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RUBABA HAIDER
Rubaba Haider is a contemporary artist based in Melbourne Australia. Rubaba is originally from Pakistan where she studied miniature painting at the National College of Arts, Lahore.

Education
2004 – 2007 
Bachelor of Fine Art, National College of Arts, Lahore, Pakistan

Selected group exhibitions
2014
Melbourne Art Fair, Niagara Galleries, Royal Exhibition Building, Melbourne
Group Show, Words for Art, Melbourne 
Solo show, Craigieburn Art Gallery, Melbourne
Solo show, Niagara Galleries, Melbourne
2013
Burqas, Veils & Hoodies: Identity and Representation, Walker Street Gallery and Arts Centre, Melbourne
New Heartlands Fine Art Prize, Fortyfive Downstairs, Melbourne
2012
Melbourne Art Fair, Niagara Galleries, Royal Exhibition Building, Melbourne
Affordable Art Fair, Words for Art, Royal Exhibition Building, Melbourne
Islamic Council of Victoria, Melbourne
2011
Intimate Pictures - Pakistani Contemporary Miniatures, Tokyo Gallery + BTAP,Tokyo, Japan
Heartlands Fine Art Prize, Fortyfive Downstairs, Melbourne
2010 
Heartlands Fine Art Prize, Alliance Francaise de Melbourne, Melbourne
Phoenix Youth Centre, Melbourne
Intricate Contemplation and Nostalgia, Alhamra Art Gallery, Lahore, Pakistan
Mader-e-Gul,  The Hunt Club, Victoria
2008
Herbert Art Gallery and Museum, London
Connect, Anant Art Gallery, New Delhi, India
The Genesis, Gandhara Art Space, Karachi, Pakistan
Miniature Artists of Pakistan, National College of Arts, Lahore, Pakistan
Thesis Show, National College of Arts, Lahore, Pakistan

Awards
2013
Hume City Council - Emerging Visual Artist Award, Craigieburn Global Learning Centre, Victoria
2011
Heartlands Fine Art Prize (winner Newly arrived prize), AMES, Melbourne
2010
Heartlands Fine Art Prize (winner First place), AMES, Melbourne

Commissioned Projects & Public Art
2012
Route-96 Tram stop design projects, Melbourne
2011
Snapshots of Oz - series of five short films for the Department of Immigration, Australia
2010
WYPIN (Western Young People’s Independent Network), Photography workshop, Footscray
Different Cloaks of Culture, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne

Collections
The Lekha and Anupam Poddar Collection, India
Green Cardamom, United Kingdom
Private collections Australia and overseas

Publications
Robert Nelson, 'Art Melbourne 2012', The Age, 30 May, 2012
'Artfiend: Intricate contemplation and nostalgia', Dawn.com, 14 February, 2010
Louis Werner, 'Reinventing the Miniature Painting', Saudi Aramco World, July/August 2009
Sumbul Khan'Questioning Neo-Miniature', The Anxious Century, Nukta Art, Vol. 3 TWO 2008, p.12
Salwat Ali, 'Crossing the threshold', Dawn Gallery, 26 January, 2008
Muhammad Ashraf, 'Displaying Diversity',The Nation - Sunday Plus, 27 January, 2008