Mahnoor Euceph in Conversation with Hibah Mian

10/21/2026

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Mahnoor Euceph in Conversation with Hibah Mian

Join artist and filmmaker Mahnoor Euceph and curator Hibah Mian for an online conversation exploring contemporary art, cultural memory, and the evolving relationship between historical and contemporary image-making.

Presented in conjunction with Euceph’s exhibition The Image Remembers: Chughtai Moving Portraits at the Art Gallery of Burlington (AGB), the conversation will take the exhibition as a point of departure to explore Euceph’s artistic practice and the ideas behind her moving-image works inspired by the paintings of celebrated South Asian artist Abdur Rahman Chughtai.

Together, Euceph and Mian will consider how contemporary artists revisit and reinterpret art history, how digital media can extend and transform visual traditions, and what happens when canonical works are approached through new cultural and artistic perspectives. The conversation will also offer insight into Euceph’s broader creative practice and career, including her work across film and visual art and her ongoing engagement with questions of heritage, authorship, identity, and visual storytelling.

About the Exhibition

The Image Remembers: Chughtai Moving Portraits
August 14, 2026–January 3, 2027

Community Generator Series – Lounge

Art Gallery of Burlington

Meet the Speakers

Mahnoor Euceph, Los Angeles-based writer, director, and producer. Photo Credit: James Barton

Hibah Mian, Mississauga-based curator, educator, and cultural strategist. Photo Credit: Jayden Rukas

About the Speakers

Mahnoor Euceph is a Los Angeles-based writer, director, and producer whose work explores the South Asian diaspora through the female gaze, blending humour with stories of identity, belonging, and decolonization. A graduate of UCLA and USC’s School of Cinematic Arts, where she was a George Lucas Scholar, she is the creator of the award-winning short film Eid Mubarak, which screened at more than 40 international festivals and was longlisted for the 96th Academy Awards. In 2024, she was selected for both the Proof of Concept accelerator founded by Cate Blanchett and Coco Francini and the Pillars Artist Fellowship. She is currently developing her first feature film, 11:11.

Hibah Mian is a Mississauga-based curator, educator, and cultural strategist whose practice spans exhibitions, research, and public pedagogy across Canada and internationally. Her work explores migration, memory, language, and visual culture through research-driven exhibitions and interdisciplinary programming. She has curated projects with institutions including the City of Toronto, City of Mississauga, Museums of Mississauga, Peel Art Gallery, Museum + Archives, Oxford Properties, Manifesto Community Projects, and HAAM Gallery in Lahore, Pakistan. Mian has also served as a public art juror and taught undergraduate and graduate courses at Humber Polytechnic and the University of Toronto.

Community Generator

The AGB’s Community Generator is a series of community art exhibitions and activations designed to connect more artists with more audiences. Presented in dedicated spaces throughout the gallery, the program provides a platform for artists, collectives, and community groups to share their work while fostering creativity, dialogue, and exchange.