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Nusra Qureshi
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Born in Lahore, Pakistan, in 1973, Nusra Latif Qureshi graduated with a Bachelor's degree in Fine Arts from the National College of Arts there. From 1996 to 1999 Qureshi served as a visiting artist the miniature painting department at her alma mater, and in 2002, she completed her Master’s degree in Fine Art at the Victorian College of the Arts at the University of Melbourne.
The artist uses her skills to perfectly...
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Born in Lahore, Pakistan, in 1973, Nusra Latif Qureshi graduated with a Bachelor's degree in Fine Arts from the National College of Arts there. From 1996 to 1999 Qureshi served as a visiting artist the miniature painting department at her alma mater, and in 2002, she completed her Master’s degree in Fine Art at the Victorian College of the Arts at the University of Melbourne.
The artist uses her skills to perfectly execute her paintings in traditional styles, but sets them in a contemporary environment in order to discuss imminent issues. Amongst other things her contemporary images are influenced by colonial illustrations, designs from Middle Eastern textiles, botanical paintings and silhouettes. An isolated female figure is always represented either in the background or foreground of her paintings, breaking the conventional rule of having mainly male figures in Mughal miniature paintings, and also subconsciously personifying the artist itself.
Qureshi’s paintings are a reflection on the past; on what is left from it, and what we can create using the remains of bygone times, particularly focusing on Pakistan and Australia which both bear a recent and uneasy history. Qureshi moved to Australia in 2001 to further her studies, and once there she started to reflect upon the condition of immigrants based on her personal experiences.
The artist has exhibited in many solo and group exhibitions across Asia, the United States, Europe and Australia, including: ‘Beyond the Self’ at the National Portrait Gallery, Canberra, in 2011; ‘Realms of Intimacy: Miniaturist Practice from Pakistan’ at the Contemporary Arts Center, Cincinnati, in 2011; ‘The Rising Tide’ at Mohatta Palace Museum, Karachi, in 2010; ‘Beyond The Page’ at Pacific Asia Museum, Pasadena, in 2010; ‘Living Traditions’ at the National Art Gallery, Islamabad, in 2009; ‘East West Divan: Contemporary Art from Iran, Afghanistan and Pakistan’ at the 53rd Venice Biennale, in 2009; ‘An Ever Expanding Universe’ at Perth Institute of Contemporary Arts, in 2008. Qureshi’s work was also included in ‘Karkhana: A Contemporary Collaboration’ at Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum, Connecticut, in 2005; ‘Beyond Borders: Art of Pakistan’ at the National Gallery of Modern Art, Mumbai, in 2005; and a solo exhibition at Smith College Museum of Art, Northampton, in 2004.
The artist lives and works in Melbourne.
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Born
1973
Lahore Pakistan
Education
2002 Master of Fine Arts, School of Art, Victoria College of the Arts, The University of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
1995 Bachelor of Fine Arts (Miniature Painting), National College of Arts, Lahore, Pakistan
Exhibitions
Selected Solo Exhibitions
2011 ‘Realms of Intimacy’,...
Selected Solo Exhibitions
2011 ‘Realms of Intimacy’, Contemporary Arts Center, Cincinnati, USA
2009 ‘The Invisible Gun’, Chawkandi Art Gallery, Karachi
2007 ‘Familiar Memories’, Joshua McClelland Print Room, Melbourne
2007 ‘A Garden of Fruit Trees’, Anant Art Gallery, New Delhi
2005 ‘Acts of Compliance’, Studio Glass Gallery, London
2005 ‘Intentions of Memory’, Joshua McClelland Print Room, Melbourne
2004 ‘Exotic Bodies’, Counihan Gallery, Brunswick, Melbourne
2004 ‘The Way I Remember Them’, Smith College Museum of Art, Northampton, Massachusetts, USA
2002 ‘Altered Perceptions’, Artholes Gallery, Melbourne
2002 ‘Postcolonial Representations’, Joshua McClelland Print Room, Melbourne
1999 Rohtas Art Gallery, Islamabad
Selected Group Exhibitions
2011 ‘Beyond the Self’, National Portrait Gallery, Canberra
2011 ‘The Global Contemporary. Art Worlds After 1989’, Zentrum Fuer Kunst und Medientechnologie, Karlsruhe
2011 ‘Drawn From Life’, Abbot Hall Art Gallery, Kendal
2010 ‘The Rising Tide’, Mohatta Palace Museum, Karachi
2010 ‘Beyond the Page’, Pacific Asia Museum, Pasadena, CA
2009 ‘Figuration Now’, Karen Woodbury Gallery, Melbourne
2009 National Art Gallery, Islamabad
2008 ‘Living Traditions’, Turquoise Mountain, Kabul
2008 ‘An Ever Expanding Universe’, Perth Institute of Contemporary Arts, Australia
2008 ‘Urban Myths, Modern Fables’, Doris McCarthy Gallery, University of Toronto Scarborough, Canada/ 24 HR Art, Northern Territory Centre for Contemporary Art, Darwin, Australia
2007 ‘Common Destination’, The Drawing Centre, New York
2007 ‘Beyond The Page’, Manchester Art Gallery and Asia House, London
2007 ‘Lila / Play : Contemporary Miniatures and New Art from South Asia’, Span Galleries, Melbourne
2007 ‘Meeting Place Keeping Place’, George Adams Gallery, The Arts Centre, Melbourne
2006 'Urban Myths, Modern Fables’, UTS Gallery, Sydney
2006 ‘Landscape: Form and Thought’, Ingrao, New York
2006 ‘Beyond the Page’, Huddersfield Art Gallery, UK
2006 Gallery Barry Keldoulis, Sydney
2005 ‘RAPT : AustralAsia Zero Five’, Sherman Galleries, Sydney
2005 Honolulu Academy of Arts, Hawaii, USA
2005 ‘RITU, A Gathering of Seasons’, Triveni Kala Sangam, New Delhi
2005 Fukuoka Asian Art Museum, Fukuoka, Japan
2005 ‘Beyond Borders : Art of Pakistan’, National Gallery of Modern Art (NGMA), Mumbai
2005 ‘Papercut’, Nellie Castan Gallery, Melbourne
2005 Darebin Latrobe Art Prize, Bundoora Homestead Art Centre, Australia
2005 Gallery Barry Keldoulis, Sydney
2005 Gardner Art Gallery, University of Oklahama, OK, USA
2004 Queensland Arts Gallery, Brisbane
2004 ‘Karkhana’, Touchstones Art Gallery, Rochdale, UK
2004 Rochdale Art Gallery, Rochdale, UK
2003 ‘K3 Project Space’, Zurich
2003 La Maison d’Art Contemporain Chaillioux, Fresnes, France
2003 Fremantle Arts Centre, WA, Australia
2003 The 18th Street Arts Complex, Santa Monica, CA, USA
2003 The Fine Art Resource, Berlin
2003 Siddhartha Gallery, Kathmandu
2003 ‘Specifications of Desire’, Janice Oresman Gallery, Smith College, Northampton, MA, USA
2003 Counihan Gallery, Brunswick, Melbourne
2002 Canvas Art Gallery, Karachi
2002 Span Galleries, Melbourne
2002 Mira Fine Art Gallery, Melbourne
2001 ‘Maneuvering Miniatures’, Contemporary Art from Pakistan, India International Centre, New Delhi
2001 Sakshi Gallery, Mumbai
2000 Didrechsen Art Museum, Finland
2000 ‘Pakistan, Another Vision’, Brunei Gallery at SOAS, London
2000 Huddersfield Art Gallery, Bath, UK
2000 Oldham Art Gallery, Bath, UK
2000 Victoria Art Gallery, Bath, UK
2000 Hot Bath Gallery, Bath, UK
1999 Rohtas Gallery, Islamabad
1998 Gallery NCA, Lahore
1997 Chawkandi Art Gallery, Karachi
1997 ‘Lahore Colors’, Alhamra Art Galleries, Lahore
1997 ‘Contemporary Miniature Painting’, Lahore Museum, Pakistan
1997 ‘Patterning’, Collaboration of Asialink, Melbourne and Gallery NCA, Lahore
1996 ’50 Years of Pakistan’, Alhamra Art Galleries, Lahore
Joint Exhibitions
2011 ‘The Way You Look At Me’, with Naeem Rana at 4A Centre for Contemporary Asian Art, Sydney
2010 ‘This Reminds Me of Some Place’, with Naeem Rana at Cross Art Projects, Sydney
2009 ‘This Reminds Me of Some Place’, with Naeem Rana at Adelaide Festival Centre, OzAsia Festival, Adelaide
2005 With Navin Hayder, Canvas Art Gallery, Karachi
2005 ‘Heavenly Products Exotic Bodies’, with Naeem Rana at Fremantle Arts Centre, Fremantle, WA and Nexus Gallery, Lion Arts Centre, Adeliade
Participations
2009 ‘East West Divan: Contemporary Art from Iran, Afghanistan and Pakistan’, 53rd Venice Biennale, Italy
2008 'Harvest 2008', organized by Arushi Arts at The Stainless Gallery, New Delhi
2007 ‘Karkhana: A Contemporary Collaboration’, San Francisco Asian Art Museum, USA
2007 ‘Fifth Asia Pacific Triennial’, Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane
2006 5th Asia Pacific Trienniale, Queensland Art Gallery, Australia
2005 ‘Karkhana : Collaborative Painting from Pakistan’s Avant-garde’, The Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum, Ridgefield, CT, USA and San Francisco Asian Art Museum
Honours and Awards
2009 Residency at Victorian Tapestry Workshop, Melbourne
2009...
2009 Residency at Victorian Tapestry Workshop, Melbourne
2009 Co-Recipient, Kultour grant for OzAsia Festival
2008 Arts Victoria Grant for Creation of new work
2007 International Programs Grant, Arts Victoria, Export and Touring
2006 Australia Council Grant for New Work
2006 International Programs Grant, Arts Victoria (With Naeem Rana)
2005 Darebin La Trobe Acquisitive Art Prize for Emerging Artist
2005 Ian Potter Cultural Trust Travel Grant
2005 International Programs Grant, Arts Victoria
2004 Australia Council Kultour Grant for 2005 (With Naeem Rana)
2004 Moreland City Cultural Grant
2003 Residency at Hydra Studio, Footscray Community Arts Centre, Victoria
2003 UNESCO Residency at the 18th Street Arts Complex, Santa Monica, USA
2002 Residency at Art Omi International Arts Centre, New York
2002 Emerging Artist, Julian Burnside Prize, Mira Fine Art Gallery, Melbourne
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