Naqsh Raj (b.1984) is an artist, educator and a mother. Until December 2023, Raj was teaching at the Art & Design department at Nottingham Trent International College, UK. She has a Masters Degree in Visual Arts from the National College of Arts, Lahore. She served in Pakistan as an Art educator for ten years at Comsats University, Islamabad. Raj has won numerous awards for her painting, including the 2024 ‘Nigaah Award’, presented at Mohatta Palace, Karachi. In 2023, she was shortlisted for the prestigious ‘John Moores Painting Prize’ and received the main prize in ‘Open 23’ at Tarpey Gallery, UK. Her work is exhibited and collected internationally.
Master of VIsual Art, National College of Arts, Lahore
2024 Klangfarben, Galerie Klaus Braun – Stuttgart, Germany.
2023 Escape with the Homeland, Galerie Klaus Braun, Stuttgart, Germany.
2024 Summer Salon” Mura Ma Art Space, Manchester, UK.
2024 “Holding Up” (three person show), Mura Ma Art Space, Manchester, UK
2024 “That… Which Binds Us” A Collateral Event to Lahore Biennale 03, Ejaz Gallery, Lahore.
2024 “ Next Nature” Three person show, TANZARA Gallery, Islamabad.
2024 National Women Exhibition “HERSTORY”, Pakistan National Council of
Arts. Islamabad.2023 OPEN, Tarpey Gallery, UK.
2022 “LIMINAL”, HAAM Gallery, Lahore.
2022 “The Winners “, Gallery 6, Islamabad.
2022 Anna Molka Award Exhibition, Punjab University, Lahore.
2022 Art Exhibition on Kashmir Solidarity Day, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Islamabad.
2022 Inaugural exhibition of Islamabad art Gallery F9, Islamabad.
2021 Alhamra 3rd National Exhibition of Visual Arts, Lahore.
2020 Onrushing-4, Gallery 6, Islamabad.
2017 9th National Exhibition, Pakistan National Council of Arts, Islamabad.
Primary, an artist-led contemporary visual arts organisation based in the UK.
Visiting Lecturer : Nottingham Trent International College of Art and Design , 2022 – 2023
Assistant Professor : COMSATS University – Islamabad, 2014 – 2021
2024 Nigaah Award, Mohatta Palace Karachi.
2023 Main Prize Winner, Open 23, Tarpey Gallery, UK.
2023 John Moores Painting Prize (short Listed).
2017 Arjumand Painting Award.
2009 “ REFRESHED “ Young Artist Exhibition Award, Alhamra Art Council, Lahore.
Vasl-Rohtas International Residency, Islamabad, 2011