2019
Making Waves with Wood: The Provocative Sculptures of Humaira Abid,
Public Talk with Gary Faigin at University House Wallingford, WA
2018
Searching for Home, Public Talk at University of Puget Sound, Tacoma, WA
Then and Now, Panel discussion on Immigration and Migration at Tacoma Art Museum, WA
Keynote Speaker for Neighborhood House, Washington State Convention Centre, WA
Front Row Centre: Humaira Abid, conversation with Marcie Sillman, KUOW at Bellevue Arts Museum, WA
Searching for Home in the Pacific NW, Panel discussion at Bellevue Arts Museum, WA
Searching for Home, Artist Talk at Shoreline and Burien Library, WA
Artist Talk at Wood Technology Centre, Seattle WA
2017
The Beauty of Being Uncomfortable, Talk for Women’s Business Exchange, Seattle, WA
Keynote Speaker, Cultural Conversations organized by the City of Bellevue, WA
Lecture/slide presentation at Newcastle Library, WA
Artist Talk: ‘Searching for Home’ at Cornish College of the Arts, WA
Artist Talk: Humaira Abid at Bellevue Arts Museum, WA
Beyond Borderlands: Artist Talk at The Office of Arts & Culture, King Street Station, Seattle, WA
2016
Lecture/slide presentation, Tacoma Art Museum, WA
Panel discussion, SOFA EXPO, Chicago, IL
Guest speaker for EDGE program organized by Artist Trust, Port Townsend, WA.
Penal discussion with senior art students at Cornish College of Arts, Seattle, WA.
2015
Lecture/slide presentation for ALOHA group, Tacoma, Washington
Talk/Panel discussion on GLOBAL FEMINISM, Bellevue Arts Museum, Washington
2013
Lecture and critique for M.A Visual Arts, National College of Arts, Lahore, Pakistan
Lecture/slide presentation at Seattle Asian Arts Museum, Seattle, Washington
2011
Lecture/slide presentation at ArtXchange Gallery, Seattle, Washington
2007
Lecture/slide presentation at Sandra Phillips Art Gallery, Denver, Colorado
Lecture/slide presentation organized by Kuona Trust, Naivasha, Kenya
Lecture/slide presentation at Stonearium, Seattle, Washington
Lecture/slide presentation at Creativity Centre, 7, Bainbridge Island, Washington
Lecture/slide presentation hosted by Sculpture Pursuit magazine, Denver, Colorado
Lecture/slide presentation at Loveland Museum, Colorado
2005
Lecture/slide presentation organized by Malaysian Delphic Association, Kuching, Malaysia
2004
Lecture/slide presentation at Garhi Artist Village, New Delhi, India
Lecture/slide presentation at Chitrakala Parishat, School of Art, Bangalore, India
Lecture/slide presentation organized by PARTAGE, Flic en flac, Mauritius
2020
Lahore Biennial, IAC Gallery, Lahore, Pakistan
2018
Teaching Residency at University of Puget Sound Tacoma, WA
2014
BAM Biennial 2014, ‘Knock on Wood’ at Bellevue Arts Museum, WA,
2009
Bolivia Art Biennial, La Paz, Bolivia
2008
International Wood sculptors Symposium, Annaberg-Buchholz, Germany
2008
2nd,International Women Artists Workshop, Kenya
2006
Artist in residence, Europos Parkas, Museum of central Europe, Lithuania
2005
Sculpture Symposium, Sarawak Museum, Kuching, Malaysia
2004
Artist in residence, Garhi Artists’ Studios, Lalitkala Academy, New Delhi, India
2004
PARTAGE International Artists Workshop, Flic en Flac, Mauritius