Ajea Zahid
Born 2000, Karachi, Pakistan
Lives and works in London, UK
Ajea Zahid is a visual artist from Lahore Pakistan, based in London UK.Her interests lie in the intimacy of the human condition. Zahid works from observations and memory to construct figures that sit somewhere between the deeply familiar and the unknowable. Using the visual language of drawing and painting, her surfaces attempt to locate an emotional truth in the way people exist among and in relation to one another. Zahid is a recipient of the Elizabeth Greenshields Foundation and the White Pube Grant. She has also been awarded the coveted Valerie Beston prize 2026.
EDUCATION
2026 MA Painting, Royal College of Art, London UK
2024 BA Painting, National College of Arts, Lahore, Pakistan
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
2026 'London Writes Itself,' LBF Contemporary, London, UK (Group)
2026 Underbelly,' Subtitle Labs, London, UK (Solo)
2026 'Drunken Boat,' Haricot Art Gallery, London, UK (Group)
2025 'Untitled Art Miami Beach,' presented by SARAI Art Gallery and NumaishGah, Miami, US (Group)
2025 '3 Minutes Before Now,' NumaishGah, Lahore, Pakistan (Solo)
2025 'The Quiet Storm,' Tanzara Gallery, Islamabad, Pakistan (Group)
2025 'Roshani,' 55 East Castle Street, Subtitle Labs, London, UK (Group)
2025 'Noor,' Pristine Art Gallery, India (Group)
2024 'Ajea Zahid's Unspoken,' NumaishGah, Lahore, Pakistan (Solo)
2024 'Tangible,' Frieze Mayfair, London, UK (Group)
2024 'Broadcast Vol II,' Oart Space, Lahore, Pakistan (Group)
2024 'Creative Currents – Emerging Perspective,' Ejaz Art Gallery, Lahore, Pakistan (Group)
2024 'Figure '24,' Gallery6, Islamabad, Pakistan (Group)
2024 'Asli Contemporary,' NumaishGah, Lahore, Pakistan (Group)
2024 'Art Exhibition,' Tagh'eer Lahore x The Art Den by MTK, Dubai, UAE (Group)
2024 'RECENT II,' Tagh'eer Creative Space, Lahore, Pakistan (Group)
2024 'Fine Art Thesis,' National College of Arts, Lahore, Pakistan (Group)
2023 '19th Emerging Artists,' VM Art Gallery, Karachi, Pakistan (Group)
2023 'Crafting Histories' (Our Shared Cultural Heritage), Zahoor ul Akhlaq Gallery, Lahore, Pakistan (Group)