Risham Hosain Syed is a leading Pakistani contemporary artist, educator and researcher, internationally recognised for her conceptually driven and critically engaged artistic practice. She currently serves as the Head of the Visual Arts Department at the Mariam Dawood School of Visual Arts and Design (MDSVAD), Beaconhouse National University (BNU), Lahore. Over the past several decades, she has played a significant role in shaping Pakistan’s contemporary art landscape through her research-based paintings, installations and mixed-media works, which investigate themes of history, memory, urban transformation, and cultural identity. Syed completed her Bachelor of Fine Arts (BFA) from the National College of Arts (NCA), Lahore, before earning a Master of Arts in Painting...