, a contemporary art gallery that focuses on international artists who are under-represented.
In true Desi-fashion, Qamar didn’t tell her parents that she was pursuing art as a career until it was inevitable. “A career in modern art has always been faced with challenges. More so in Asian cultures because it represents an anti-stability aspect; the idea that you could always be at risk of losing money,” says Qamar. But after gracing the cover ofin Canada, her parent’s became aware of their daughter’s work — partly due to their friends and family congratulating them.
From the outside looking in, success seems like it happened overnight for the artist, but that’s not quite the case . “I've been working my whole life it seems to find my place in the art world. It's all I had ever known to do. A background in advertising helped to strategize and create campaigns for shows and launches. But it took 28 years to get here.”