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NURJAHAN AKHLAQ
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NURJAHAN AKHLAQ
B: 1979, Pakistan
EDUCATION:
2004
BFA Film Production, Concordia University, Montreal, Canada
2008
MFA Fine Art, Goldsmiths College, University of London, U.K
GROUP EXHIBITION:
2015
“Phenomenology of Perception”, Exhibit320, New Delhi, 2015
“Three Person Show”, Exhibit 320, New Delhi
“And Nothing But the Truth”, Parrhesia II Koel, Karachi, Pakistan
“No Man‟s Land”, Gallery 39K, Lahore, Pakistan
2014
“The Garden of Idea”, Contemporary Art from Pakistan, Aga Khan Museum, Toronto
“Monitor Reruns”, a Space Gallery, Toronto
2010
“Print now”, Bear space, London, U.K
“The Rising Tide”, New Directions in Art from Pakistan, Mohatta Palace Museum, Karachi, Pakistan
2008
“Goldsmiths MFA Degree Show”, Goldsmiths College, London, U.K
“The Lovers Were Ambassadors to Imaginary Utopias”, Commune, Karachi, Pakistan
2007
“IM”, Goldsmiths College, London, UK
“Year End Exhibition”, Goldsmiths College, London, UK
2006
“Beyond the Page”, Contemporary Art from Pakistan, Asia House, London, UK
FILMS
“Death in the Garden of Paradise” (16mm/video), 21 min
SELECTED SCREENINGS
2007
“Festival of 3 Continents”, Nantes, France
“Anthology Film Archives”, New York, USA
2006
“Poetry + Projections”, Drake Underground, Toronto
“Kassel Documentary and Video Festival”, Kassel
“Zanzibar International Film Festival”, Zanzibar
“Commonwealth International Film Festival”, Manchester
“Images Festival of Independent Film and Video”, Toronto
“It‟s All True International Documentary Film Festival”, Sao Palo
“Monitor 2: A Programme of South Asian Film and Video”, Toronto
“Third I New York, Urban Hum of Pakistan”, New York
“Mumbai International Film Festival”, Mumbai
“2005
“Dhaka International Short and Independent Film Festival”, Dhaka
“IDFA”, International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam”, Amsterdam
“Poetry + Projections”, the Drake Hotel Underground, Toronto
“Festival of New Cinema New Media”, Montreal
“Tasveer Seattle Independent South Asian Film Festival”, Seattle
“EBS International Documentary Festival”, Seoul Korea
“Filmy Independent South Asian Film Festival”, Toronto
“Unfinished”, a Program of Short Film and Video, Chicago
“San Francisco International Film Festival”, San Francisco
“Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival”, Toronto
“Kara film”, Karachi International Film Festival, Karachi, Pakistan
2004
“OAC” Mobile Media Film and Video Tour
“Monitor” Contemporary South Asian Film and Video at Camera, Toronto
“Mateela Film Festival”, Art Gallery of Mississauga, Lahore, Pakistan
2003
“Flight” (16mm/DV), 10 min
Images Festival of Independent Film and Video, Toronto
Montreal World Film Festival, Student Film Festival, Concordia University Year end Screening
“PHENOMENOLOGY OF PERCEPTION”, EXHIBIT 320, NEW DELHI
Nurjahan Akhlaq‟s recent body of work explores concepts of space and perspectives rooted in Islamic arts and architecture. While referencing
this language of flatness, geometry and abstraction, Akhlaq attempts to create compositions that are inviting to the viewer‟s imagination. The
„up cycled' objects and surfaces that materialize in Lahore‟s old bazaars and vernaculars have long held her interest. This second tier economy,
often where first world commodities/material are transformed or appropriated in form and function; she finds the history of these materials
quite potent. The „found images‟ utilized in the works are sourced from the Anarkali footpath bazaar, as well as second hand art books. Akhlaq
is interested in creating a collision between the opulent, ornamental and stylized qualities of this language with a local vernacular to create
compositions and articulations of space. These two divergent strains fused together create a tension that she hopes will elicit
readings/narratives that are associative, formal, or playful.
Seized Rhythm, Mixed Media Acrylic on Paper, 10. 5” in x 4.5” in, 2015
Exhibit 320, F – 320 Lado Sarai New Delhi 30 www.exhibit320.com, exhibit320@gmail.com, 011-46130637
Broken Beauty, Mixed Media Acrylic on Paper, 10. 5” in x 4.5 in”, 2015
Exhibit 320, F – 320 Lado Sarai New Delhi 30 www.exhibit320.com, exhibit320@gmail.com, 011-46130637
Coded Weave, Mixed Media, Acrylic on Paper, 10. 5” in X 4.5” in, 2015
Exhibit 320, F – 320 Lado Sarai New Delhi 30 www.exhibit320.com, exhibit320@gmail.com, 011-46130637
Locked Diagonals (Ardabil I), Mixed Media, Acrylic on Paper 10. 5” in x 4.5” in, 2015
Exhibit 320, F – 320 Lado Sarai New Delhi 30 www.exhibit320.com, exhibit320@gmail.com, 011-46130637
Distant Diagonals (Ardabil II), Mixed Media, Acrylic on Paper, 10. 5” in X 4.5” in, 2015
Exhibit 320, F – 320 Lado Sarai New Delhi 30 www.exhibit320.com, exhibit320@gmail.com, 011-46130637
Untitled Mixed Media, Acrylic on Paper, 10. 5” in X 4.5” in, 2015
Exhibit 320, F – 320 Lado Sarai New Delhi 30 www.exhibit320.com, exhibit320@gmail.com, 011-46130637
PREVIOUS WORK BY NURJAHAN AKHLAQ
Mangled Logic, Acrylic and Paper Collage; 10”.6 in X 14”.5 in, 2015
Exhibit 320, F – 320 Lado Sarai New Delhi 30 www.exhibit320.com, exhibit320@gmail.com, 011-46130637
Brute Fortress, Ink and Paper Collage; 14”.5 in X 10”.6 in, 2015
Exhibit 320, F – 320 Lado Sarai New Delhi 30 www.exhibit320.com, exhibit320@gmail.com, 011-46130637
Atrophied Structures II, Mixed Media Collage; 14”.5 in X 10”.6 in, 2015
Exhibit 320, F – 320 Lado Sarai New Delhi 30 www.exhibit320.com, exhibit320@gmail.com, 011-46130637
Mute Legacy, Mixed Media Collage; 14”.5 in X 10”.6 in, 2015
Exhibit 320, F – 320 Lado Sarai New Delhi 30 www.exhibit320.com, exhibit320@gmail.com, 011-46130637
Untitled, Mixed Media Collage; 11”.7 in X 16”.5 in, 2009
Exhibit 320, F – 320 Lado Sarai New Delhi 30 www.exhibit320.com, exhibit320@gmail.com, 011-46130637
Bulldozer, Mixed Media Collage, 11”.7 in X 16”.5 in, 2009
Exhibit 320, F – 320 Lado Sarai New Delhi 30 www.exhibit320.com, exhibit320@gmail.com, 011-46130637