Aysha Bilal is academician, researcher and practicing documentary photographer and graphic designer. Bilal studied Masters in Graphic Design at Punjab University and later obtained her Masters degree in Photography from Nottingham Trent University, UK in 2014. She is interested in the liquid identities of individuals, cultures and societies under and above the influence of 9/11 in the colonial societies.

 

Bilal is currently on the faculty at Lahore College for Women University and carries on her independent practice. Bilal’s solo exhibitions include “Identity Insistently Public” 2017, China and “A Normal Pakistani” 2015 UK, for Insideout Project USA. Among her group shows are “Is Say Key Parcham Taley”, Karachi 2016, Insideout Project 2015, Nottingham, UK, “A Normal Pakistani” 2014, Surface Gallery, Nottingham, UK and “A Normal Pakistani” 2014, Bonington Gallery Nottingham Trent University, UK. Her book A Normal Pakistani was published in 2015 in the UK. Her published research papers include Munnu Bhai: Aura and Beyond, Journal of History, University of the Punjab, 2018, Vandalism on Advertisement Boards in Pakistan, Journal of Research, Department of English, University of the Punjab 2019 and Blackened Faces of Women on Advertisement Boards, Journal of Research & Reviews in Social Sciences Pakistan 2019