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Ms Mushtaq is currently a senior lecturer at Camberwell College of Art. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eNotable solo and group exhibitions include “State of Play”, Larkin Durey, The Subject is the subject is..., Pristine Contemporary, Delhi, India, Through a Glass, Darkly, Niru Ratnam Gallery, London, UK, Summer Exhibition 2025, Royal Academy, London, UK, and Bringing the Spice, Raven Row, London, UK. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eMs. Mushtaq has received Muse Residency Award 2021-2022, the Bridgeman artist award,2019 Carpenter's Wharf Studio residency award for 2019, London, INKSTER PRINT residency 2019 and SANAT artist residency award, 2014, Pakistan.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"anokhi-baat","title":"Anokhi Baat","description":"\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThis body of work plays on the notion on reframing and playing with archival and found film and television footage; the works are part of an ongoing series that investigates Identity and Nationhood through the the lens of media. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Naira Mushtaq","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48615858176155,"sku":null,"price":120000.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0613\/8675\/2155\/files\/AnokhiBaat_NairaMushtaq.jpg?v=1779356525"},{"product_id":"10_12_1992","title":"10_12_1992","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eThe custodial role played by various missions across former colonies and their contribution to colonial expansion has become increasingly prescient in my practice. 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