Biography
Born in Kuwait, lives and works in Islamabad and Boston
Associate Professor, National College of Arts, Rawalpindi
2004-2006 Lecturer, Universität der Künste, Berlin
1999-2002 Visiting faculty, National College of Arts, Lahore

Education
2004 Meisterschüler, Universität der Künste, Berlin
2002 M.A (Honors) Visual Arts, National College of Arts, Lahore
1999 BFA (Sculpture), National College of Arts, Lahore

Selected Group Exhibitions and Screenings
2008 The Audience and the Eavesdropper - New Art from India and Pakistan, Phillip de Pury, London/NYC
Nuit Blanche, Toronto
Farewell to Post-Colonialism, Guangzhou Triennial 2008, Guangdong Museum of Art, Guangzhou, China
Drawn from Life, Green Cardamom, London
Dubai Art Fair, Green Cardamom, Booth B52, Dubai
In-Situ, Shake Before Use, ARTIUM de Alava, Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain
2007 Not Only Possible But Also Necessary-Optimism In The Age Of Global War, 10th International Istanbul Biennial, Istanbul (catalog)
Urban Myths and Modern Fables, UTS Gallery, Sydney (catalog)
Inaugural show, National Art Gallery, Islamabad (catalog)
Contemporary Art from Pakistan, Thomas Erben, NYC
Divination, B 22, Hamburg/Paris
Politics of Fear, Albion gallery, London
2006 Desi Pop, Maison Folie, Lille
Beyond the Page, Asia House, London; Manchester Art Gallery, Manchester (catalog)
Open day, Gasworks, London
256 Shades, VM Art Gallery, Karachi
Zones of Contact, Biennale of Sydney, Sydney (catalog)
Open day, Vasl International Artist Workshop, Gadani
2005 Something Purple: Media Art From Pakistan, Artist Commune, Hong Kong
Layers of Times and Spaces, ifa Gallery, Berlin, Stuttgart (catalog)
Meisterschüler Prize, Gallery Michael Schultz, Berlin (catalog)
Miniatures from Pakistan, art en chartreuse, France
Bueno Ensemble, ARC Gallery, Chicago, IL
KOVIDEO 1st Durban Video Festival, Mumbai
Mind Wrestlers, Parsons Paris School of Design, Paris
13 Boxes, Goliath Art Space, Brooklyn, NY
Beyond Borders, National Gallery of Modern Art, Mumbai (catalog)
2004 Art from Pakistan, Houses of Parliament, London
Aar Paar 3, Lahore | Karachi | Mumbai | Juhu
Meisterschüler Prize, Universität der Künste, Berlin
Art from Pakistan, House of Parliament, London
Open Studios, triangle Artists Workshop, NY (catalog)
Miniatures from Pakistan, Fukuoka Museum of Asian Art, Fukuoka (catalog)
8th Symposium Junge Kunst, Gütersloh
FreiRäume, FreiStil e.V., Berlin (catalog)
Love It or Leave It, 5th Cetinje Biennial, Cetinje (catalog)
Creative Insecurity, Harbourfront Centre, Toronto (catalog)
Along the X-Axis: Digital Art From India and Pakistan, New Delhi
Playing with a Loaded Gun, Kunsthalle Fridericianum, Kassel (catalog)
2003 Junger Westen 2003, Kunsthalle Rechlinghausen, Rechlinghausen (catalog)
Peace with India, Neher Kinarey, Lahore
Miniatures Pakistanaises, Maison d'Art Contemporain Chaillioux, Paris | Zurich (catalog)
Contemporary Miniature From India/Pakistan, Fine Art Resource Gallery, Berlin (catalog)
Third Karafilm Festival, Karachi (catalog)
2002 Painting Over the Lines: Five Contemporary Artists from Pakistan, Indo Center, NY | York Quay Gallery, Toronto (catalog)
Hamra Abbas and Nosheen Saeed, two person show, Canvas Art Gallery, Karachi
Around the Miniatures, Canvas Art Gallery, Karachi
2001 First Karafilm Festival, Karachi (catalog)
Mateela Film Festival, Lahore

Solo Exhibitions
2008 The Adventures of Woman in Black, Green Cardamom, London
New Works by Hamra Abbas, Gallery NCA, Rawalpindi
God Grows on Trees, Schultz Contemporary, Berlin
God Grows on Trees, Zahoor-al-Akhlaq Gallery, NCA, Lahore
2006 Hamra Abbas, Gallerie Dorothia Konwiarz, Berlin
2005 Lessons on Love, Rohtas 2, Lahore
I can't really explain what it's like where I live, but someday I'll take you there, The Phatory, New York City, NY
Men in White, Vermont Studio Center, VT
2002 Art and Ashes, Gallery NCA, Lahore
2001 More Smoke Than Fire, Gallery NCA, Lahore

Awards/Scholarships and Residencies
2006 Gasworks Artist Residency Program, London
Vasl International Artist Workshop, Gadani
2005 Scholarship, Stiftung Künstlerdorf Schöppingen
Scholarship, Dorothea Konwiarz Stiftung, Berlin
ArtOmi, International Artists Worshop, NY
2004 Meisterschüler Prize, Universität der Künste, Berlin
Triangle Artists Workshop, NY
8th Symposium Junge Kunst, Gütersloh
2003 Fellowship Award , Vermont Studio Center, VT
2002 DAAD Scholarship, Germany
2000 Shakir Ali Award (highest merit award), National College of Arts, Lahore
1997 - 2002 PEP Scholarship, Lahore
1995 - 1998 Merit scholarship, National College of Arts, Lahore