Born in 1970, Karachi, Pakistan
Lives and works in Pakistan
Huma Mulji was born in Karachi, Pakistan, in 1970, and completed her Bachelors in Fine Art from the Indus Valley School of Art and Architecture in 1995. Mulji's participation in recent selected exhibitions includes in 2008 Farewell to Post Colonialism, Third Guangzhou Triennial, Guangdong Museum of Art, China; Desperately Seeking Paradise, Pakistan Pavillion, ART DUBAI, UAE and Arabian Delight, Rohtas Gallery, Lahore.
In 2007 Take Away, Zahoor-ul-Akhlaque Gallery, National College of Art, Lahore; “Outside the Cube”, National Art Gallery, Islamabad; Contemporary Art from Pakistan, Thomas Erben Gallery, New York, USA; Destination Asia: Non-strict correspondence, by Indian and Pakistani artists, Soros Center for Contemporary Art-Almaty, Kazakhstan and in 2006 256 Shades, V.M. Art Gallery, Karachi; Sub-Contingent, Fondazionne Sandretto Re Rauburg, Torino, Italy and Flights of Fancy, Royaat Gallery, Lahore, Pakistan. Mulji currently lives in Lahore, and teaches at the School of Visual Arts, Beaconhouse National University.
Series:
2009. Run | High Rise, Lake City Drive | Her Suburban Dream | Long Weekend Arabian Delight1001 Storeys
2008. Double Salute | Lakhon main aik (One in a Million) | High Rise | Housing Sheme | The Flight | In Black and White | Harvest | Pardesi Pride | White Cement and Marble Dust | Collages
2010. SummerAfternoons / Bedroom | Twisted Logic | Crystal Palace
2005. "Can you take off your shoes please" | Yahaan warzish karnaa manaa hai (Exercise Not Allowed Here) | STill Life | Do Parallel Lines ever Meet | Sirf tum (Only You)
2004. Trespassing | Full Mood Mein
Shabbir
Shabbir
2006. Hangaami Akhraaj (Emergency Exit)
Solo Exhibitions:
2016. The Country of Last Things Koel Gallery, Karachi, Pakistan
2011. Twilight, Project 88, Mumbai, India
2010. Crystal Palace and Other Follies, Rohtas Gallery, Lahore, Pakistan
2009. High Rise, Elementa Gallery, Dubai, UAE
Selected Group Exhibitions:
2019. Very Very Sweet Madina, Karachi in the 90s, Sharjah Art Foundation, UAE
2019. Frieze London, Stand G25, Project 88, Mumbai, India
2018. In the Open or in Stealth, The Unruly Presence of an Intimate Future
Museu d'Art Contemporani de Barcelona, (MACBA) Spain
Museu d'Art Contemporani de Barcelona, (MACBA) Spain
2018. Art for Education: Contemporary artists from Pakistan Museo Diocesano, Milan, Italy
2018. Small Histories, Ganges Gallery, Kolkata, India
2018. Lahore Biennale 01, Lahore, Pakistan
2018. We look at Animals Because, Critical Distance Center for Curators, Toronto, Canada
2017. Witness, Karachi Biennale 1, Karachi
2017. Frieze Art Fair, London, Stand G26, represented by Project 88, Mumbai.
2017. We Ate the Birds, Koel Gallery, Karachi
2017. Ijtimah, Al Hamrah Arts Council, Lahore, Pakistan
2017. Things Lost | Remembering the Future, Ganges Art Gallery, Kolkata, India
2016. welcome to what we took from is the state, curated by Sadia Shirazi, Queens
Museum, New York, USA.
Museum, New York, USA.
2016. Hopes of Paradise, Grosvenor Gallery, London
2016. Dislocation/Negotiating Identity: Contemporary Photographs from South and
Southeast Asia, Smith College Museum of Art, MA, USA
Southeast Asia, Smith College Museum of Art, MA, USA
2016. Open Studio, Spike Island, Bristol, UK
2016. Mining Warm Data, Dhaka Art Summit, Bangladesh
2015. The Great Game, Iranian Pavillion, La Biennale de Venezia, Italy
2014. Burning Down the House 10th Gwangju Biennale, Republic of South Korea
2014. Stet., Al-Hamra Art Gallery, Lahore, Pakistan
2014. Sindh Art Festival, Karachi, Pakistan
2013. Up Above the World: Contemporary South Asian Photography, Aicon Gallery, New York, USA
2013. Extra|Ordinary, Abraaj Group Art Prize, Art Dubai, UAE
2013. Salaam Bombay: Beauty and Chaos in the Urban Environment, Twelve Gates Gallery, Philadelphia, USA
2012. Frieze Art Fair, London, Project 88
2012. Hong Kong International Art Fair, Project 88, Mumbai
2012. A Beautiful Life, Creative Hinkley (Hinkley, UK)
2012. A Beautiful Life, The Pier-2 Art District (Kaohsiung, Taiwan)
2011. A beautiful Life, South Hill Park (Bracknell, UK)
2011. Studio Dispatches, Art Dubai, UAE
2010. HK International Art Fair, Project 88
2010. Failure to Yield, ConcentArt, Berlin, Germany
2010. The Rising Tide, Mohatta Palace Museum, Karachi, Pakistan.
2010. Reprise, Aicon Gallery, New York, USA
2010. Form and Phenomenon, Project 88, Mumbai, India
2010. As The Land Expands, Al Riwaq Art Space, Adliya, Kingdom of Bahrain
2010. Home and the World, Aicon Gallery, New York, USA
2010. Where Three Dreams Cross: 150 Year of Photography from India , Pakistan and Bangladesh, Whitechapel Gallery, London, in January 2010 and tour to the
Fotomuseum Winterthur in June 2010.
Fotomuseum Winterthur in June 2010.
2010. The Empire Strikes Back, The Saatchi Gallery, London, UK
Curatorial experience and Project Facilitation:
2008. Facilitator, Vasl Lahore Artists Residency, Lahore. Pakistan.
2006. Facilitator “13 Satellites of Lahore”, a public art project with art students.
2006. Curatorial Team for National Art Gallery of Modern Art, Islamabad, Pakistan.
2006. Co-ordinator, Vasl Residency Lahore. Pakistan.
2000 - 2002. Co-ordinated “Aar Paar” 1, 11, 111 with Shilpa Gupta (Mumbai); an exchange of art between artists from India and Pakistan, sited in public spaces in Mumbai and Karachi. Pakistan.
2001. Working Group, Vasl International Artists Workshop, held at Karachi, January 12-29. Pakistan.
2000. As part of a group, conceived and installed an interactive artwork for the Pakistan Peace Coalition conference. 160 6” x 4” tiles made by citizens of Karachi were exhibited at Metropole Hotel, Karachi. Pakistan.
1999. Co-curated “Cityscapes” an exhibition of Contemporary Art, and recitals of contemporary poetry and literature, Sadequain Gallery, Frere Hall, Karachi. Pakistan.
Selected Workshops and Residencies:
2003. Darmiyaan Artists Workshop, Lahore, Pakistan.
2003. UpRiver Loft International Artists Workshop, Lijiang, China.
2001 - 2002. Contemporary Asian Artists Initiative, CAAI, a forum to encourage regional dialogue, and make an accessible network for Art practitioners in
Asia/South Asia. New Delhi, India.
2001. Artist in Residence, Gasworks Studios, London, UK.
1999. Khoj International Artists Workshop (Triangle Arts Fund) Modinagar / New Delhi, India.
Workshops and Residencies:
2003. Darmiyaan Artists Workshop, Lahore, Pakistan.
2003. UpRiver Loft International Artists Workshop, Lijiang, China.
2001 - 2002. Contemporary Asian Artists Initiative, CAAI, a forum for regional dialogue, and networking for Art practitioners in Asia/South Asia, New Delhi, India.
2001. Artist in Residence, Gasworks Studios, London, UK.
1999. Khoj International Artists Workshop, Modinagar, Delhi, India.
Other Professional Experience:
2002. Zero Down Payment, presented at Mapping South Asian Art, Shisha, Manchester, UK.
2006. Essay published by Cornerhouse, UK in Mapping ArtSouthAsia: A Visual and Cultural Dialogue between Britain and South Asia.
2001. Popular Culture & Art, presented as part of the exhibition, Pakistan: Another Vision, SOAS, London, UK.
2001. Juror, National College of Arts, Lahore. Pakistan.
2000. Juror, National College of Arts, Lahore. Pakistan.
1997. Researched and compiled data on Pakistani artists for a CD-ROM production of “50 years of Pakistan... an Art Retrospective”, Enabling Technologies and Solutions Unlimited, Karachi. Pakistan.
1996. Associate Editor, The Artists newsletter Pakistan.
Teaching / Art Education Experience:
2002 - present Assistant Professor, 3 Dimensional Studios, School of Visual Arts, Beaconhouse National University, Lahore, Pakistan.
2004 - present Member, Board of Studies, Beaconhouse National University, Lahore. Pakistan.
2004 - present Member, Academic Council, Beaconhouse National University, Lahore. Pakistan.
2001 - present External Examiner, International Baccalaureate, Visual Arts Program, The International School, Karachi. Pakistan.
1996-2002. Instructor, A’ Level Art, The Lyceum School, Karachi. Pakistan.