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 WaheedLandscape 1-9, 201912.7 x 17.8cmPrice on Request
Still in Your Wake 1-8
Hajra WaheedStill in Your Wake 1-8, 202122.86 x 15.24 x 17.78cm ⌀12.7cmPrice on Request
Studies from Coordinates 1-4/5
Hajra WaheedStudies from Coordinates 1-4/5, 201415.2 x 21cmPrice on Request
Hum
Hajra WaheedHum, 202091.44 x 76.2cmPrice on Request
Walls, Ladders and Roads
Hajra WaheedWalls, Ladders and Roads, 2019Price on Request
Letters 1-8
Hajra WaheedLetters 1-8, 201937 x 47cmPrice on Request
Night Ascent 1-6
Hajra WaheedNight Ascent 1-6, 2023152.4 x 30.5cmPrice on Request
Night Ascent 1-12
Hajra WaheedNight Ascent 1-12, 202390 x 84cmPrice on Request
Studies from Coordinates 1-4/5
Hajra WaheedStudies from Coordinates 1-4/5, 2014Price on Request
Gallery Representation
Biennals
Dhaka Art Summit2020 - Dhaka
Lahore Biennale2020 - Lahore
Lahore Biennale2020 - Lahore
Dhaka Art Summit2020 - Dhaka
Toronto Biennial of Art2019 - Toronto
Toronto Biennial of Art2019 - Toronto
Gwangju Biennial2016 - Gwangju
Dhaka Art Summit2016 - Dhaka
Dhaka Art Summit2016 - Dhaka
Gwangju Biennial2016 - Gwangju
Biennale de Montreal2015 - Montréal
Biennale de Montreal2015 - Montréal
Biennale de Montreal2015 - Montréal