Amina El-Edroos (b. 1989) is a visual artist, photographer and educator working between Islamabad, Pakistan, and London, UK. She earned a BFA in Digital Arts at Beaconhouse National University, Lahore (2013) and an MA in Digital Media from Goldsmiths, University of London (2023). Working primarily in digital media, she makes temporal and spatial representations in video and photography, documentation of the everyday urban and suburban space and most recently, belonging and identity as an immigrant. Her most recent research-based work, 'Janemaz' also looked at digital image making by comparing Islamic geometric principles to the code behind the digital interface as they both unfold from an infinite plane. The intention behind the work is to underscore the co-relation and contrasts between the eastern tradition and western thought and making.
Edroos has recently took part in the show 'Photographs' at Como Museum, Lahore and 'Echo' at the Womb, London. Her first solo exhibition titled 'The Neighbourhood' was at 8B2 gallery, Islamabad. Her work was also showcased at the Islamabad Art Festival and Focal Point in UAE.
Edroos has recently took part in the show 'Photographs' at Como Museum, Lahore and 'Echo' at the Womb, London. Her first solo exhibition titled 'The Neighbourhood' was at 8B2 gallery, Islamabad. Her work was also showcased at the Islamabad Art Festival and Focal Point in UAE.
Edroos has written on art for the publication the Karachi Collective. Additionally, she has taught at institutions including the National College of Arts, Lahore, School of Art, Design and Architecture at NUST, Islamabad and the Beaconhouse National University, Lahore. Along with an art practice she works on freelance photography projects.
CV
email: a.eledroos@gmail.com
Education
2023 - MA Digital Media: Theory and Practice - Image Making (First Class Honours)
Goldsmiths, University of London
Dissertation Title: Temporal Fragments: Geometric Abstraction and Enfoldment in Lived Spaces.
2013 - BFA Major in Digital Art (Distinction) Beaconhouse National University, Lahore, Pakistan
Exhibitions
Echo, Womb, London,2024
Photographs, Como Museum, Lahore, 2023
Inflection Points, Graduate Degree Show MA Digital Media & Photography, Goldsmiths, University of London, 2023
Reframe the Print, 8B2 Gallery, Islamabad, 2022
Face Off, Artcade Gallery, Islamabad, 2022
The Neighbourhood, a Solo Show, 8B2 Gallery, Islamabad, 2021
Manifest, Museum of Scroll, Online Gallery, Pakistan, 2020
Art Book Depot, India’s first art book festival, Jaipur, India, 2020
Multiplicity, showcase as part of Islamabad Art Festival, 2019
Exit Strategy, Islamabad Art Festival 2019, PNCA, Islamabad, 2019
Focal Point 2019, an annual art book fair, Sharjah Art Foundation, UAE, 2019
Nowhere: Now-here, ArtChowk Gallery, Karachi, 2019
Arbitrary Dreams, The Manor, Lahore, 2019
By the Books, Vermont Center for Photography, 2015
FRESH, Amin Gulgee Gallery, Karachi, 2014
Emerging Talent Exhibition 2013, VM Art Gallery, Karachi, 2013
The Divided Self, Contemporary Videos from Lahore, Slought Foundation, USA, 2012
Dialogue 1, Student Curated Exhibition, Alhamra Arts Council, Lahore, 2011
2023 - MA Digital Media: Theory and Practice - Image Making (First Class Honours)
Goldsmiths, University of London
Dissertation Title: Temporal Fragments: Geometric Abstraction and Enfoldment in Lived Spaces.
2013 - BFA Major in Digital Art (Distinction) Beaconhouse National University, Lahore, Pakistan
Exhibitions
Echo, Womb, London,2024
Photographs, Como Museum, Lahore, 2023
Inflection Points, Graduate Degree Show MA Digital Media & Photography, Goldsmiths, University of London, 2023
Reframe the Print, 8B2 Gallery, Islamabad, 2022
Face Off, Artcade Gallery, Islamabad, 2022
The Neighbourhood, a Solo Show, 8B2 Gallery, Islamabad, 2021
Manifest, Museum of Scroll, Online Gallery, Pakistan, 2020
Art Book Depot, India’s first art book festival, Jaipur, India, 2020
Multiplicity, showcase as part of Islamabad Art Festival, 2019
Exit Strategy, Islamabad Art Festival 2019, PNCA, Islamabad, 2019
Focal Point 2019, an annual art book fair, Sharjah Art Foundation, UAE, 2019
Nowhere: Now-here, ArtChowk Gallery, Karachi, 2019
Arbitrary Dreams, The Manor, Lahore, 2019
By the Books, Vermont Center for Photography, 2015
FRESH, Amin Gulgee Gallery, Karachi, 2014
Emerging Talent Exhibition 2013, VM Art Gallery, Karachi, 2013
The Divided Self, Contemporary Videos from Lahore, Slought Foundation, USA, 2012
Dialogue 1, Student Curated Exhibition, Alhamra Arts Council, Lahore, 2011
Teaching Experience
2019-22 - Lecturer, Fine Arts Department, NCA, Rawalpindi
2015-16 - Lecturer, School of Art, Design and Architecture, NUST, Islamabad
2013 -15 - Teaching Assistant, School of Art, Design and Architecture, NUST, Islamabad
2019-22 - Lecturer, Fine Arts Department, NCA, Rawalpindi
2015-16 - Lecturer, School of Art, Design and Architecture, NUST, Islamabad
2013 -15 - Teaching Assistant, School of Art, Design and Architecture, NUST, Islamabad
Travel Grants and Exchange Programs
2012 - INSPIRE, Project funded by British Council, University of Central Lancashire, UK
2012 - Exchange program to New Delhi, India at Sushant School of Visual Art and Design Gurgaon, India
2012 - INSPIRE, Project funded by British Council, University of Central Lancashire, UK
2012 - Exchange program to New Delhi, India at Sushant School of Visual Art and Design Gurgaon, India
Press
2021 - Haroon Shuaib, “Finding Meaning in the Mundane”, Art Now Pakistan.
2021 - Ilona Yousaf, “The Neighborhood: Amina El-Edroos’s First Solo Exhibition”, Friday Times.
2013 - Maha Malik, “Things Matter,” Nukta Art, vol. 8.
2021 - Haroon Shuaib, “Finding Meaning in the Mundane”, Art Now Pakistan.
2021 - Ilona Yousaf, “The Neighborhood: Amina El-Edroos’s First Solo Exhibition”, Friday Times.
2013 - Maha Malik, “Things Matter,” Nukta Art, vol. 8.
Other
2022 - Writer, A Call from the Mountaintop, The Karachi Collective, Critical Dialogue on Art, Design and Culture
2021 - Presenter, Teaching Projects in Art and Design at ConversationsTP, Pakistan
2019 - Writer, Chromatic Configurations, The Karachi Collective, Critical Dialogue on Art, Design and Culture
2021 - Presenter, Conversations Teaching Practices, Teaching Projects in art & design education
2017 - Presenter, Art of Small Talk, Objects of Desire
2015 - Presenter: El-Edroos, Amina and Shakil, Hira ‘Visualizing Lived Time’, Institute of Architects Pakistan (IAP-EX) conference, “Architecture and Technology’, Lahore.
2014 - Photographer, Twilling Tweeds, Pakistan
2013 - Presenter: Institute of Architects Pakistan (IAP-EX) conference, Mera Shehar (My City)
2012 - Facilitator with In-situ for the exhibition “Right here Right now”
2022 - Writer, A Call from the Mountaintop, The Karachi Collective, Critical Dialogue on Art, Design and Culture
2021 - Presenter, Teaching Projects in Art and Design at ConversationsTP, Pakistan
2019 - Writer, Chromatic Configurations, The Karachi Collective, Critical Dialogue on Art, Design and Culture
2021 - Presenter, Conversations Teaching Practices, Teaching Projects in art & design education
2017 - Presenter, Art of Small Talk, Objects of Desire
2015 - Presenter: El-Edroos, Amina and Shakil, Hira ‘Visualizing Lived Time’, Institute of Architects Pakistan (IAP-EX) conference, “Architecture and Technology’, Lahore.
2014 - Photographer, Twilling Tweeds, Pakistan
2013 - Presenter: Institute of Architects Pakistan (IAP-EX) conference, Mera Shehar (My City)
2012 - Facilitator with In-situ for the exhibition “Right here Right now”