Manal Farouk

Manal holds a BA in Fine Arts and two postgraduate degrees; M.Sc. in Social Sciences from Pakistan and M.A. in Museum and Gallery Practice from University College London. Manal also completed a one-year Advanced Studio Practice from Dundas Valley School of Art and a Diploma in Interior Decorating from Sheridan College. 

• Consultant and Owner – Impasto Consultants Inc., Burlington, 2016 – Present. Interior decorating consultancy to clients in Canada and Doha Qatar.
• Inhouse Artist – 3 Sisters Cultural Center, St Jacobs Ontario 2023
• Art Instructor – Doha, Qatar Private instructor for Art instructor for Secondary and Post-Secondary Students. 2007 – 2016
• Adjunct Faculty-Institute of Fashion Design, Iqra University Islamabad, Pakistan. 2002. Designed Fine Arts curriculum and taught foundation-level courses to incoming freshmen.
• Teaching Aide – Art – International School of Islamabad (ISOI), Islamabad, Pakistan. 1996– 2001

• Ontario College Diploma - Interior Decorating, Sheridan College, 2018 - 2020
• Advanced Studio Practice - Fine Arts - Dundas Valley School of Art Dundas, 2017 – 2018
• Master of Arts – Museum and Gallery Practice, University College London, 2012-2013
• Master of Science - Defense & Strategic Studies, Quaid-e-Azam University, Islamabad, Pakistan, 1993 - 1995
• Bachelor of Arts - Islamabad College for Girls, Islamabad, Pakistan 1990 - 1992