works    works at corvi-mora

Muhammad Imran Qureshi

Name                          :                       Muhammad Imran Qureshi

Date of Birth              :                       31- 03- 1972, Hyderabad(Sindh)Pakistan.

                                                            Lives and works in Lahore.

Solo Exhibitions

Ü       2006                                            Anant Gallery at Lalit kala Akademi, New Delhi, India     

                                                           (Catalogue)

Ü       2004                                             Corvi-Mora Gallery, London, UK.

Ü       2002                                             Chawkandi Art Gallery, Karachi, Pakistan (Catalogue)

Ü       2001                                             Admit One Gallery, New York, USA.

Ü       1996                                             Rohtas Gallery, Islamabad, Pakistan.

Ü       1995                                             Alliance Francaise Gallery, Lahore, Pakistan.

Two Person Shows

Ü       2005                                            Chawkandi Art Gallery, Karachi (with Aisha Khalid)

Ü       2001                                             Corvi-Mora Gallery, London (with Aisha Khalid)

Ü       2000                                             Sim Sim Art Gallery, Lahore (with Farida Batool).

Ü       1999                                             Chawkandi Art Gallery, Karachi (with Aisha Khalid)

Ü       1997                                             Gallery NCA, Lahore (with Tahir Mehmood)

Ü       1997                                             Off-Set Portfolio Centre, Islamabad (with Tahir Mehmood)

Selected Group Shows

Ü       2006                                          Armory Show, New York, USA.

Ü       2005                                          Karkhana-A contemporary Collaboration, Aldrich Museum Of Contemporary Art, Ridgefield CT, USA (Catalogue)

Ü       2005                                         Miniatures Contemporaines Du Pakistan, La Halle Villefranche De Rouergue, Farance

Ü       2005                                         One to One, Alhamra Art gallery, Lahore, Pakistan (Catalogue)

Ü       2005                                         Re-inventing Narratives, La galerie Mohamed el Fassi, Rabat, Morocco (Catalogue)

Ü       2005                                         Beyond Borders-Art from Pakistan, National Gallery of Modern Art , Mumbai, India (Catalogue)    

Ü       2005                                         Ritu-an exhibition of small works on paper, Shridharani Gallery, Triveni Kala Sangam, New Delhi, India (Catalogue)

Ü       2005                                         “Contemporary Asian Artists III-Contemporary Miniature Paintings from Pakistan” Fukuoka Asian Art Museum, Japan (Catalogue)

Ü       2004                                         “Expander” Royal Academy of Arts, London, UK  (Catalogue)

Ü       2004                                         “Drawn Page” Aldrich Cotemporary Art Museum, Aldrich, USA (Catalogue)

Ü       2004                                         “The Armory Show” New York, USA.

Ü       2003                                         “Karkhana”  (Participated and Curated) Rochdale Art Gallery, Rochdale, UK.

Ü       2003                                         “ Playing with a loaded gun” Apex art gallery, New york and

Kunsthalle Fridericianum, Kassel, Germany (Catalogue)

Ü       2003                                         “Miniatures Pakistanaises” Maison d’Art contemporain chaillioux – 94 Frenses, France (Catalogue)

Ü       2003                                         “American effect” Whitney Museum of American art, Newyork, USA (Catalogue)

Ü       2003                                         “ New Work “ (Group show with Pierpaolo Campanini, Roger Hiorns, Aisha khalid and Eva Marisaldi) Corvi Mora Gallery, London, UK.

Ü       2003                                         “ Negotiating Borders” Siddhartha Art Gallery, Kathmandu, Nepal (Catalogue)

Ü       2003                                             “ The Armory Show “ New York, USA.

Ü       2002                                             “Around the Miniature” Canvas Gallery, Karachi, Pakistan

Ü       2002                                             “The Galleries Show” Royal Academy of Arts, London, UK.

Ü       2002                                             “Threads, Dreams, Desires” Harris Museum, Preston, UK (Catalogue)

Ü       2001                                         “Maneuvering Miniatures” India International Center, New Delhi, India and Sakshi Gallery, Mumbai, India (Catalogue)

Ü       2001                                         Open Studio- Khoj Artists Workshop, Modi Nagar, India.

(Catalogue)

Ü       2001                                             “In Conversation” Gallery Espace, New Delhi, India.

Ü       2001                                             Three Person show at Bluecoat Arts Centre, Liverpool, U.K. (with Andrew Mania and Penny McCarthy)

Ü       2001                                             “The Eye Still Seeks” Ivan Dougherty Gallery, Sydney, Australia (Catalogue)

Ü       2000                                             Didrichsen Art Museum, Kuusisaari, Finland.

Ü       2000                                             4person show at Canvas Art Gallery, Karachi, Pakistan.

Ü       2000                                             Pakistan Another Vision: (Catalogue)

                                                   ·       Victoria Art Gallery, Bath, U.K

                                                   ·       Center of Contemporary Art, Glasgow, U.K.

                                                   ·       Huddersfield Art Gallery, Huddersfield U.K.          

                                                   ·       Brunei Gallery, London, U.K.          

Ü       2000                                             Group show of Pakistani Artists, Alliance Francaise,

Singapore.

Ü       1999                                             Third Asia Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art,

Brisbane, Australia (Catalogue)

Ü       1999                                             Group Show of Pakistani Artists, Notices Gallery, 

                                                       Singapore.

Ü       1998                                             International Art Exhibition of Common Wealth,

National Art Gallery, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia (Catalogue)

Ü       1997                                             “Draped & Shaped” Cartwright Hall, Bradford, U.K

                                                      (Catalogue)                                     

Ü       1997                                             8^th Asian Art Biennial, Shilpakala Academy, Bangladesh.

Ü       1997                                             “Rumors of spring” Group show of Pakistani Artists, Lionel      

Weindt Art Gallery, Colombo, Srilanka (Catalogue)

 Collections

Ü       Fukuoka Asain Art Museum, Japan.

Ü       Harris Museum, Preston, UK.

Ü       Victoria & Albert museum, London, UK.

Ü       Deutsche Bank’s Collection of Contemporary Art, Germany.

Ü       World Bank, Washington, USA

Ü       The Presidency, Islamabad.

Ü       National Art Gallery, Islamabad.

Ü       Bradford Art Galleries and Museums, Bradford, U.K.

Ü       Governor General of Canada Mr. Romeo LeBlanc.

Ü       Queensland Art Galleries &Museums, Brisbane, Australia.

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Bibliography

National Press:

·        “The bigger picture” by Shabnam Syed Khan, Friday Times, January 6-12,2006.p.26

·        “Collective Vision” by Murtaza Vali, Harald, October 2005.p.162-164.

·        “Artists in Transition”  by Salwat Ali, Newsline, November 2005.p.99-101

·        “Catalyst of change” by Naiza khan, Herald, October 2005. p.159-161

·        “Market makes the mark”  by Quddus mirza, The News, 0ctober 16,2005.

·        “The Creative duol” by Atteqa Ali, The Nation, December 18,2005. p.33

·        “Small extends big”  by Quddus Mirza, THE NEWS: April 3, 2005. P.28

·        “Interview” by Asim Akhtar, The News: November 07, 2004.

·        “Miniature makeover” by Hammad Nasar, Herold: April 2004 (p.135-137)

·        “Same Planet Different Worlds” by Hammad Nasar, Herold: Febuary 2004 (p.94-99)

·        “Miniature paintings with a twist: Imran Qureshi” by Shehneela Farheen, Social Pages: January 2004 ( p.69-71)

·        “Miniature Makeover” by Alia Hasan Khan, Herold: November 1999 (p.126-127)

·        “Back to the future” by Amra Ali, Newsline: October 2000 (p.102-103)

·        “Coming of age” by Niilofur Furrukh, Newsline: November 1999 (p.148-149)

·        “Past Forward” by Niilofur Furrukh, Newsline: December 2002 (p.126-127)

·        “Plentitude of Smallness” by Akbar Naqvi, Herold: December 2002 (p.134-136)

·        “Modernizing Miniatures” by Zainab Rizvi, Friday Times: October 10-16, 1996

·        “Reflection from the city of mind” by Asim Akhtar, The News: October 18, 1996

·        “Sensibility & Craft” by Ali Kamal, The News: January 4, 1998

·        “Patterns of Change” by Quddus Mirza, The News: September 26, 1999

·        “The Miniaturists: by Marjorie Hussain,The Review- Dawn: October 14-20, 1999

·        “Redefining a new horizon of miniature art” by Salwat Ali, The News: October 21, 1999

·        “Miniature Marvels” by Sara Haq, The News: August 26, 2001

·        “Room with two views” by Quddus Mirza, The News: April 2, 2000

·        “Contemporary Miniature Paintings” by Shamim Akhtar, Daily News: September 16, 2000

·        “The Miniature World” by Quddus Mirza, The News: July 8, 2001

·        “Moving Miniatures” by Quddus Mirza, The News: November 17, 2002

·        “Beyond Boundaries” by Marjorie Hussain, Dawn Gallery: November 9, 2002

·        “Deconstructing Missiles” by Quddus Mirza, The News: Febuary 11, 2001

·        “Crossing Frontiers” by Salima Hashmi, Libas International: Vol 15, 2002 (p.93-95)

International:

• “Pass the Brush:6 Artists,1Vision” by Benjamin Genocchio,The new York Times,September 4, 2005.
• “Grand Meaning in Asian Miniatures” by Holland Cotter,The New York Times,December 2,2005.p.E33
• “Miniature Marvels” by Meera Rajagopalan, INDIA New England, November 1, 2005.
• “soul-prints on Wasli”  by Asim Akhtar,Libas International,Volume 18,2005.issue 4.p.122-126
•  “Review: Chawkandi Art”  by Quddus Mirza, Flash Art, January-Febuary 2003 ( p. 119
• “ Threads, dreams, desires” by Quddus Mirza, Flash Art, Oct. 2002
• “Mania, McCarthy and Qureshi” by Robert Clark, The Guide, Guardian, June 23- June 29 2001

·        “Art tomorrow” Edward Lucie Smith, ( p 256-257 )

• “Crossing boundaries” Responses: Intercultural drawing practice, Liverpool School of Art & Design, John Moores University, Liverpool, UK ( p 32-39 )
• “Imran Qureshi” by Virginia Whiles, Art Asia Pacific, issue 33 ( p 55-61 )
• “A Particular Language” By Quddus Mirza, Art Asia Pacific, Issue 24 ( p.80-81 )
• “ Radicalising Tradition” by Salima Hashmi , Art Link , vol 20, No.2 ( p.33-35 )
• “ Under the sign of Faiz” by chaitanya Sambrani, Art Monthly, July 2001, No.141 (p.30-32)
• “ Pak Artist Sketches A Subtle Revolution” by Poonam Goal, Hindustan Times, 17^th November 2001 (p. 5) 
• “ Of Missiles & Shrouds” by Quddus Mirza, Art India, Vol.VI issue II, (p. 90-91) 

           Third Text: by Virginia Whiles, (p. 107-110)