Dua Abbas Rizvi (b. 1987) is a visual artist and writer based in Lahore, Pakistan. She graduated from the National College of Arts in 2010 with a Distinction in Painting, and was awarded the Shakir Ali Award and Sir Percy Brown Prize for excellence in Fine Arts and History of Art. Her work has been exhibited across Pakistan and in group shows abroad. Notable shows include Elegies, Effigies (Taseer Art Gallery, Lahore); The Glowing Embers Within (Satrang Gallery, Islamabad); Choreographed Encounters (IVS Gallery, Karachi); Pakistan Art Today (Art Junction, The Lalit New Delhi); New Visions (Mussawir Art Gallery, Dubai); Young Blood (Canvas Gallery, Karachi); and Vast Narratives (Rohtas Gallery, Islamabad). Her paintings are part of private collections in France, USA, India and Canada. Dua writes about art for Art Now (Pakistan), The Friday Times, and Libas International. She has taught drawing, painting and art theory at the NCA, Lahore, and has worked with the British Council as