Mariam Qureshi

About

Canadian,   —   Airfare curator Mariam Qureshi is an award-winning multidisciplinary visual artist, cultural producer, community builder, and fine art curator with over seven years of professional experience in art galleries, museums, and nonprofits. She specializes in contemporary fine art pieces, public exhibits, and paints in expressionism. She continues to present her art with The Austrian Museum of Modern Art, The Bay1Gallery, Galerie CAVA, Artists in the fallow, Bidgala, Gallea, Saatchi, Singulart and others. She currently holds the position of Art Director & Curator with Lotus Art Gallery. Recognized for an eye for fine art, her curatorial practice seeks to respond to community, contemporary fine art, self-reflection, identity, multipolarity, and sustainability. She is dedicated to presenting creative imagination, artist development, environmentally-based art programming, and action-driven communities. She is a self-taught painter with an academic background in Comparative Development and Environmental studies. Her particular self-taught painting style showcases techniques often found in classic art from the early 1900s but with a modern outlook on life. Though she didn't expect it, her career as a visual artist has allowed her to share powerful emotions and conversations. Mariam has an infectious personality that tends to leave you inspired. She currently lives in Edmonton, Alberta, where she has dramatically supported and influenced artists. In 2018, she was awarded the City's Ambassador of art. She hopes to continue to share original and creative subject matter through art to keep feeling the imagination. www.art-expressionism.com