Along with her art practice, she also maintains a teaching practice since 2011 and has been teaching at the Indus Valley School of Art & Architecture, Karachi School of Art, the Center of Excellence in Art & Design, and Sindh Madressatul Islam University. She is currently a lecturer at the Department of Visual Studies at the University of Karachi. Abro was also invited for the guest lectures by the Pakistan Institute of Fashion and Design, Lahore and Iqra University, Karachi. She was also invited as a juror for critiques and theses at various universities and institutes as well as by different organizations to judge the art competitions organized by them. She has been interviewed by ‘Jahan-e-Pakistan Magazine and Sindh Express Newspaper and her works have been published in numerous art magazines, catalogues, and newspapers.