Abdullah Qureshi

Visiting Faculty @Mariam Dawood School Of Visual Arts And Design

Montreal, QC, CA
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WORK HISTORY

Sep 2025 — Present

Visiting Faculty @Mariam Dawood School Of Visual Arts And Design

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Lahore, PK

Designing and teaching ‘Toward Decolonial Feminisms: Artistic and Curatorial Strategies of Collaboration, Resistance, and Coalition-Building’—an elective course for undergraduate Art, Design, and Media students. During the 16-week online course, students engage with critical readings and case studies that focus on transnational feminist approaches to socially engaged and community-based arts projects, examining theoretical frameworks and creative strategies of collaboration, collectivity, and coalition-building as vital tools for generating counter-histories and imagining alternative futures.

EDUCATION

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York University

MFA in Film

2007 — 2010

University of the Arts London

BA (hons) Fine Art

2010 — 2011

University of the Arts London

MA Fine Art

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Aalto University

Doctor of Arts, Contemporary Art

ABOUT ABDULLAH QURESHI

Abdullah Qureshi is a multidisciplinary artist, curator, and educator. Rooted in traditions of abstraction, he incorporates gestural, poetic, and hybrid methodologies to address autobiography, trauma, and sexuality through painting, filmmaking, and immersive events. Qureshi\'s work has been exhibited internationally and he has conducted lectures, paper readings, and artist talks around the world. In 2017, Qureshi received the Art and International Cooperation fellowship at Zurich University of the Arts, and in 2018, a research fellowship at the Center for Arts, Design, and Social Research, Boston. In 2019, he joined the Centre for Feminist Research, York University, Toronto as a visiting graduate student. Qureshi holds a Doctor of Arts degree with distinction from Aalto University in Finland, and is currently visiting faculty (remote) at the School of Visual Arts and Design at Beaconhouse National University, Lahore.

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