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Contemporary artist Ayaz Jokhio (b. Mehrabpur-Sindh, Pakistan, 1978) uses an amalgamation of imagery from print media, the internet and popular culture along with his own observations of contemporary Pakistan in his work. He incorporates diverse media and techniques, ensuring he cannot be defined by a single style. In his own words, “My ambition as an artist, if there is an ambition, is to work with all the things that I see, that I touch,...
Contemporary artist Ayaz Jokhio (b. Mehrabpur-Sindh, Pakistan, 1978) uses an amalgamation of imagery from print media, the internet and popular culture along with his own observations of contemporary Pakistan in his work. He incorporates diverse media and techniques, ensuring he cannot be defined by a single style. In his own words, “My ambition as an artist, if there is an ambition, is to work with all the things that I see, that I touch, that I know, that I love, or that I hate...My work is not based on any certain topic; my subject matters change time and time again, as do the techniques I use in my practice...The subject matter of my work varies from personal to political and from literary references to education. Art itself is the most important subject of discussion in my work.”

A continuous thread throughout his practice is the play of text against images, which he utilizes to interrogate the definition of art and its role in the contemporary world.

Jokhio trained in painting at the National College of Arts, Lahore, before starting out on his career as a poet and cartoonist. He has exhibited in select solo and group exhibitions across the world in Japan, Germany, the UK, the USA and Pakistan.

Jokhio was the recipient of the Akademie Schloss Solitude Fellowship 2004-05, awarded by a prestigious foundation in Stuttgart, Germany, which promotes younger, gifted artists by means of residency fellowships. Jokhio lives and works in Lahore, Pakistan.

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