User:Sumaira amin/sandbox

Winner of the Third World Miniature Painting Competition 2009 Sumaira Amin is known for reliving Islamic heritage and culture through paintings. She has adopted a conservative approach in painting Sumera Amin, a traditional miniature painter by temperament and art educationist by profession living and working in Lahore. She graduated in Miniature painting with Honors from National College of Arts (2006) and done one year diploma in calligraphy (2007) from the same institute. She is teaching at National college of Arts as an Assistant Professor and founder of the one year miniature painting diploma program and conducting sessions for the preparation of drawing test for undergraduate admissions in art schools. She got especial training in sign language for deaf students who have interest in art from Hamza Foundation Academy & Deaf Reach Training Centre, Lahore. She also arranged gilding art activities especial in miniature painting workshops in Pakistan, Algeria and Italy. Her work is also display in the National Museum of Algeria (2009), National Museum of Oriental Art Rome (2016) and remarkable participation in the book entitled as “The Lahore Fort Images in Miniature” published by UNESCO (2006). She has participated in international calligraphy competition in Iran (2010), miniature painting competition in Algeria (2009). She has participated in many group shows nationally and internationally including the ones in “Ancient Pakistan”, Islamabad (2016), “Calligraphy group show”, Islamabad (2015), “Miniature Painting group show”, Istanbul (2015, 2014)