Works 2003-2006  

Auj Khan

 1978 Born in Karachi, Pakistan

Email: aujkhn@yahoo.com, aujkhan@gmail.com

Education

Bachelor of Fine Arts, 2003

Indus Valley School of Art and Architecture.

Painting and Photography

Exhibitions

Painting Exhibit at Duriya Kazi's City Display, Frere Hall, Karachi, 2002

Photography Exhibit with Farah Mahbub, IVSA, 2003.

Portrait Photography Exhibit, Arts Council Karachi, 2003.

Degree Show, Indus Valley School, 2003

'EMERGING TALENT', VM Art Gallery, 2004

International Rotaract Peace Festival Showing, 2004

KARA ART Festival, Sheraton 2004

'Suspension of Disbelief' Kara Film Festival, Pakistan Institute of International Affairs, Karachi 2004

'TAAZA TAREEN' VASL Residency Connections I, Karachi, April 2005

http://www.vaslart.org/aujk.html

'VOICES' Group Show World Bank Office Islamabad, April 2005

'OPPORTUNITIES' VM ART Gallery Group Show, May 2005

AIWA;International Artists Workshop, Aley, Lebanon, September 2005
Review The Daily Star

Two Person Show, Rohtas Gallery, Islamabad, November 2005

Kara Film Festival, Pakistan Institute of International Affairs, Karachi 2005

Two Person Show, Nairang Art Gallery, Lahore, Pakista, March 2006

Body and Calligraphy Shows, Amin Gulgee Gallery, Karachi, March/April 2006

Media Art Show, Space to Space Collaboration with Commune Hong Kong, VM ART Gallery, August 2006

Shanaakht Project and Art Exhibition, Karachi Arts Council, ‘Sohni Dharti’, August 11th - 14th 2007 

6 Degrees of Separation – South Asian Regional Show, VM Art Gallery, September 2008

‘Writing home about home’ Video work collaboration with Riaz Mehmood, IVS Gallery, October 2008

‘The Museum of Non Participation’ – Art Project, Karachi Coordination and Inquiry - with Brad Butler and Karen Mirza, Karachi-London Collaboration, November 2008 – May 2009

Teaching

Indus Valley School of Art and Architecture Liberal - Art Department 2007 - 2009

Course Development and Teaching: Visual Culture Studies

Art History: Contemporary Art of Pakistan

Indus Valley School of Art and Architecture - Fine Art Department      2003 - 2005

Drawing and Painting - Studio 2005 - 2009

Associate Professor and Visiting Advisor/ Students juries

Textile Institute of Pakistan 2008

Art History Instruction

Karachi University, Visual Art Department  2005

Visiting Studio Teacher (Painting)

Citizens Foundation Schools Volunteer Program 2005

Awards 

WWF All Pakistan Art Competition, 1st Prize, Al Hamra Lahore

IVSA Distinction in Thesis Award

IVSA Over all Distinction Award 

Art Activism 

Core Working Group

VASL Pakistan, www.vaslart.org,

Triangle Arts Trust, UK www.trianglearts.org

International Residency and Workshops for Artists 2004 -2009

Editor, VASL Newsletter Online, Pakistan 2005 - 2009

Published 13 issues of the online quarterly newsletter Aug 2005 - Jun 2009

The newsletter distributed across the world from the

VASL emailing list, lists Pakistani contemporary art events, opportunities, artists and articles.

Content/Information Management – VASL Website 

Artists Directory VASL Online Database 2005 - 2009

The only online comprehensive listing of Contemporary Artists in Pakistan
 
Critical Text Selection and Development 2005 - 2009 

Conducting Website Training for Artists across Pakistan 2006

Coordinator, Taaza Tareen II and III 2007 - 08

VASL Artists Residency Commune

Where from, where to? … 

Art Study-Group

2006 – 2009 

Coordinator with Faisal Siddiqi

Selecting critical text and organising group meetings to develop debate and discussion on Pakistani Art on a monthly basis.

The group consists of artists and professionals like lawyers, economists, media etc with serious interest in Art. http://www.vaslart.org/study

FOMMA: Foundation for the Museum of Modern Art

PAHP – Project Art History Pakistan 2007 - 2009

PAHP aims to research and document Pakistani art and artists in the past 6 decades. Research, interviews and documentation of collection for national art history resource.

Educational Workshops/ Experience

Participated in Mentoring Programme for Young Art Critics, organised by the Pakistan chapter of International Art Critics Association (AICA) in collaboration with the British Council, March 2006

‘In Dialogue’ Conducted and organized Cross-Institutional Educational Outreach with Christina Mackie, British Artist in residence, VASL International Artists Residency in collaboration with the British Council, March 2006 

VASL Website Artists’ Training
In collaboration with Beacon House National University, Lahore and Khas Art
Gallery Islamabad, June 2006 

Educational Outreach Program in Collaboration with HREP and school children. This three day program encouraged young students selected across Pakistan to develop and produce works. The selected works will be become part of the to be Children’s Museum Collection, Karachi, Pakistan. 

Mis–en-Scene – One Minute VASL Video Workshop, by Karen Mirza and Brad Butler, UK

3rd Floor, MCB Building, 6th Zamzama Commercial Lane,Phase 5, Defence, KARACHI
Cell # 92-300 2681441 

The artist lives and works in Karachi