MADYHA J. LEGHARI

LOCAL-ARtist-in-residence / February 4 – September 9, 2026

Madyha J. Leghari (b. 1991) is a visual artist, writer and educator. She holds a BFA from the National College of Arts, Lahore, and an MFA from the Massachusetts College of Art and Design. Her multidisciplinary practice interrogates the possibilities and limits of language and the body, occupying the interstices of poetry, post-humanism and semantic play. 

Leghari has been recognized with numerous prestigious fellowships and residencies, including the Fulbright Scholarship, Hamiltonian Artists Fellowship, Wherewithal Research Grant, Islam & Print Fellowship, Delta Research Placement at Flat Time House, Murree Museum Artist Residency and Siena Art Institute Residency. Her work has been exhibited internationally at venues such as the Pera Museum, Kreeger Museum, Sea Foundation, Karachi Biennale, University of Colorado Boulder, and Bennington College amongst others.  

Her work has been featured in The Washington Post, Artforum, and The News Pakistan. She has taught at the National College of Arts, Lahore, Massachusetts College of Art and Design, and Beaconhouse National University.

Learn more about Madyha’s work at madyhaleghari.com

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