Hajra Waheed

Hajra Waheed

BornNationalityBased In
1980CanadianCalgary
Biography

Hajra Waheed’s multidisciplinary practice ranges from painting and drawing to video, sound, sculpture and installation. Amongst other issues, she explores the connections between security, surveillance and the covert networks of power that structure human lives. Her practice also addresses the traumas and alienation of displaced subjects affected by legacies of colonial and state violence. Characterized by a distinct visual language and unique poetic approach, her works often use the ordinary as a means to convey the profound, and landscape as a medium to transpose human struggle and a radical politics of resistance and resilience. ...

Selected Artworks
Landscape 1-9
Hajra Waheed
Landscape 1-9, 2019
12.7 x 17.8cm
Still in Your Wake 1-8
Hajra Waheed
Still in Your Wake 1-8, 2021
22.86 x 15.24 x 17.78cm ⌀12.7cm
Studies from Coordinates 1-4/5
Hajra Waheed
Studies from Coordinates 1-4/5, 2014
15.2 x 21cm
Hum
Hajra Waheed
Hum, 2020
91.44 x 76.2cm
Walls, Ladders and Roads
Hajra Waheed
Walls, Ladders and Roads, 2019
Letters 1-8
Hajra Waheed
Letters 1-8, 2019
37 x 47cm
Night Ascent 1-6
Hajra Waheed
Night Ascent 1-6, 2023
152.4 x 30.5cm
Night Ascent 1-12
Hajra Waheed
Night Ascent 1-12, 2023
90 x 84cm
Studies from Coordinates 1-4/5
Hajra Waheed
Studies from Coordinates 1-4/5, 2014
Gallery Representation
Biennals
Dhaka Art Summit2020 - Dhaka
Lahore Biennale2020 - Lahore
Dhaka Art Summit2020 - Dhaka
Lahore Biennale2020 - Lahore
Toronto Biennial of Art2019 - Toronto
Toronto Biennial of Art2019 - Toronto
Gwangju Biennial2016 - Gwangju
Dhaka Art Summit2016 - Dhaka
Gwangju Biennial2016 - Gwangju
Dhaka Art Summit2016 - Dhaka
Biennale de Montreal2015 - Montréal
Biennale de Montreal2015 - Montréal
Biennale de Montreal2015 - Montréal
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