Qudsia Rahim

Qudsia Rahim, the co-founder and executive director of the Lahore Biennale Foundation (LBF), has a background in both art and academia. She has established several initiatives, including the field elective program at the National College of Arts called Art For Humanity; the Research Cell at LBF, which conducts research on various forms of artistic expression within Pakistan and its diaspora; and the Afforestation Lahore Group, “a consortium of the government and civil sector that works with the loss of local/urban ecology and other urgent environmental challenges.”

Endorsed by the Climate Ministry of Pakistan and the Pakistan Environmental Protection Agency, Ms. Rahim is the Project Director/Author of the Green School Certification Program, a scalable initiative that sought critical thinking and whole systems learnings on climate education and ecological practices using art education as a pedagogical tool.