Dr Abbas displays her ‘Pensive Nature’

Solo exhibition reflects the artist’s natural surroundings in rich acrylic tones

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan National Council of the Arts (PNCA) organised an exhibition by Dr Masooma Abbas titled as ‘Pensive Nature’. The event was inaugurated by Federal Ombudsperson for Protection against Harassment of Women at the Workplace Kashmala Tariq. While looking at Dr Abbas’s work she admired the use of nature as a metaphor defining life and its transition taking refuge in colors.

Dr Abbas is a renowned visual artist, research scholar and art historian, post-doctoral fellow of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. She studied at Lahore College for Women University (LCWU) and has a Master of Fine Arts (Silver Medalist) LCWU. She also has a PhD in Fine Arts.

Dr Abbas participated in almost 20 painting and calligraphy group shows at the national level since 1996. Her “Passion for Freedom” a 10 days residency programme, was held at The Institute of Visual Arts and Design LCWU in May 2014.

Moreover, she also performed seven national solo exhibitions showing diversity of colors in her work of art. The solo exhibition reflected the artist's contemplative nature which she expresses through her indigenous natural surroundings in rich acrylic tones.

Published in The Express Tribune, April 26^th, 2019.