Saadia
Batool

Awardee

Country

Pakistan

Saadia Batool reexamines history through visual art.

Themes
Reexamining history
Indigenous rights
Disciplines
Visual Art
Awards
SEED Award 2025
Supported by
Ing Yoe Tan

Profile

Saadia Batool is a visual artist based in Pakistan. Her practice aims to reassemble fragmented memories and reimagine cultural heritage, serving both as commemoration and as palimpsests against historical amnesia.

Saadia has exhibited in various spaces, including "Historical Children" at SAVVY Contemporary, Berlin (2024); the "Inception Grant Show" at Triveni Kala Sangam, New Delhi, India (2024); and "The Story Underneath" at 8B2 Gallery, Islamabad (2024). She graduated with Distinction in Fine Art from the National College of Arts, Lahore, in 2022, specialising in Painting. In 2024, she participated in a summer residency at Gasworks, London, and was awarded the Inception Grant.