HAMIDA KHATRI
creative therapy platform
HAMIDA KHATRI
b. 1985, Pakistan
http://hamidakhatri.wix.com/hami-k | http://hamidakhatri.wix.com/communitywork
EDUCATION
2015
Certificate / Diploma in Humanistic Counseling
Therapy Works (Karachi, Pakistan), awarded by Counseling and Psychotherapy Central Awarding Body (CPCAB – United Kingdom)
2012
Bachelor of Fine Arts with Overall Distinction (Major in Sculpture, Minor in Photography)
Indus Valley School of Art & Architecture, Karachi, Pakistan
2008
Master of Business Administration (Major in Marketing)
Institute of Business Management, Karachi, Pakistan
2007
Bachelor of Business Administration (Major in Marketing)
Institute of Business Management, Karachi, Pakistan
PROJECTS / TRAINING PROGRAMS / WORKSHOPS / COMMUNITY-BASED WORK
Jan 2015
Conducted 1-day art therapy workshop at Amader Pathshala School, a social initiative for providing education to under-privileged children, Dhaka, Bangladesh
http://amaderpathshala.blogspot.com
Jan 2015
Conducted 1-day art therapy workshop at Bandhu Social Welfare Society, a non-profit Bangladeshi organization working towards providing a safe environment to sexual minority groups, Dhaka, Bangladesh
Jan 2015
Conducted 2-days art therapy workshop at Roopbaan, a non-profit Bangladeshi volunteer-based platform for LGBT community, Dhaka, Bangladesh
Jan 2015
Conducted 1-day art therapy workshop at Charukala School, Barisal, Lakutia, Bangladesh
Dec 2014
Conducted creative art winter camp for children at Saturday Studio, Karachi, Pakistan
Nov 2014
Conducted puppetry and mask-making workshop at Alliance Françoise de Karachi for the Creative Karachi Festival, Karachi, Pakistan
Nov 2014
Collaborated with Peace Paper Project and Texas Tech University for an art therapy workshop for the Military and Veterans Program, Women’s Studies and Museum of Texas Tech students, staff, and community members, Lubbock, Texas, United States of America
http://www.peacepaperproject.org/profiles.html
Oct 2014
Conducted puppetry art therapy workshop at the Indus Valley School of Art & Architecture with third-year Bachelor of Fine Arts students, Karachi, Pakistan
Aug 2014
Part of community-based ‘Project Happiness’ by Zero Gravity – a non-profit youth voluntary network in association with Dr. Shrikant Jichkar Foundation that works towards education, sustainable employment, and environmental awareness programs, Nagpur, India
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u8ToeppQI70
Aug 2014
Conducted 7-days art therapy workshop with high school students at Alag Angle Studio, Nagpur, India
Aug 2014
Conducted 3-days art therapy workshop at Chanda Devi Saraf School and College with Grade 6-8 students, Nagpur, India
http://www.cds-alumni.org/xoops2_4_2/modules/myalbum/photo.php?com_mode=thread&com_order=0&lid=169
Aug 2014
Conducted 4-days art therapy workshop at Government Secondary High School with Grade 11-12 students, Paradsinga, India
Aug 2014
Conducted 4-days art therapy workshop at Gurukul High School with Grade 6-9 students, Paradsinga, India
Aug 2014
Conducted 4-days art therapy workshop at Government High School with Grade 6-9 students, Paradsinga, India
Aug 2014
Conducted 4-days art therapy (puppetry) workshop at Government Primary School with Grade 3-5 students, Paradsinga, India
Aug 2014
Played a lead role in a short film Farfala (Butteflies) for Yes! I am the Change (YIAC), a project based on inspiring, engaging, and empowering youth to participate in social transformations through film-making, Nagpur, India
http://yesfoundation.in/program/yes_change.html
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yK7au2nLJT0
May 2014
Participated as an artist / project coordinator for project ‘Creative Partnerships’ training by Creativity, Culture and Education (Newcastle, United Kingdom) at the Aman Foundation, Karachi, Pakistan
http://www.vaslart.org/xhtml/artnow/workshop/2014/cce_project/index.html
May 2014
Conducted art therapy workshop at Behbud Primary School with Grade 4-5 students, Karachi, Pakistan
May 2014
Conducted 5-days creative math workshop at Al-Murtaza School with Grade 6 students, Karachi, Pakistan
Mar 2013
Participated as an artist / project coordinator for project ‘Artists in Creative Education’ training by Creativity, Culture and Education (Newcastle, United Kingdom) at the Ikon Gallery, Birmingham, United Kingdom
http://www.creativitycultureeducation.org/ukpakistan-aice
Jan 2013
Conducted art therapy classes at the Recovery House (Rehabilitation Centre), Karachi, Pakistan
June 2012
Participated as a volunteer to paint one of the school premises of Manzil Educational Organization, Karachi, Pakistan
ACHIEVEMENTS AND AWARDS
2013 – 2014
Project Coordinator for Artists in Creative Education and Creative Partnerships projects, a collaboration between Creativity, Culture and Education (Newcastle, UK) and Vasl Artists’ Collective (Karachi, Pakistan) to embed creative teaching and learning within Pakistani school system
http://www.creativitycultureeducation.org/ukpakistan-aice
http://ikon-gallery.org/event/artists-in-creative-educationuk-and-pakistan/
http://www.vaslart.org/xhtml/artnow/outreach/2014/cce/index.html
http://www.vaslart.org/xhtml/artnow/workshop/2013/cce_project/index.html
http://www.vaslart.org/xhtml/artnow/workshop/2014/cce_project/index.html
http://www.asef.org/pubs/asef-publications/3251-enabling-crossovers
2013
Third position award at 2nd National Photographic Art Exhibition, Lahore, Pakistan
2012
Overall distinction award from Indus Valley School of Art & Architecture, Karachi, Pakistan
2012
Abu Shamim Areff award (sponsored by Foundation of the Museum of Modern Art, FOMMA) for best research in dissertation from Indus Valley School of Art & Architecture, Karachi, Pakistan
http://www.indusvalley.edu.pk/Press Release 2012.pdf
2001
Bachubai Adarji Kandawalla prize in economics from Mama Parsi Girls’ Secondary School, Karachi, Pakistan
1998
Manazeh R. Rustowji art prize from Mama Parsi Girls’ Secondary School, Karachi, Pakistan
1993
Alla Noshir Gazdar art prize from Mama Parsi Girls’ Secondary School, Karachi, Pakistan
RESIDENCY PROGRAMS
1st – 14th Jan 2015
Uronto Residential Art Exchange Program, Lakutia, Barisal, Dhaka, Bangladesh
http://www.thedailystar.net/residential-art-exchange-programme-ends-60554
20th – 27th Aug 2014
Khoj International Artists’ Association, Gram Art Project: Art Therapy Workshops, Paradsinga, Nagpur, India
http://hamidakhatri.wix.com/communitywork#!artciles-and-testimonials/cn96
11th – 18th Aug 2014
Artist Residency, Alag Angle Studio: Art Therapy Workshop, Nagpur, India
https://www.behance.net/gallery/20699325/Art-Therapy-Workshop-by-Pakistani-artist-Hamida-Khatri
11th – 20th June 2014
Khoj International Artists’ Association, Gram Art Project: Eco Sanitation – Negotiating Routes: Ecologies of the Byways V, Paradsinga, Nagpur, India
http://blog.khojworkshop.org/?
http://blog.khojworkshop.org/?p=936
http://blog.khojworkshop.org/?p=931
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-C4papDHXfc&feature=youtu.be
http://kindlemag.in/water-everything-ecology-sanitation-irrigation-project-gram-art/
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
Jan 2015
Open Day – Uronto Residential Art Exchange Program, Lakutia House, Barisal, Bangladesh
Dec 2014
Epreuve De Force, Gallery Alliance Françoise, Karachi, Pakistan
Nov 2014
Creative Karachi Festival, The Second Floor in association with Alliance Françoise, Karachi, Pakistan
May 2014
Mind Over Matter, FOMMA DHA Art Centre, Karachi, Pakistan
Mar 2014
Fresh, Amin Gulgee Gallery, Karachi, Pakistan
Dec 2013
Mad in Khi 3D - II, ArtChowk Gallery, Karachi, Pakistan
Oct 2013
Analogical Paradigms, IVS Gallery, Karachi, Pakistan
May 2013
2nd National Photographic Art Exhibition 2013, Lahore Arts Council, Lahore, Pakistan
May 2013
11th Emerging Talent – 2013, VM Art Gallery, Karachi, Pakistan
April 2013
In Times Like These, Warehouse Gallery, Karachi, Pakistan
April 2013
Memoirs of the Future – 9th Annual Exhibition for Young Artists 2013, Lahore Arts Council, Lahore, Pakistan
Mar 2013
Fantastic Frostings, Canvas Gallery, Karachi, Pakistan
Feb 2013
Awaaz – Baldia Factory Fire Inferno, Arts Council, Karachi, Pakistan
UPCOMING SOLO EXHIBITION
Feb 2015
Uncharted Territory, Sanat Art Gallery, Karachi, Pakistan
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Jan 2015
Residential Art Exchange Program Ends by Susanta Ghosh, The Daily Star, Barisal, Dhaka, Bangladesh
Aug 2014
Art Therapy Lets Student Undertake A Journey of Self-Exploration by Barkha Mathur, Times City, The Times of India, Nagpur, India
Aug 2014
From Karachi with Love Through Art by Vikas Vaidya, City Line, The Hitavada, Nagpur, India
June 2014
Young Pakistani and Bangladeshi Artists Go Gushy Over Nagpur by Deepak Gurnani, Nagpur Times, Nagpur, India
June 2014
Lines of Discomfort, Sakaal, Nagpur, India
May 2014
‘I Love Real’ Dilemma by Shahana Rajani, NuktaArt 2014 Issue, Karachi, Pakistan
Feb 2014
3D: A New Vocabulary by Amra Ali, The Herald, Karachi, Pakistan
Dec 2013
NuktaArt – Volume 8-Two 2013 Issue, Karachi, Pakistan
Nov 2013
Pursukoon Karachi by Abdul Aziz Sohail, Art Now, Karachi, Pakistan
July 2013
Neighbourhood Watch by Quddus Mirza, ART India – The Art News Magazine of India, India
July 2013
Emerging Talent, ArtNow, Karachi, Pakistan
July 2013
11th Emerging Talent Show – 2013, Pakistan Art Review, Karachi, Pakistan
May 2013
Photography: Such Exhibitions Can Teach The Young Lot A Lot by Hassan Naqvi, Express Tribune, Karachi, Pakistan
April 2013
The Fantastic Five by Sama Faruqi, Newsline, Karachi, Pakistan
March 2013
Fantastic Frostings and more by Peerzada Salman, Dawn Newspaper, Karachi, Pakistan
March 2013
Burnt Voices by Quddus Mirza, The News, Karachi, Pakistan
Dec 2012
Grand Finale by Salwat Ali, Dawn Newspaper, Karachi, Pakistan