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Rashid Rana
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Rashid Rana was born in Lahore, Pakistan in 1968. He received his Bachelor's degree from the National College of Arts, Lahore, in 1992; and in 1994 received his Master's degree from Massachusetts College of Art, Boston. Although trained as a painter, Rana has recently turned his attention to various genres of new media art, including digital photography, installation, and video. Nevertheless, the artist dislikes being defined only as a painter...
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Rashid Rana was born in Lahore, Pakistan in 1968. He received his Bachelor's degree from the National College of Arts, Lahore, in 1992; and in 1994 received his Master's degree from Massachusetts College of Art, Boston. Although trained as a painter, Rana has recently turned his attention to various genres of new media art, including digital photography, installation, and video. Nevertheless, the artist dislikes being defined only as a painter or photographer. Not fond of hard boundaries, he prefers the liberty to choose for himself.
Rana’s work deals with everyday issues ranging from faith and tradition to urbanization and popular culture. He uses photography and video installations to depict his commentary and parody of both social and political scenarios. In his composite photomontages, for instance, each main image is made up of several thousand smaller photographs of diametrically opposite subjects. There is a moment of sudden withdrawal when the viewer moves closer to the picture and becomes aware of the miniature images that compose the larger one.
Artist and curator Quddus Mirza considers Rana one of the most important figures amongst the new generation of Pakistani artists. His work has been exhibited in Pakistan and abroad. In 2007 Rana exhibited in solo shows at Nature Morte, New Delhi and Shanghai; Chemould Prescott Road and Chatterjee & Lal, Mumbai; and Art + Public, Geneva. His other solo shows include those held at V.M. Gallery, Karachi, 2004; Rohtas Gallery, Islamabad, 2000; and Zahoor ul Akhlaq Gallery, Lahore, 2000.
Rana lives and works in Lahore, where he teaches at Beaconhouse National University.
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Born
1968
Lahore, Pakistan
Education
1994 Master of Fine Arts, Massachusetts College of Art, Boston, USA
1992 Bachelor of Fine Arts, National College of Arts, Lahore, Pakistan
Exhibitions
Selected Solo Exhibitions
2014 Lisson Gallery, Milan
2013...
Selected Solo Exhibitions
2014 Lisson Gallery, Milan
2013 'Labyrinth of Reflections: The Art of Rashid Rana 1992-2012', Mohatta Palace Museum, Karachi
2012 'Apposite | Opposite', concurrently exhibited at Chemould Prescott Road and Chatterjee & Lal, Mumbai
2011-12 'Everything is Happening at Once', presented by Cornerhouse as part of Asia Triennial Manchester 11, Manchester touring to New Art Exchange, Nottingham presented in partnership with Lisson Gallery, London
2011 'Translation/Transliterations', presented by Gandhara Art, Hong Kong at The Pao Galleries, Hong Kong Art Center, Hong Kong
2011 Chemould Prescott Road and Chatterjee & Lal, Mumbai
2011 Lisson Gallery, London
2010 'Meeting Point', Nicholas Robinson Gallery, New York
2010 'Perpetual Paradox', Musée Guimet, Paris
2007 ‘Dis-Location’, Chatterjee & Lal in collaboration with Gallery Chemould, Mumbai
2007 Art Public – Cabinet P.H., Geneva, Switzerland
2007 ‘The Politics of Fear’, Albion, London
2007 'Reflected Looking', Nature Morte, New Delhi
2007 Inaugural Show, National Art Gallery, Islamabad
2006 ‘Reflected Looking’, Nature Morte, New Delhi
2005 ‘Identical Views’, Chatterjee & Lal, Mumbai in collaboration with Nature Morte, New Delhi
2004 ‘Identical Views’, V.M. Gallery, Karachi
2004 ‘Identical Views’, Nature Morte, New Delhi
2000 ‘Non-Sense’, Rohtas Gallery, Islamabad
2000 ‘Non-Sense’, Zahoor ul Akhlaq Gallery, NCA, Lahore
Selected Group Exhibitions
2011 'The Path of the Lotus: Indian Art', Grosvenor Gallery, London
2011 'High-Light', presented by Sakshi Gallery, Mumbai at The Oberoi, Gurgaon
2010 'The Interrupted Image', Nicholas Robinson Gallery, New York
2010 'Have I Opposed To You ? New Art from India and Pakistan', Faye Fleming & Partner, Geneva
2010 'Beyond the Page: The Miniature as Attitude in Contemporary Art from Pakistan', Pacific Asia Museum, Pasadena, California
2009 'Living of the Grid', Anant Art Centre, New Delhi
2009 'Hanging Fire: Contemporary Art from Pakistan', Asia Society, New York
2009 'The Power of Ornament', Belvedere Museum, Vienna
2009 'Progressive to Altermodern: 62 Years of Indian Modern Art', Grosvenor Gallery, London
2009 'Mashq: Repetition, Meditation, Mediation', Green Caramom, London
2008 'Everywhere Is War (And Rumors of War)', Bodhi Art, Mumbai
2008 'Modern and Contemporary Indian Art', Vadehra Art Gallery, New Delhi
2008 'Crossroads', Elementa Art Gallery, Dubai
2007 ‘Shanghai Contemporary’, Shanghai Exhibition Center, Shanghai
2007 ‘Inaugural Show’, National Art Gallery, Islamabad
2007 ‘Group Show: Contemporary Art from Pakistan’, Thomas Erben Gallery, New York
2007 ‘The Politics of Fear’, Albion, London
2007 ‘Mirror Worlds’, Two Rooms, Auckland, New Zealand
2006 ‘EX-OTICA’, Gallery Vitamin, Turin, Italy
2006 ‘Grid <> Matrix’, Kemper Art Museum, St Louis, USA
2006 ‘Lille 3000: Desi Pop’, Lille, France
2006 ‘Beyond the Page: Contemporary Art from Pakistan’, Asia House, London
2006 ‘Beyond the Page: Contemporary Art from Pakistan’, Manchester Art Gallery, Manchester, UK
2006 ‘Flights of Fancy’, Royaat Gallery, Lahore
2006 ‘Mirror Worlds’: (traveling exhibition), Institute of the Modern Art, Brisbane, Australia
2005 ‘Bitmap: International Digital Photo Project’, Loop, Korea
2005 ‘New Media Art from Pakistan’, Artist Village, Kowloon, Hong Kong
2005 ‘Three Person Show’, Bose Pacia, New York
2005 ‘Mirror Worlds: Contemporary Video from Asia’, Australian Center for Photography, Sydney
2005 ‘Beyond Borders: Art from Pakistan’, National Gallery of Modern Art (NGMA), Mumbai
2004 ‘South Asian Master: Old Masters and Young Voices’, Alahamra Art Gallery, Lahore
2004 ‘Playing with a Loaded Gun’, Museum Fridericianum, Kassel, Germany
2004 ‘Along the X Axis: Video Art from India and Pakistan’, Apeejay Gallery, New Delhi
2002-04 Global Priority, traveling exhibition, 2004- San Francisco Arts Commission Gallery, San Francisco
2003 Pier II Gallery in Taiwan 2002, Jamaica Center for the Arts, NY
2003 ‘Playing with a Loaded Gun’, Apexart, New York
2003 ‘Miniatures Pakistani’s’, Maison d’Art Contemporarian Chaillioux, Paris
2002 ‘Around Miniature’, Royaat, Lahore
2002 ‘Around Miniature’, Canvas Gallery, Karachi
2002 ‘Painting Over the Lines: Five Contemporary Artists from Pakistan’, York
2002 Quay Gallery, Toronto, Canada
2002 ‘Painting Over the Lines: Five Contemporary Artists from Pakistan’, Indo Center for Art and Culture, New York
2001 ‘Crossing the Line’, (Site Specific project at Jackson heights NY), A Project of Queens Museum of Art, New York
2000 ‘Context’, Bare-Foot Gallery, Colombo, Sri Lanka
2000 ‘Another Vision: 50 years of Pakistani Art ‘, (Traveling Exhibition), Brunei Gallery, SOAS London, Oldham Art Gallery, Haddonfield Art Gallery, Victoria Art Gallery, Bath, UK
Joint Exhibitions
2005-07 ‘Rusholm Project’, with Subodh Gupta, organized by SHISHA, Manchester, UK
Participations
2013-14 'Echoes: Islamic Art and Contemporary Artists', The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas
2012-13 Kochi-Muziris Biennale 2012, Kochi
2012 'Lines of Control', co-organized by Green Cardamom at Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, Ithaca
2012 'Crossings: Time Unfolded, Part 2', Kiran Nadar Museum of Art (KNMA), New Delhi
2011 'Homespun', Devi Art Foundation, New Delhi
2011 'Time Unfolded', Kiran Nadar Museum of Art (KNMA), New Delhi
2011 'Collectors Stage: Asian Contemporary Art from Private Collections', Singapore Art Museum, Singapore
2010 'The Rising Tide: New Directions in the Art from Pakistan 1990-2010', Mohatta Palace, Karachi
2010 'Finding India: Art for the New century', presented by Sakshi Gallery at Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA), Taipei
2010 'Where Three Dreams Cross: 150 Years of Photography from India, Pakistan and Bangladesh', Whitechapel Gallery, London; Fotomuseum Winterthur, Switzerland
2010 'The Empire Strikes Back: Indian Art Today', The Saatchi Gallery, London
2009 'Viewpoints and Viewing Points- 2009', Asian Art Biennale, National Taiwan Museum of Fine Arts, Taiwan
2009 'The 21st Century, the Feminine Century and the Century of Diversity and Hope', Incheon Biennale, Incheon
2009 'How Nations are Made', Green Cardamom, London
2009 'Lines of Control', A Green Cardamom Project at The Third Line, Dubai; VM Gallery, Karchi; Green Cardamom, London
2008-09 'The Audience and the Eavesdropper: New Art from India and Pakistan', Phillips de Pury & Company, London and New York
2008 'Art Basel', represented by Bose Pacia, New York and Nature Morte, New Delhi
2008 ‘Desperately Seeking Paradise', The Pakistan Pavilion at the Dubai Art Fair
2008 Art Dubai 2008, Dubai
2008 ‘Re-Imagining Asia’, 16 Asian Countries: Cultural Exchange with 27 European Countries, Members of Asia Europe Foundation (ASEM) at House of World Cultures, Berlin
2006 ‘5th Asia Pacific Triennale’, Queensland Gallery of Art, Australia
2006 ‘Artissima Art Fair’, Turin, Italy
2006 ‘1st Singapore Biennale, Singapore
2006 ‘Art Basel’, represented by Nature Morte, Basel, Switzerland
2006 ‘Art Taipei’, represented by Nature Morte, Taiwan
2006 ‘Asian Contemporary Art Week’, organized by ASIA Society, Gallery Korea NY, USA
2006 ‘Parallel Realities: 3rd Fukuoka Triennale ‘,(traveling to) Blackburn Museum of Art, Blackburn, UK
2005 ‘Parallel Realities: 3rd Fukuoka Triennale’, Fukuoka Museum of Art, Fukuoka, Japan
2005 ‘KOVIDEO’: 1st Durban Video Festival, Kazna Gallery, South Africa
2004 ‘Art Summit IV Exhibition’, National Gallery of Art, Jakarta, Indonesia
2004 ‘10th Asian Art Biennale Bangladesh’, Shilpakala Academy, Dhaka, Bangladesh
2003-04 ‘9th Cairo International Biennale’, Cairo, Egypt
Honours and Awards
2009 Associateship, National College of Arts, Lahore, conferred in...
2009 Associateship, National College of Arts, Lahore, conferred in recognition of International Contributions in the field of Contemporary Art
2006 HAT Exchange Program Residency, Manchester Metropolitan University, Manchester, UK
2002-03 International Artist of the Year Award 2002-2003, South Asian Visual Arts Collective (SAVAC),Toronto, Canada
2003 Hathor Prize, 9th Cairo International Biennale, Cairo, Egypt
2003 Darmiyaan Workshop, Neher Ghar Gallery, Lahore
2003 Artist in Residence, Gasworks, London
2001 Creation and Production Grant, Ontario Council of the Arts, Canada
2000 Creation and Production Grant, Ontario Council of the Arts, Toronto
2000 Creation and Production Grant, Canada Council for the Arts, Canada
2000 Art-Link International Artist’s Workshop, Sri Lanka
1992 Distinction Award, Degree Show, National College of Art, Lahore
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FRIDAY FIVE
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Ommatidia II...
Digital C print on paper
30.75 x 29.5 in
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