Information — Mawra Tahreem

About

Mawra Tahreem is an interdisciplinary visual artist and researcher currently based in Providence, RI. She recently earned an MFA from the Rhode Island School of Design and also holds an MPHIL in Cultural Studies and a BFA in Textile Design. Through motion and visual narratives, Tahreem explores impermanence, liminality, suspension, and silencing. Her research-based art practice comprises experimental films, installations, and drawings that voice absence, time, and space.
She worked as a Research Assistant at the RISD Museum for two years on the South Asian Research Project, where she analyzed, documented, and cataloged textiles from South Asia. She serves as an Editorial Assistant for the Journal of Illustration. Moreover, she taught a self-designed studio course, “Material Culture and Narratives,” at RISD and encouraged students to unravel the stories of everyday objects through hands-on experience. Tahreem has participated in various community-engaged projects, including visual ethnography in the field after receiving the RISD Graduate Commons Grant and a collaborative effort with the World Monuments Fund to preserve living heritage in Pakistan.

mtahreem@risd.edu
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