Mariam Qureshi

About

Canadian,   —   Artfare curator Mariam Qureshi is an award winning multidisciplinary visual artist, cultural producer, community builder, and fine art curator with over 7 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 the presentation of 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. Passionate for peace and peaceful resolutions, she was born in a war torn part of Paskistan, then submerged into the Montreal's French culture, she has grown that passion for innovation and creation. Her own paintings are always striking expressions of contemporary life or sceneries of nature. Her particular self taught style of painting showcases techniques often found in classic art from early 1900's but with a contemporary outlook on life. Though she didn't expect it, her career as a visual artist, has allowed her to share significant emotions and conversations. Mariam has an infectious personality that tends to leave you inspired. She currently lives in Edmonton, Alberta where she has been a tremendous support and influence to 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.