Education and Qualifications
Pratt Institute, New York Master of Fine Arts in Painting | Museum Studies
National College of Arts, Lahore Bachelor of Fine Arts in Miniature Painting | Minors in Printmaking, Sculpture, Product Design
Residencies
2019 Stoneleaf Residency, hosted at Stoneleaf retreat by Helen Toomer and Eric Romano in NY
2019 Dreamland Residency hosted by The Dean Collection in Phoenix AZ
2018 Studios at MASS MoCA Residency, MASS MoCa
2017 The Wassaic Project Editions Program, The Wassaic Project
2016 The Ruth Katzman Scholarship, The League Residency at VYT
2015 The Ruth Katzman Scholarship, The League Residency at VYT
2015 The Alfred Z. Solomon Residency, The Tang Museum & Skidmore College
2014 Artist residency/fellowship, Wassaic Artist Residency
2013 Artist residency/grant, Vermont Studio Center
Artist Talks
2023 FLAG Art Foundation Panel Discussion with Anna Weyant and Hilary Harness moderated by Glenn Fuhrman
2021 Art Table Artist Talk
2020 In Conversation with Susan Chen, Gina Beavers moderated by Yasi Alipour for Meredith Rosen Gallery
2019 Breaking Through The Canvas with Lolita Cross and Genesis Tramaine moderated by Andrea Delph at Arlo Hotel NY
2019 Let Me Hear Your Body Talk presented at the occasion of Martha Edelheit Flesh Walls. Panel with Geoffrey Chadsey and Joyce Kozloff moderated by Nancy Princenthal at Eric Firestone Gallery, NY
2018 Panel Discussion Art In The Age Of Instagram Culture with Rebecca Morgan and Will Hutnick moderated by Nat Meade at Pratt Institute Brooklyn, NY
2017 Panel Discussion Grab Back: A conversation on taking back art through power with Angela Fraleigh, Zoë Buckman, Michele Pred and Ann Ogie-Bloomer, moderated by Tianna Webb Evans | Project For Empty Space, NJ
2017 Panel Discussion You Can't Sit With US: Female Artists and Fourth Wave Feminism with Marianna Rothen, Jenny Morgan, Erica Mapp, Jasmin Hernandez moderated by M J Simmons | Steven Kasher Gallery, NY
2016 Artist Talk Sheherzade's Gift | Center for Book Arts, New York, NY
2015 Artist Talk, Hiba Schahbaz and Talha Rathore, Realms of the Earth and Sky, The Tang Museum, NY
2014 Artist Talk, Hiba Schahbaz, Fay Ku and Manju Shandler, Gallery HO, NY
2013 Panel Discussion, Celebrity Spectacle and Art, Cue Art Foundation
Solo Exhibitions
2023 | Love Songs | Almine Rech. Paris
2022 | Harbour Fundraiser organized by Hilde Lynn Helphenstein x MATCHES during Frieze NY
2021 Garden Installation Stoneleaf Retreat, Upstate Art Weekend NY
2021 In My Heart | Rockefeller Center with Art Production Fund New York. NY
2020 Dreaming | DeBuck Gallery New York, NY
2020 In Solitude | OVR DeBuck Gallery New York, NY
2019 The Women | Chandran Gallery San Fransisco CA
2019 In Memory | Studio Museo Felice Casorati with Noire Gallery Pavarolo, IT
2018 The Garden | New Image Art Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2017 Hiba Schahbaz - Self Portraits | Project for Empty Space, Newark, NJ
2017 Hanged with Roses | Union Arts Center, Sparkhill, New York
2015 Hanged With Roses | Thierry Goldberg Gallery, New York, NY
2014 American Beauty | Twelve Gates Arts, Philadelphia, PA
2012 In Memory | Noire Gallery, Torino IT
Selected Group Exhibitions
2023 In New York, Thinking of You | FLAG Art Foundation
2023 Feeling of Light | Almine Rech Brussels
2023 Fever Dreams | Santa Monica Art Museum
2022 At The Table Fundraiser | Christies
2022 Fire Figure Fantasy | ICA Miami
2022 Messaages from the sixth dimension curated by Hilde Lynn Helphenstein | Almine Rech London
2022 Wonder Women | Jeffery Deitch NY and LA
2022 Nova | Half Gallery LA 2021 Stiltsville | Half Gallery Miami
2021 Fragmented Bodies III Albertz Benda New York, NY
2021 Beyond The Looking Glass curated by Zuzanna Ciolek | UTA Artist Space Los Angeles, CA
2021 Desire Encapsulated | Make Room Los Angeles, CA
2021 Resting Point of Accommodation curated by Bill Powers | Almine Rech Brussels BE
2020 Sound & Colour | Miles Mcenery Gallery New York, NY,
2020 Sit Still: Self Portraits in the Age of Distraction | Anna Zorina Gallery New York, NY
2020 all the women. in me. are tired curated by Jasime Wahi | The Club Tokyo, JP
2019 Juxtapoz at 25: In Black & White | The Hotel of South Beach | Miami
2019 Beyond Borders with Alison Zuckerman and Aaron Johnson | Unit London, London2019 Personal Spaces | Danese Corey , NY
2018 Close The Blinds | With Sophia Narrett and Danny J Ferrell at Mindy Solomon Gallery, Miami, FL
2018 Bonjour Tristesse | Barney Savage Gallery, NY
2018 Reclaimed Baggage | Northern Illinois University Art Museum
2018 The Garden | Spring Break Art Show with Field Projects, NY
2018 Metaxis Uber Pool | Curated by Hilde Gallery, LA at TiendaX Houston
2018 Kisses | Zero Zero LA
2017 Crafted Strangers | The Center for Craft, Creativity & Design, NC
2017 Secret Garden | The Untitled Space
2017 Object and Influence | Hygienic Gallery, New London, Connecticut
2017 Melted City 04 | Blanc Gallery, Philippines
2016 Sheherzade's Gift | Twelve Gates Arts, Philadelphia PA
2016 Self Reflection | Untitled Space | Tribeca NY
2016 Summer Exhibition at the Elizabeth V. Sullivan Gallery | Vytlacil, NY
2016 Sheherzade's Gift | Center for Book Arts, New York, NY
2016 THE PERSISTENT NATURE OF URGENCY - works on paper | Mayson Gallery NY
2015 Touch of Remembrance | Curated by Grace Noh, 103 Allen Street, NY
2015 On-Lined Paper | Works on paper exhibit for launch of bfpcreative, Brooklyn, NY
2015 Hang Together: Collaborative Work & Practices | Pratt Institue Library, Brooklyn, NY
2014 Sugarlift Volume 001 | The Yard, Brooklyn, NY
2014 Grab Bag | Trestle Project Space Brooklyn, NY
2014 Hrönir: Un-Lost Things | Temporary Storage Gallery at BFP, Brooklyn, NY
2014 Large & Small | Kentler International Drawing Space, Brooklyn, NY
2014 Playdate | BCS Gallery / ARPNY, NY
2014 By Invitation Only | Curated by Renee Ricardo, Mickalene Thomas, Andrew Gori & Ambre Kelly at Kinz + Tillou Fine Art, Brooklyn, NY
2014 The New Originals | Gallery HO. New York
2013 WAH bridges Bushwick | Williamsburg Art and Historical Center, Brooklyn, NY
2013 The Emo Show | The Elizabeth Foundation, New York
2013 Voyage Autour de Ma Chambre | An exhibition by Noire Gallery at Villa Flor, Switzerland
2013 Salaam Bombay: Beauty & Chaos in the Urban Environment curated by Jasmine Wahi | Twelve Gates Arts, Philadelphia
2012 In Memory (Solo) | Noire Gallery, Torino Italy
2012 Two Person Exhibition | Twelve Gates Arts, Philadelphia
2012 Excavation/Memory | Ed Varie, NY
2012 Re-Imagine: Ourselves | Ukrainian Institute of America in New York.
2010 In Search of the Exquisite: Contemporary Pakistani Miniature | Ganges Art, Calcutta | Hutheesing Art Centre, Ahmedabad
Fairs
2023 | Art Basel HK
2023 | Art SG
2022 | Armory Show
2021 | FIAC
2021 | Frieze London
2019 | Spring Break Art Show NY
2019 | Spring Break Art Show LA
2018 | Untitled Art Fair
2018 | Editions/Artists Book Fair
2018 | Beirut Art Fair
2018 | Spring Break Art Show
2018 | Art on Paper
2017 | PULSE Art Fair
2017 | Art Athina
2016 | Spring Break Art Show
2016 | Pulse Art Fair
2015 | India Art Fair
2014 | Scope NYC
2013 | Scope Miami
2013 | Art.Fair Cologne
2013 | Vienna Fair
2013 | Scope Basel
2012 | Art Asia Miami
2012 | VIP MFA Fair
Selected Press
NYmag | Inside Painter Hiba Schahbaz’s Bushwick Studio by Wendy Goodman
https://www.curbed.com/article/painter-hiba-schahbaz-bushwick-studio-tour.html
Galleries Now by Morad Montazami
https://www.galleriesnow.net/shows/hiba-schahbaz/
Artnet News
https://news.artnet.com/art-world/break-out-artists-2023-2230279
Nymag
https://observer.com/2020/10/i-voted-sticker-absentee-new-york-magazine/
Hyperallergic
White-hot Magazine | Upstate Art Weekend 2021, Bigger and Better by Paul Laster
https://whitehotmagazine.com/articles/art-weekend-2021-bigger-better/5132
Hyperallergic | “Artists Aren’t Just About What They Produce”: A Different Kind of Art Weekend by Hakim Bishar
https://hyperallergic.com/674021/a-different-kind-of-art-weekend-in-upstate-ny/
Cultured Magazine | Los Angeles Art Today is Dexterous Inclusive, And Unafraid by Dominique Clayton
https://www.culturedmag.com/los-angeles-art/
Artsy | Women Artists of the Middle East and South Asia are Reinventing Miniature Painting By Osman Can Yerebakan
WhiteWall | Hiba Schahbaz “In My Heart” in the Heart of NYC by Eliza Jordan
https://whitewall.art/art/hiba-schahbazs-in-my-heart-in-the-heart-of-nyc
The Center Magazine | Art in Focus Spotlight by Julie Smith Schneider
https://www.rockefellercenter.com/magazine/arts-culture/art-in-focus-spotlight-hiba-schahbaz/
Hyperallergic | The Boldly Feminine Gaze of Hiba Schahbaz by Bedatri D Choudhry
https://hyperallergic.com/591100/hiba-schahbaz-dreaming-debuck-gallery/
Artforum | Review by Wendy Vogel 2020
https://www.artforum.com/print/reviews/202007/hiba-schahbaz-83706
The Art Gorgeous | Miniature Painting From A Female Perspective by Lizzy Vartanian
https://theartgorgeous.com/hiba-schahbaz-miniature-painting-from-a-female-perspective/
WhiteHot | What Dreams I might Become by Donovan Irven
https://whitehotmagazine.com/articles/what-dreams-i-might-become/4733
A Radical New History of Queer Modernism, 1933–1950 by Jerry Saltz
https://www.vulture.com/2019/04/a-radical-new-history-of-queer-modernism.html
A Woman’s Gaze – Hiba Schahbaz Captured By Yana Bardadim
http://www.leparadox.com/art/a-womans-gaze-hiba-schahbaz-captured-by-yana-bardadim/
Femininity as Power in Hiba Schahbaz’s 'The Garden'
http://gallerygurls.net/reviews/2018/10/10/femininity-as-power-in-hiba-schahbazs-the-garden
8 South Asian artistes who are changing the way the West looks at desi culture
http://elle.in/fashion/south-asian-artist-gucci-dapper-dan-capsule-collection/
Hiba Schahbaz Drawing Human Beauty
Playboy Korea: Hiba Schahbaz Drawing Human Beauty
10 Out-of-This-World Installations at the 2018 SPRING/BREAK Art Show by Sarah Cascone
https://news.artnet.com/market/spring-break-art-show-2018-1237976
Watering the Imagination at the Spring Break Art Show by Seph Rodney
https://hyperallergic.com/431287/watering-the-imagination-at-the-spring-break-art-show/
Hyperallergic Spring Break Is an Oasis for Art Fair Haters by Hgrav Vartanian
Hyperallergic Spring Break Is an Oasis for Art Fair Haters
This Pakistani-American artist is making classical art less white and male Interview with Brittany Nattale
i-D This Pakistani-American artist is making classical art less white and male
Hiba Schahbaz: Self Portraits at the Project for Empty Space by Jonathan Goodman
https://artefuse.com/2017/05/22/hiba-schahbaz-at-the-project-for-empty-space-125068/
Muslim Artist’s Dreamy Nude Self-Portraits Show The Power Of Self-Love by Priscilla Frank
Studio Visit with Hiba Schahbaz at 56 Bogart, Bushwick by Jasmin Hernandez for Gallery Gurls
THE PAKISTANI ARTIST MAKING GORGEOUS FEMALE-CENTRIC PAINTINGS IN BROOKLYN
http://coveteur.com/2016/12/06/artist-hiba-schahbaz-interview-nude-paintings/
Why the Indian antiquities Market is important to Contemporary Art by Tara Kuru for Vogue India
http://www.vogue.in/content/why-the-indian-antiquities-market-is-important-to-contemporary-art/
AO On-Site – New York: SPRING/BREAK Art Fair at 4 Times Square, February 28th – March 6th, 2017
The Messy, DIY Aesthetic of the Spring/Break Art Show by Hrag Vratanian
http://hyperallergic.com/363253/the-messy-diy-aesthetic-of-the-springbreak-art-show/
A Times Square Show for a New Generation by Cait Munro
http://observer.com/2017/03/spring-break-art-fair-times-square-armory-week/
The Spring/Break Art Fair Is Filled with Awesome and Weird Creative Works by Maggie Shannon
9 Artists to Watch from the 2016 Bushwick Open Studios by Seph Rodney http://hyperallergic.com/327141/9-artists-watch-2016-bushwick-open-studios/
INSIDE THE SPRAWLING, BALLOON-FILLED SCENE AT BUSHWICK OPEN STUDIOS by Stephanie Eckardt http://www.wmagazine.com/gallery/inside-the-sprawling-balloon-filled-scene-at-bushwick-open-studios#1
The 10 Best Art Shows of 2015 by Jerry Saltz http://www.vulture.com/2015/12/10-best-art-shows-of-2015.html
Hiba Schahbaz Hanged with Roses by Jonathan Goodman http://www.brooklynrail.org/2015/12/artseen/hiba-schabaz-hanged-with-roses
"What Is She Thinking?": Hiba Schahbaz Brings a New Voice to an Ancient Tradition by Stephanie Berzon http://www.artslant.com/ny/articles/show/44225
New Originals at Gallery HO by Jonathan Goodman for The Brooklyn Rail http://www.brooklynrail.org/2014/03/artseen/new-originals-at-gallery-ho
The New Originals by Daniel Gauss for Arte Fuse http://artefuse.com/the-new-originals/
Hiba Schahbaz at Twelve Gates Arts by Jonathan Goodman http://www.artnowpakistan.com/articles.php?article=Hiba-Schahbaz-at-Twelve-Gates-Arts
Online Journals/Interviews
Art Smack with Jerry Gogosian and Matt Capasso
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/episode-20-hiba-schahbaz/id1504165013?i=1000606977971
Interview with Henri Robert
Bonb Magazine | Studio Visit by Christina D. Bartson
https://bombmagazine.org/articles/hiba-schahbaz-studio-visit/
Beyond the studio Podcast
https://beyondthe.studio/episode/hiba-schahbaz
Forbes | How Painter Hiba Schahbaz Embraces Gentleness, Creative Risks And Failure by Jane Claire Harvey https://www.forbes.com/sites/janeclairehervey/2018/10/19/how-painter-hiba-schahbaz-embraces-gentleness-creative-risks-and-failure/#2db8310640bd
The Future of Art and Style, as Told by a Pair of Statement Makers https://www.whowhatwear.com/gucci-watch-styles-for-fall
Paper People: Hiba Schahbaz http://www.papermag.com/hiba-schahbaz-artist-2601916156.html
Space for Women's Stories: Interview with Hiba Schahbaz https://createmagazine.com/features/hiba-schahbaz
Sound and Vision with Brian Alfred http://www.soundandvisionpodcast.com/blog/2018/1/19/hiba-schahbaz
Dreaming wiith the Enlightened: A conversation with Hiba Schahbaz http://livefastmag.com/2017/12/dreaming-with-the-englightened-a-conversation-with-hiba-schahbaz-nsfw/
Hiba Schahbaz for Work In Progress https://www.workinprogresspublication.com/hiba-schahbaz/
Gallery Girl meets Hiba Schahbaz https://gallerygirl.co/2017/10/18/gallery-girl-meets-hiba-schahbaz/
Hiba Schahbaz Interview by Danielle Schlunegger-Warner for Venison | http://www.venisonmagazine.com/hiba-schahbaz.html
Miniature Reinventor by Wyanet Vaz for Verve - http://www.vervemagazine.in/people/miniature-artist-hiba-schahbaz
The Luminous Language of Miniature Painting for ArtFile http://www.artfilemagazine.com/Hiba-Schahbaz
Tell me: Hiba Schahbaz by Noah Dillon http://www.artcritical.com/2015/11/02/noah-dillon-with-hiba-schahbaz/
Featured artist in Fronterad http://www.fronterad.com/?q=hiba-schahbaz-placer-arte-miniaturista-paquistani
Featured for Pratt Institute Hiba Schahbaz: The Delights of Art by Jonathan Goodman
Featured artist and interview for Painting is Dead http://www.paintingisdead.com/hiba-schabaz.html
Talking Shop with Hiba Schahbaz. A miniaturist with a modern sensibility. An interview with Helen Dwork for LINEA How Artist's Think http://www.asllinea.org/talking-shop-hiba-schahbaz-miniature-painting/
My Selves, an interview with HIba Schahbaz for Asypmtote, a journal of literature and art from around the globe. http://www.asymptotejournal.com/article.php?cat=Visual&id=36&curr_index=0
Catching Up, a brief interview with Sugarlift gallery http://www.sugarlift.com/blogs/the-blog/18314519-catching-up-with-hiba-schahbaz
Artist profile in Jaggery, a South Asian arts and literature journal. http://jaggerylit.com/issue-3-summer-2014/hiba-schahbaz/
Artist profile in Works & Days, an online quarterly journal. http://www.works-and-days.com/wd9/schahbaz/miniature-paintings/