Yumna is a multidisciplinary artist and educator whose practice spans sculpture, installation, performance, and time-based media. Born in Badin,
Sindh and currently based in Lahore, her practice centers on the relationship between nature, materiality, and transformation. Each idea determines
its own form, whether performance, installation, sculpture, photography, or painting, allowing the medium to emerge organically from the concept.
Across these mediums, her work examines how cycles of decay, erosion, renewal, and resilience mirror the emotional and physical conditions we
in habit. Through tactile processes and poetic visual language, she brings attention to the environmental, cultural, and emotional landscapes that
shape the life.
Yumna received her Masters in Art and Design from Beaconhouse National University (2021) and a Bachelor in Fine Arts (Sculpture) from the Centre
of Excellence in Art & Design, MUET Jamshoro (2016). She currently serves as a Lecturer at Kinnaird College for Women University, Lahore.
She is the Winner of the ADA Awards 2024–2025 in the Time-Based and Interactive Art category and the 2nd Prize Winner of the Emerging Artist
Award at Art Fest Karachi (2024). Her work and profile have been featured in ICONICA Magazine, The Friday Times, Dawn, and Youlin Magazine.
Yumna has exhibited widely across Pakistan and internationally, including Ras Al Khaimah Art Festival (2026), That Studio Lahore (2025), ANN Ideas
Lab Karachi (2024), Haam Gallery (2024), Gallery 6 Islamabad (2024), Sambara Art Gallery Karachi (2024), Como Museum of Art Lahore (2022),
and ArtSoch Contemporary (2021), among many others.
My creative process mirrors the journey of healing, a journey that is nonlinear, marked by moments of struggle and breakthrough. In my series of
blue paintings, I explore the intimate journey of meditation and the profound process of healing. Blue, the predominant hue in my work, symbolizes
serenity, depth, and the vast expanse of the subconscious mind. Drops, delicately dispersed across the canvas, serve as metaphors for moments of
insight and clarity that emerge from the depths of contemplation.