lam a Lahore-based miniature artist and a graduate of Kinnaird College with a Bachelor’s degree in Fine Arts. Currently, I am pursuing my Master’s of the University in Italy. My work has been exhibited in Lahore and Karachi, reflecting my ongoing engagement with themes of memory, loss, and belonging through contemporary interpretations of miniature painting and material exploration, My practice draws inspiration from the stories I heard from my grandmother about the India-Pakistan Partition and the fading cultural practices of South Asia, These stories, layered with nostalgia and displacement, have shaped my understanding of identity and home. They evoke in me a borrowed memory a deep emotional connection to a past that continues to echo through generations.

Over time, my work has evolved beyond traditional miniature techniques to include fabric, thread, and found materials. These tactile elements allow me to explore fragility, transformation, and the slow process of decay and erasure. By manipulating textures, layering materials, and incorporating subtle traces of wear, I aim to capture thetransient natureof memory how cultural andpersonal histories fade, fragment, and yet persist inform and feeling. My practice thus becomes a space for reflecting on the delicate balance betweenremembering and forgetting, belonging and displacement, preservation and loss.