Rohama Malik
Education
- M.F.A. in Illustration Practice (Fulbright Scholar), Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, MD (2018–2020)
- B.A. (Hons) in English (Minor: Political Science), Lahore University of Management Sciences, Pakistan (2012–2016)
Biography
Rohama Malik has been Assistant Professor of Communication and Design at Habib University since 2022, and received Habib’s Distinguished Award in Teaching in 2024. She previously taught as Adjunct Faculty at Beaconhouse National University (2021–22) and was a Graduate Teaching Intern at the Maryland Institute College of Art (2019).
She is a multidisciplinary illustrator and writer working across speculative fiction and mental health themes, in mediums spanning digital and traditional illustration, sculpture, embroidery, and animation. She is a Fulbright Scholar and MICA MFA graduate, where she received the Nancy Lee Rhodes Roberts Graduate Fellowship. Her work has appeared in The Aleph Review, at the Sharjah Art Book Fair (2023), and at group exhibitions including the Lahore Digital Arts Festival (2021) and Tomorrow at PressMatter, Shanghai (2020).
At Habib, she has given recent talks including “Utopic Visions” at the Imagining Future Conference and “Design Talk: The Making of ampersand volume 1” at The Last Word (both 2025), and “Mediative Drawing: Incorporating Fluidity in Pedagogy and Practice” at UX Pakistan (2023).
Selected Publications
- “FOCAL POINT” (hand lettering), Sharjah Art Book Fair, 2023
- “Illustrated Visions: Speculative Imagery from South Asia” (embroidery), Tasavvur Magazine, 2022
Honors
- Distinguished Award in Teaching, Habib University (2024)
- Fulbright Scholarship (2018–2020)
- Nancy Lee Rhodes Roberts Graduate Fellowship (2018–2020)
- Special Mention, Tiny Publication Grant, Kurachee (2020)
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