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
Gallery Representation
Biennals
Lahore Biennale2020 - Lahore
Dhaka Art Summit2020 - Dhaka
Toronto Biennial of Art2019 - Toronto
Gwangju Biennial2016 - Gwangju
Dhaka Art Summit2016 - Dhaka
Biennale de Montreal2015 - Montréal