Born and raised in Lahore, Pakistan, Najm pursued her studies in fine arts at Bath University and The Art Students League of New York. She has exhibited internationally at the Queens Museum (NY), Christie’s Art (Dubai), Art|Basel (Miami, FL), National Museum of China and the Museum of the Moving Image (NY), among others. Her work has been featured in Artnet News, the Huffington Post, the NY Daily News, International Business Week, Buzzfeed, and Herald. She lives and works in New York.
Photo Credit: Roderick Angles
Selected Exhibitions
2019
- What If? National Museum of China, Beijing
- Still I Rise, A.I.R Gallery, New York, NY (solo)
- #BanNoMore, Ilmin Museum of Art, Seoul, South Korea
- Tabdeeli II, Karachi Biennale, Karachi, Pakistan
- Times of Perception, Steveson University, Maryland
- Becoming a Wo-Men... Chawkandi Art Gallery, Karachi, Pakistan (Solo)
- Don’t Grow Up It’s a Trap, Karachi Biennale, Karachi, Pakistan
- Veil of Bullets, Nicole Longnecker Gallery, Houston, TX
- All Around Her There Was a Frightening Silence, Chawkandi Art Gallery, Karachi, Pakistan(solo)
- Ghost of Empire, Cuadro Gallery, Dubai, UAE (solo)
- Violence as Methodology, Twelve Gates Art, Philadelphia, PA
- Don’t Shoot,X, Robert Miller Gallery, New York, NY
- Tabdeeli, Queens Museum, New York, NY
- #NoHonorInHonorKilling, Museum of Moving Images, New York, NY
- Power, Pulse Art Fair, Miami, FL
- Carousel, Aljira: A Center for Contemporary Art, New York, NY
- Suitable Girl, Whitechapel Gallery, London, UK
- Performance, The Last Frontier, New York, NY
- #BaNoMore, WhiteBox Art Space, New York, NY
- Somewhere in America, St. Lawrence University Gallery, New York, NY
- Passage of Wishes, Children’s Museum of Manhattan, NYC
- Fata, Aicon Gallery, NYC
- Niqabi Virgin, WhiteBox Art Space, NYC
- Ghost of Empire, Twelve Gates Art, Philadelphia
- Treasures of Love, Miami Art Basel, FL
- Black and White, Place Pleiades Gallery, NYC
- Swirl Bridge, United Nation, NYC
- Red Dot, Miami Art Basel, Miami, FL
- Somewhere In Berlin, Wattis Gallery, San Francisco, CA
- #DamnILookGood, Dumbo Art Festival, NYC
- Just Politics, Con Artist Gallery, NYC
- More to What Meets The Eyes, Con Artist Gallery, NYC
- Love vs. Hate, DIFC, Art Dubai, Dubai, UAE
- Noun Al Neswa, Marsam Mattar Gallery, Dubai
- Sacred Sinister, United Nation, Auctioned by Christie’s, Dubai
- Morphism of Love, Art Mora Gallery, NYC
- Golden, Saffron Art Auction, NYC
- Let it go, Leigh Wein Gallery, Chelsea NYC
- Ego vs. Empathy, Governor Island Art Fair, NYC
- Analysis of Love? Rush Art Gallery, Chelsea, NYC
- Ego and I, Gallery Brooklyn, NYC
- Modern Conflict, Art Dubai (Sikka), Dubai
- Oscillating Reality, Green Point Gallery, NYC
- Dream of Love, Abu Dhabi Art Hub, Abu Dhabi
- East & West, SMV Gallery NY, NYC
- Sublime Allegory, Time Square, NYC
- Small Works, Manhattan Borough President's Office,NYC
- Love & Ego, Phyllis Harriman Mason Gallery, NYC
- Memories, Savannah College of Art & Design (SCAD), GA
- Contemporary Artist, US Consulate, Dubai, UAE
- Blue, Art Couture Gallery, Dubai, UAE
Residencies
2020 Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art (Mass MoCA), North Adams, MA
2019 Bakehouse Art Complex, Studio Residency, Miami, FL
2018 New York University, Steinhardt Summer Studio Residency, New York, NY
2017 World of Co, Sofia, Bulgaria
Borgo del Sole, Summer Residency, Tuscany, Italy
Education
2006 Ph.D. in Psychology, Tennessee State University, Nashville, TN
1999 M.S. in Psychology, Tennessee State University, Nashville, TN
Workshops and Courses
2014 Painting, Savannah College of Art & Design (SCAD), Savannah, GA
2015 Mixed Media, Painting, Sculpture. Art Student League New York
2016 Making the Invisible Visible: Artist as Researcher, MOMA, New York
2016 Color in Modern and Contemporary Art, MOMA, New York
2013 Arabic Calligraphy, Print Making & Welding Workshops, Tashkeel, Dubai, UAE
2012 Painting, Miami Art Center, Miami, FL