From her college days to the early years of the biennale, this photo essay gives our readers a sneak peek at the unseen photos of Qudsia Rahim, the Director of Lahore Biennale Foundation.
Qudsia as an art student at the National College of Arts (NCA), Lahore, 1992.
Qudsia at her graduation ceremony at Alfred University, New York, with her mother-in-law, Tahira Ahmed Nayyar, 1999.
Qudsia at a focus group for the field elective, “Art for Humanity,” that she developed while teaching at NCA, Lahore, 2012.
Qudsia Rahim and Raza Ali Dada for the first project of LBF, “My East Is Your West”, a collaboration with Rashid Rana, 2014
Impromptu talk session at Lawrence Garden Lahore for the project, “Stories We Tell — Aao Sunayein Kahani”, 2015
Site visit and tribute to the shrine of Bulleh Shah, 2018
With Hoor al-Qasimi, curator of Lahore Biennale 02, Between the Sun and the Moon, 2020
Qudsia with Qasim Jafri, Nighat Ali, Fauzia Qureshi, and Ghazala Rehman after installing plaques for the Sangat Lahore project, a group of citizens giving tribute to the history and legacy of Lahore, 2023