An Interdisciplinary visual artist and researcher specializing in social impacts, creative research, and experiential learning. My work focuses on addressing systemic injustice in education through metaphorical poetic narratives, visual storytelling, and participatory methods. I have experience co-designing with communities, facilitating workshops, and creating interactive, thought-provoking experiences that inspire change.
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I am working with themes of systemic injustice, alienation, and human experience through poetic metaphor, visual storytelling, and participatory methods. With a background in expanded design and arts, her practice merges immersive installations, community engagement, and critical research to provoke dialogue around education, identity, and social structures. Subista completed her BA (Hons) in Interdisciplinary Expanded Design and Arts at Beaconhouse National University (Lahore) as a UNESCO Madanjeet Singh scholar. Her thesis investigates alienation in education systems, using symbolic experiences to reconnect audiences with childhood memory and critique institutional rigidity. Her recent installation, Ephemeral Atmosphere (2024), a projection-mapped piece which explores fragility and impermanence, exemplifies her interest in sensory, existential narratives. Beyond gallery spaces, she employs human-centered design to address real-world inequities, such as co-creating portable retail solutions for street vendors (Jugaar and the City, 2024) and contributing to archival projects like the Madan Puraskar Pustakalaya’s Nepali book cover cataloging. Her skills are in multimedia from illustration and animation to 3D modeling and projection mapping; her work bridges art, research, and activism, always prioritizing ethical collaboration and inclusive storytelling.
Beaconhouse National University, Lahore, Pakistan, 2025.
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