As a visual artist hailing from Karachi, Pakistan, Zoya Alina Currimbhoy's art practice draws heavily on the disciplines of painting and performance. After graduating from the Rhode Island School of Design in 2017 with a BFA in Painting, her artwork has since been widely exhibited across the globe. Zoya's work in managing art exhibitions and developing programs has given her first-hand experience working closely with galleries, including Karachi's oldest gallery, Chawkandi Art.
In addition to her artistic endeavors, Zoya is an accomplished educator and was an adjunct faculty member at the Indus Valley School of Art and Architecture, where she taught courses across the Fine Art Department's studio-based and theory and research-based classes. In 2020, Zoya traveled to London to pursue an MA in Spatial Performance and Design from the Architectural Association School of Architecture, graduating in 2021 with distinction for her research on the use of live art practices and workshops as social tools for transitional justice and the rehabilitation of individuals who have experienced violence through civil war, international drone warfare, or postcolonial trauma. Zoya remains active in the field of art education. In her own visual art practice, Zoya approaches her work with a multidisciplinary mindset, drawing on a variety of creative fields to create dynamic works of design that offer unique viewer experiences. Many of the recurring themes she explores revolve around deconstructing the experience of translating, analyzing, and depicting moments of miscommunication and non-verbal conversations. Through her art, Zoya explores her intuition and seeks to portray personal and societal healing and growth by depicting moments of darkness alongside moments of elation. Her visual language uses a unique brand of romanticism and fantasy to make emotionally charged subject matter accessible and immersive.
(United Kingdom) The Architectural Association, School of Architecture (AA) (2020- 2021)
MA in Spatial Performance And Design (AAIS) with Distinction.
Through a series of interdisciplinary artistic collaborations and research genre-defying spatial performances and installations get created.
(United States) Rhode Island School of Design (RISD) (2013-2017)
Bachelor of Fine Art in Painting with a concentration (minor) in Literary Arts (English)
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Selected Exhibitions
Elegant Warriors of Justice,” -Koppel Project Station- London (June 2023) This project was created in collaboration with Australian artist Elyssa Sykes-Smith. We created a series of site specific large-scale multimedia installations for holding cells at what used to be an old police station/ heritage site.
Koppel X - group show, 48 Regents st, Piccadilly Circus, London (March 2023)
‘Q Rickshaw,’ mobile street performance, curated by Amin Gulgee and Adam Fahy-Majeed, Karachi, Pakistan (January 2022) (more info)
‘Polyrhythm’ live performance at The Forge, United Kingdom hosted by (AAIS) Architectural Association (July 2021) (more info)
‘Reverberance’ a live performance hosted by the Enjoy-Art Museum, Beijing China. (AAIS) (March 2021)
International Public Art Festival (IPAF) at Karachi House, Pakistan, “Red Magic” (March 2020) (more info)
‘Reliquary’- group show at Chawkandi Art Gallery, Karachi, Pakistan (February 2020)
‘Inside Out’- group show at Chawkandi Art Gallery, Karachi Pakistan (August 2019) (more info)
International Public Art Festival (IPAF) at Karachi Port Trust, ‘The Quantum City’, Karachi, Pakistan (March 2019) (more info)
‘Mix Tape (1)’- group show at Canvas Gallery, Karachi, Pakistan (September 2018)
Painting Department Exhibition- group show at Woods-Gerry Gallery, Providence RI (September to October 2016)
Painting Department Exhibition- group show at Memorial Hall RISD, (January 2015)
Artist in Residence Kulturfactory International Residency, Domicella, Italy- October 2019
‘SALTY’- group show at 1748 Adams, Los Angeles, CA (September 2017)
‘Performance: Object, Body, and Narrative. An afternoon of sixteen performers engaging sculptures’-group show at 130 Point St, Providence, RI (May 2017)
‘In Presence’-group show at Distillery Gallery Boston, MA (May 2017)
‘Falling Stars in Retrograde’- group show at Memorial Hall Gallery, RISD, Providence, RI (May 2017)
‘Mutual Encounters’- group show at Gelman Gallery, RISD Museum, Providence, RI (March 2017)
‘Painting Senior Show’- group show at Woods-Gerry Gallery, Providence, RI (March 2017)
Exhibited in the hallways of The Granoff Center for the Creative Arts at Brown University, Providence, RI (October 2016)
‘Mesh’- group show at The Granoff Center for the Creative Arts at Brown University, Providence, RI (October 2016)
‘Off Scale’- group show at Granoff Center for the Creative Arts at Brown University, Providence, RI (April 2016)
‘The Big Picture’- group show at ‘The Drawing Room’, Providence, RI (March 2015)
‘Identity’- group show at ‘Koel Art Gallery’, Karachi Pakistan (January 2013