Imran Qureshi

Imran Qureshi, born in Hyderabad (PK) in 1972, lives and works in Lahore (PK). 
He is known for his unique aesthetic which combines the motifs, symbolism and ornamental techniques of 16th- and 17th-century Mughal miniature painting with current issues and the formal language of contemporary abstract painting. In 2011, Qureshi was awarded the Sharjah Biennial Prize for his site-specific installation Blessings upon the land of my love, which marked his international breakthrough. In 2013, he was Deutsche Bank’s Artist of the Year. Imran Qureshi is Assistant Professor in the department of Fine Arts at the National College of Arts in Lahore (PK).

 
Solo exhibitions
2016 Where The Shadows are So Deep, Barbican, London. Idea of landscape, Kunsten Museum of Modern Art, Aalborg (DK). 2015 Idea of landscape, Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, Paris. 2014 Deutsche Bank Artist of the Year 2013: Imran Qureshi, Ikon Gallery, Birmingham (UK). 2013 The Roof Garden Commission: Imran Qureshi, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York (US). Artist of the Year, Deutsche Bank Kunsthalle, Berlin.
 

Group exhibitions
2015 The Great Game, Iranian Pavilion, 56th International Art Exhibition, La Biennale di Venezia (IT). 2014 Garden of Ideas: Contemporary Art from Pakistan, Aga Khan Museum, Toronto (CA). Don’t you know who I am?, M HKA, The Museum of Contemporary Art Antwerp (BE). 2013 The Encyclopedic Palace, 55th International Art Exhibition, La Biennale di Venezia (IT). 2012 All our relations, 18th Biennale of Sydney, Cockatoo Island, Sydney (AU). 2011 Plot For A Biennial, 10th Sharjah Biennial.
 

Publications
Imran Qureshi: Artist of the Year 2013, exh. cat. Deutsche Bank, Hatje Cantz, Ostfildern 2013.
Ian Alteveer, Navina Najat Haider, Sheena Wagstaff (eds.), The Roof Garden Commission: Imran Qureshi, exh. cat. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, MetPublications, New York 2013.
Imran Qureshi, Side by Side, Raking Leaves, London 2010.
Amna T Naqvi, Jemima Montagu (eds.), Blessings Upon the Land of my Love, gandhara-art publication, Hong Kong 2010.

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