Naiza H Khan
Karachi, Pakistan
Biography
Born in Bahawalpur 1968, Pakistan
Lives and work in Karachi, Pakistan
Education
1987-1990
University of Oxford, Someville College
Ruskin School of Drawing and Fine Art
1986-87Wimbledon School of Art
Solo Exhibitions
2008
"Iron Clouds", Rohtas Gallery, Lahore, Pakistan
"Iron Clouds", Rohtas Gallery, Islamabad, Pakistan
2007
"Heavanly Ornaments", Canvas Gallery, Karachi, Pakistan
2006
"Bare the fact, bear the fact, Chemould Gallery, Mumbai, India
2004
"Exhale", Canvas Gallery, Karachi, Pakistan
2000
"Voices Merge", Chawkandi Art, Karachi, Pakistan
1995
"La Linea Negra", Gallery 7, Hong Kong, China
1993
Chawkandi Art, Karachi, Pakistan
Selected Exhibitions
2008
Desperately seeking paradise, Art Dubai
Crossroads Elementa, Dubai
Women of Light, galerie davide gallo, Berlin, Germany
Lets draw the line Chawkandi Art, Karachi, Pakistan
2007
Multiple editions-one Chawkandi Art, Karachi, Pakistan
Figurative Pakistan, Aicon Gallery, London, Great Britain
2006
7th Bharat Bhavan International Biennial of Print-Art, Bhopal
2005
Layers of time and space Ifa Gallery, Berlin/Stuttgart, Germany
ScopeLondon- art fair, London
One to One, 58 works 58 years 58 artists Alhamra Art Gallery, Lahore, Pakistan
Beyond Borders âArt of Pakistan National Gallery of Modern Art, Mumbay, India
2004
"Living Masters - Young Voices Alhamra, Lahore, Islamabad, Pakistan
"Cover Girl: the Female Body and Islam in Contemporary Art, New York, USA
Ise Cultural Foundation
2003
Anima e corpo 43rd Premio Suzzara, Suzzara, Itlay
2002
Art South Asia Harris Museum, England
Gasworks Studios Artistâ Residency, London, England
11th Asian Art Biennale, Dhaka
2001
The Eye Still Seeks Ivan Doughty Gallery, UNSW, Sydney, Australia
Vasl International Artists’ Workshop (a Triangle Workshop), Gadani, Pakistan
2000
Another Vision, Fifty years of painting and sculpture in Pakistan, London, England
Awards
2006
7th Bharat Bhavan International Biennial of Print-Honorary mention, India
2003
Prize, 43rd Premio Suzzara, Italy
National Excellence Award, 8th National Exb. Visual Arts, Pakistan
2002
Lever Brothers, 1st Lux Award for Visual Artist of the year, Pakistan
Bibliography
2007
Memory, Metaphor, Mutations The Contemporary Art of India and Pakistan, Salima Hashmi and Yashodara Dalmia - Oxford University Press
Ghostly Sufis and Ornamental Shadows: Spectral Visualities in Karachi's Public Sphere by Iftikhar Dadi (to be published) in: Re-exploring the Urban: Citiscapes in South Asia
and the Middle East, Edited by Kamran Ali & Martina Rieker Oxford University Press, Pakistan
Women, Gender Representations of Sexualities and Gender in the Visual Arts
Encyclopedia of Women and Islamic Cultures (Volume 5) Ed. Suad Joseph
2006
Polar Magazine, Berlin Issue I
Mappings ArtSouthAsia pub. Shisha
2005
Art and Social Change Contemporary art in Asia and the Pacific
Edited by Caroline Turner pub. Pandanus Books
2004
Caravan Cafe' Art from Central Asia, Enrico Mascelloni
Unveiling the Visible Lives and Works of Women Artists of Pakistan
by Salima Hashmi 2002 p.158-161
1997
50 Years of Visual Arts in Pakistan Salima Hashmi and Quddus Mirza. 1997
Review
2007
Armour Paramour Herald May issue p 136-137
Bodies Cast Auj Khan TFT vol XIX May4-10 p20-21
2006
Amalgam of cultures Hindustan Times, Gitanjali Dang March 24
Time Out Mumbai, March 10-23 Reviews p 42
Culture crosses borders Mumbai Mirror March1 p.42
Exquisite Pain Aasim Akhtar The News on Sunday March19
2005
Impassioned Voices: Art as Social Commentary in Pakistan
Atteqa Ali, Art Asia Pasific September issue
ArtLab- Jagath Weerasingh (in Senelese)
2004
Spirit in Chains Niilofur Farrukh Newsline June p124-125
Expressions of life Mohsin S Jaffri The News May 9 p.30
Sieving things through Salwat Ali,Dawn Gallery, May 8 p.5
Art Material Quddus Mirza The News, March 21 p.28
Bodying Forth Salima Hashmi Art India, vol. Ix issue iii, p106-107
Art India vol ix issueiv p.60,73
2003
Exploring the complex Marjorie Hussain, Dawn Gallery Dec. 20 p.1,2
2002
Weaving Dreams Ayesha Khan, Dawn Gallery p.7
Craft in Art â Quddus Mirza The News July 21 p.28
Hair and there Quddus Mirza The News July 14 p.28
Art Monthly Australia Under the Sign of Faiz July issue p.30-32
2001
Art India volume 6 issue 1 Engendering Hands Quddus Mirza p.90-91
