Education

2024 M.F.A., School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Massachusetts 
2019 B.A., Columbia University, New York, New York

Professional Experience

2024- 2025      Teaching Assistant, Canopy Program, NYC Crit Club, New York, New York
2022 Woodshop Monitor, School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Massachusetts

2020- 2022      Teaching Artist, Self Employed, Karachi, Pakistan 

2020 Pre-K Art Teacher, Karachi Grammar School, Karachi, Pakistan

2021 Communications, Development and Projects Associate, Conspiracy of Geniuses, Seattle,
Washington

2019- 2022 Editor (freelance), Vasl Artist’s Association, Karachi, Pakistan

2018                Syllabus Consultant (History Department), Habib University, Karachi, Pakistan
2017                Field Representative, Amnesty International, New York, New York

2016-2017 Front Desk Receptionist, Berick Center for Student Advising, New York, New York

2016 Intern, Quill.org, New York, New York
Substitute Teacher, St. Joseph’s Convent School, Karachi, Pakistan
2015-2017      Emergency Food Program Assistant, Community Impact at Columbia University, New
York, New York

Volunteer Experience

2019 Volunteer, Flux Factory, New York, New York
2018- 2019      Intake Counselor, The Door, New York, New York
2016 Peace-by-Peace Classroom Facilitator, Community Impact at Columbia University, New
York, New York
2013-2015. Volunteer Coordinator, Teach for Pakistan, Karachi, Pakistan 

Bibliography

Benz Amataya and Jean Ngai. Phases: Limited Edition Artbook. Chicago, IL: Dear Artists Project, 2021.

Publications

Vasl Editorial Team and Laila Pathan, eds. Art in Pursuit. Karachi, Pakistan: Vasl Artists’ Association, 2019.
Adeela Suleman and Laila Pathan. “Introduction.” In Art in Pursuit, edited by Vasl Editorial Team and Laila Pathan. Karachi, Pakistan: Vasl Artists’ Association, 2019.

Awards and Residencies

2024-2025 Canopy Program, NYC Crit Club, New York, New York
2022-2024       M.F.A Scholarship, School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Massachusetts
2022 Artist in Resident, Dear Artists Project, Remote
2022 Artist in Resident, El Sur, Mexico City, Mexico 
2018 Gamblin Painting Award (nominated by Gregory Amenoff and Nicola Lopez, Columbia
University)

Exhibitions 

2025 Swimming in the Mirror, Canopy Program, New York, New York
2024 Pulling Teeth and Jumping Rope, Tufts University, Medford, Massachusetts
2023 Solo Exhibition, Kaisa Hai Yeh Bandhan?, School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston,
Massachusetts
2022 Why Artists Do Strange Things, Full Circle Gallery, Karachi, Pakistan
La Oficina, El Sur, Mexico City, Mexico
2021 Phases, Dear Artists Project, Online
2020 Open Studios at C4, C4 Artists’ Collective, Karachi, Pakistan
2019 Thesis Exhibition II, Leroy Neiman Gallery, New York, New York
2018 Thesis Exhibition I, Leroy Neiman Gallery, New York, New York 

Collections

Private Collection, Karachi, Pakistan
Private Collection, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Private Collection, New York, New York