Noormah Jamal is a Brooklyn based multidisciplinary artist. She graduated from the National College of Arts Lahore in 2016, majoring in Mughal Miniature Painting. And earned her Masters in Fine Arts in Painting and Drawing from Pratt Institute, NY in 2023.
Her work centers around identity and the personal baggage that people carry. Her image making and sculptures are deeply rooted in the oral histories of her people and family.
Some of her notable shows include, Space in Time at Rietberg Museum in Switzerland and at Canvas Gallery Karachi; Sites of ruin at Twelve gates gallery in Philadelphia and Poetics of relatability at Aicon contemporary in NYC.
Her work has been featured in various publications and media including Hyperallergic, the Herald, the news Pakistan, the Karachi collective and the Aleph review.
She was an artist in residence at VASL Karachi, for the Taaza Tareen 2019 cycle and was awarded the Imran Mir art prize in 2019. Currently she is a member of the Elizabeth foundation for the arts, Manhattan studio program and is an artist in residence with the Children’s museum of the arts in NYC and Project art.