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Faseeh Saleem is an enthusiastic design thinker; exploring the rigor in artistic design research to develop skills for contributing insightful and alternative conceptions of body in the field of art and design. He has recently completed his doctoral studies at the Swedish School of Textiles, University of Borås, Sweden. He graduated with a BA in Textile Design from Beaconhouse National University (BNU), Lahore, Pakistan in 2007. This further encouraged him to explore his creative potential in both fields of textile and fashion. He later completed his MFA in fashion and textile design with a specialization in textile design at the Swedish School of Textiles, University of Borås, Sweden. 

He is a co-founder of the artistic research project entitled: DRAFTS initiated in 2021 in collaboration with Dr. Vidmina Stasiulyte. DRAFTS highlights the dynamic processes of thinking, ideating, and suggesting ideas through the medium of design artifacts. Their series of experimental exhibitions and symposia showcases diverse examples and interpretations of what a research artifact is or could be. He is also a collaborator, and co-founder of Somatic Provocations – Fashioning a Dialogue – with Rohma Moid Khan, which brings academicians, researchers, and practitioners to explore, synchronize, and expand ideas, thoughts, and practices in fashion and textiles.

His works have been exhibited in reputed Art Galleries and Museums, i.e., at The Textile Museum of Borås – Sweden, Artlab Gallery John Labatt Visual Arts Centre Western University, London – Canada, 1st International Art Triennial Unpredictable futures UFNA – Lithuania, designtransfer, Berlin University of the Arts, Berlin – Germany, KHOJ Studios, New Delhi – India, Open Design for E-very-thing, Cumulus 2016 – Hongkong, Stockholm furniture fair 2010, Stockholm – Sweden, Alhamra Art Center, Lahore – Pakistan, IVS Gallery, Karachi – Pakistan, Articulate Studios, Lahore – Pakistan and many more.