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Farida Batool
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Farida Batool was born and raised in Lahore, Pakistan, and her work explores the everyday tumult and fear of violence extant in Pakistan, concomitant with the nostalgia and memories of her homeland. In grappling with these sociopolitical realities, her vantage point remains her gender, her experience as a female in Pakistan, adding a layer of complexity to the relationships she explores.
Often employing the medium of lenticular...
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Farida Batool was born and raised in Lahore, Pakistan, and her work explores the everyday tumult and fear of violence extant in Pakistan, concomitant with the nostalgia and memories of her homeland. In grappling with these sociopolitical realities, her vantage point remains her gender, her experience as a female in Pakistan, adding a layer of complexity to the relationships she explores.
Often employing the medium of lenticular prints, or 3D holographic photographs, Batool compels the viewer to physically engage with her work; her multiplicities of viewpoints and realities are meant to be experienced, rather than viewed passively. Her body of work using digital images and drawings is equally provocative – these quieter works question explicit power structures and dichotomies, and points of contact between the rich and poor, religious and secular, personal and political.
Batool received her Bachelor’s degree in Fine Arts from the National College of Arts, Lahore, in 1993, and her Master’s degree in Art History and Theory from the College of Fine Arts at the University of New South Wales, Australia, in 2003. She is a PhD candidate in media and film studies at the School of Oriental and African Studies at the University of London.
The artist has exhibited internationally at galleries and museums, some of which include Aicon Gallery, New York; the National Gallery of Modern Art, Mumbai; Portimao Museum, Portugal; Rohtas Gallery, Lahore; Green Cardamom, London; Third Line, Dubai; the Devi Art Foundation, Gurgaon; and the Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, Ithaca.
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Born
1976
Peshawar, Pakistan
Education
2003 MA Art History and Theory (Research): College of Fine Arts, University of New South Wales, Australia (2003)
1995 Short course in hand papermaking, at New School of Social Research, NY (1995)
1993 Major: Painting, Minor: Sculpture, National College of Arts, Lahore
1991 Bachelor of Fine Arts, National College of Arts, Lahore
Exhibitions
Select Solo Exhibitions
2006 The Blink, Rohtas 2, Lahore...
Select Solo Exhibitions
2006 The Blink, Rohtas 2, Lahore Pakistan
Select Group Exhibitions
2009 Forces, Portimao Museum, Algrave, Portugal
2008 Tradition,Technique,Technology –II; Contemporary artists from Pakistan, Aicon Gallery, Palo Alto
2006 No Man's Land, a web based international exhibition, concerning the political divides and conflict present in every day life
2005 Circanvalcao, a communitarian art project in Portugal, designed and constructed a permanent sight specific artwork during the residency period of one month.
2005 ‘Beyond Borders: Art from Pakistan’, National Gallery of Modern Art (NGMA), Mumbai
2004 ‘Skin’, Rohtas 2, Lahore
2004 ‘INTERSTATION: Artists Beyond Boundaries’, A Mixed media Video Installation, Kudos Gallery, Sydney
2003-04 ‘Memories’, an ongoing art project for Argentinean artists from Tacuman City
1996 Installation show, National College of Arts, Lahore
1994-95 ‘Womenscape II’, Alhamra Art Gallery, Lahore
Participations
2003 Cairo Biennale
1997 ‘Scope'97’, Faculty of Art, National College of Arts, Lahore
Honours and Awards
2000–02 Senior Asian Artist: Recipient of Senior Asian Artist Scholarship, COFA, UNSW, Jang Talent Award, Lahore
1990-93 NCA Merit Scholarship, National College of Arts, Lahore
2000–02 Senior Asian Artist: Recipient of Senior Asian Artist Scholarship, COFA, UNSW, Jang Talent Award, Lahore
1990-93 NCA Merit Scholarship, National College of Arts, Lahore
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PAST AUCTIONS
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Lot 56
Details
24 Hour Auction: Art of Pakistan
7-8 November 2012
Tu nishanay...
Gouache, pencil and digital print on Canson paper
29 x 20.5 in
Winning bid
$3,462
Rs 1,80,000
(Inclusive of buyer's premium)
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PAST StoryLTD AUCTIONS
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Lot 30
Details
Absolute Tuesdays
6 August 2024
Thandi Sarak
Lenticular print
35.5 x 21.5 in
Winning bid
$651
Rs 54,000
(Inclusive of buyer's premium)
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Lot 28
Details
Absolute Tuesdays
20 February 2024
Untitled
Lenticular print
24.5 x 35.5 in
Winning bid
$867
Rs 72,000
(Inclusive of buyer's premium)
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