Portrait of Abdullah Qureshi. Photograph courtesy: Hammas Wali

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Upcoming Curated Exhibition: Tidal Paths, an[other] space, Lahore, February 5th - March 4th, 2026. The group exhibition explores Decolonial feminist strategies of remembering, refusal, and repair, and features the works of Mehwish Abid Abaidullah, Farida Batool, Zulfikar Ali Bhutto, Nada El-Omari, Naiza Khan, Sepideh Rahaa, Elham Rahmati, and Masooma Syed.
Abdullah Qureshi successfully defended his doctoral thesis, Mythological Migrations: Imagining Queer Muslim Utopias—Artistic and Curatorial Strategies of Collaboration, Collective Resistance, and Coalition-Building, at Aalto University in Finland on December 4th, 2025. Recognising his work as a significant contribution to existing European Studies scholarship on race, gender, sexuality, and religion from artistic and curatorial perspectives, the Doctoral Programme Committee awarded his dissertation a pass with distinction. Additionally, his thesis was selected for Art Theses (formerly Aalto Arts Books) and is published by Aalto University. It can be purchased from the Aalto University shop.

Between Flesh and Remembering: On Personal Histories, Queer Intimacies, and Poetic Gestures, 2025 - Present (work-in-progress)


A trip to the beach, 2005, enamel paint on canvas, 137.16 x 106.68 cm
A trip to the beach, 2025, enamel paint on canvas, 137.16 x 106.68 cm
Installation Views: Rooms of Heat and Haze, 2025


Rooms of Heat and Haze, solo exhibition at Art Scene Gallery, Karachi, 2025. Photographs by Humayun Memon.

Once you thought you knew where you were going, 2023 - 2024

Installation Views: We Were Never Meant to Survive, 2024


We Were Never Meant to Survive, solo exhibition at Vane, Gateshead, 2024. Photographs courtesy: Mark Duffy