Born
1974
Lahore
Education
2001 Graduate Diploma in Visual Art, Victorian College of the Arts, University of Melbourne
1998 Bachelors Degree in Fine Arts, National College of Arts, Lahore
1986-89 Training in Nastalique style in Urdu Calligraphy from father, Usman Rana
Exhibitions
Select Solo Exhibitions
2011 Twelve Gates Art Gallery,...
Select Solo Exhibitions
2011 Twelve Gates Art Gallery, Philadelphia
2008 ‘Rejoice’, Eisenberg Gallery, Victorian Museum of Experimental Art, Melbourne
2007 ‘Heavenly Angels’, Eisenberg Gallery, Victorian Museum of Experimental Art, Melbourne
2007 ‘Heavenly Pictures’, Anant Art Gallery, New Delhi
2004 ‘Heavenly Products’, Counihan Gallery In Brunswick, Melbourne
2003 ‘Color’, Pattern and Desire, Span Galleries, Melbourne
1998 National College of Arts, Lahore
Select Group Exhibitions
2008 ‘Urban Myths & Modern Fables’, Doris McCarthy Gallery, University of Toronto Scarborough, Canada
2008 ‘Urban Myths & Modern Fables’, 24hr Art, Darwin
2008 ‘Passion’, A Collaborative Art Project between 6 artists and 6 Victorian Judges and Lawyers
2007 ‘Urban Myths & Modern Fables’, UTS Gallery, Sydney
2007 ‘Darebin-Latrobe Acquisitive Art Award Show’, Bundoora Homestead Art Centre, Melbourne
2006 ‘Nai Azadi’, Annual Kara Film Festival, Karachi
2006 ‘Who Are You? Where Are You Really From?’, Whitworth Art Gallery, Manchester
2006 ‘Desi Pop Art’, Lille 3000, Euralille, France
2006 Fremantle Print Award, Fremantle
2006 ‘Meeting Place Keeping Place’, George Adams Gallery, The Arts Centre, Melbourne
2005 ‘Paper Chase’, Nellie Castane Gallery, Melbourne
2005 Axes Art Space, Melbourne
2005 Span Galleries, Melbourne
2004 ‘Practice in Progress’, Counihan Gallery In Brunswick, Melbourne
2003 ‘Shopstop Art’, Melbourne Fringe Festival, VIC
2003 Darebin-Latrobe Acquisitive Art Award Show, Bundoora Homestead Art Centre, Melbourne
2003 South London Gallery, London
2003 North and South of the border, Studio 48 Gallery, New Castle, NSW
2003 Firestation Gallery, Melbourne
2003 Art Front/Shopfronts, Glenroy, VIC
2003 ‘Specifications of Desire’, Janice Oresman Gallery, Brown Fine Arts Center, Smith College, Massachusetts
2002 Art fronts/Shopfronts, Sydney Road, Coburg, VIC
2002 ‘Kiss My Art’, Melbourne Fringe Festival, VIC
2002 First, Spencer Street Art Gallery, Melbourne
2001 ‘Graduate Show’, VCA Gallery, Victorian College of the Arts (VCA), Melbourne
2001 ‘ANZ Fellowship Award Show’, ANZ Cathedral, Melbourne
2000 Eccentricity at Montsalvat, Montsalvat, VIC
1998 Alhamra Art Galleries, Lahore
1995 Alhamra Art Galleries, Lahore
Joint Exhibitions
2009 ‘This Reminds Me of Some Place’, 2009 Oz-Asia Festival, Adelaide Festival Centre, South Australia
2008 ‘Taoist Jihad vs. Freedonia’, Brunswick Arts, VIC
2005 ‘It’s Still hard Being British-1, but Where Are You Really From?’, Cartwright Hall Gallery, Bradford
2005 ‘Exotic Bodies, Heavenly Products’, with Nusra Latif Qureshi at Fremantle Arts Centre, WA and Nexus Gallery, Nexus Multicultural Arts Centre, Adelaide, SA
Honours and Awards
2009 Arts Victoria, ‘Kultour’ presented by Multicultural Arts Victoria
2007 Arts Victoria, ‘International Program: Export and Touring’
2005 Arts Victoria, ‘International Program: Export and Touring’
2005 Arts Victoria, ‘Kultour’ presented by Footscray Community Arts Center
2009 Arts Victoria, ‘Kultour’ presented by Multicultural Arts Victoria
2007 Arts Victoria, ‘International Program: Export and Touring’
2005 Arts Victoria, ‘International Program: Export and Touring’
2005 Arts Victoria, ‘Kultour’ presented by Footscray Community Arts Center
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