Visual Artist
· Born in 1982
- Pakistan
Sajjad Ahmed
31 Artworks
Sajjad Ahmed
Pakistan
Credentials
- Works on commission
Sajjad Ahmed has an internationally recognized practice that explores Constructed Realism. He employs visual deconstruction, classical fluid forms and sublime layered spaces to blur the lines between the dreamlike and the familiar. His art conjures profound perceptive spaces infused with themes of memory, solitude, and the fragile nature of human connection, evoking a sense of introspection and emotional fluidity.
With exhibitions worldwide, his artworks are in permanent collections of Imago Mundi Collection Italy, Art in Embassies USA, Slought Foundation USA and Devi Art foundation India. His art has been featured in prestigious publications like Le Monde Diplomatique France, India Today, GQ, La Fábrica and a monographic book on his practice. Ahmed is a finalist for Sovereign Asian Art Prize.
With exhibitions worldwide, his artworks are in permanent collections of Imago Mundi Collection Italy, Art in Embassies USA, Slought Foundation USA and Devi Art foundation India. His art has been featured in prestigious publications like Le Monde Diplomatique France, India Today, GQ, La Fábrica and a monographic book on his practice. Ahmed is a finalist for Sovereign Asian Art Prize.
- Nationality
- Pakistan
- Born
- 1982
- Mediums
- Visual Artist
BNU Excellence Award- Winner- Lahore, Pakistan
Sovereign Asian Art Prize - Nominated- Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR China
Spirit of Visual / Sanat Gallery - Karachi, Pakistan
Deeply Superficial / Canvas Gallery - Karachi, Pakistan
Always Forever Now / Lakeeren Gallery - Mumbai, India
Abstraction in Immensity / Rohtas II Gallery - Lahore, Pakistan
Ways of Seeing / Alhamra Art Gallery - Lahore, Pakistan
Deeply Superficial / Zahur-Ul-Akhlaq Gallery - Lahore, Pakistan
Faculty Group Exhibition / LSE Gallery - Lahore, Pakistan
The Shape of Seeing / ZQ Gallery - Lahore, Pakistan
nonFunctional thoughts / The Wrong Biennale - Madrid, Spain
Common Borders - Chapter 1 / Sanat Gallery - Karachi, Pakistan
Making History / Sanat Gallery - Karachi, Pakistan
Imago Mundi | Luciano Benetton Foundation / Venice Biennale - Venice, Italy
Nishana / Canvas Gallery - Karachi, Pakistan
India Art Fair / Lakeeren Gallery - New Delhi, India
Tracing the Void / IVS Gallery - Karachi, Pakistan
Alternative Methods / Full Circle Gallery - Karachi, Pakistan
Escritor/Yazar/Niviskar / Halka Sanat Projesi - Istanbul, Türkiye
Artfest 2014 / Frere Hall - Karachi, Pakistan
EX-IST / Dhaka Art Summit - Dhaka, Bangladesh
I.D / Islamabad Literature Festival - Islamabad, Pakistan
Stills of Peace & Everyday Life / Museo Capitolare di Atri - Atri, Italy
Pasture Still Green? / Moscow Museum of Modern Art - Moscow, Russia
Crossing Over / Gallery Latitude 28 - New Delhi, India
Extra-Ordinary / Canvas Gallery - Karachi, Pakistan
Auction Exhibition for Educational Fund / Governor House - Lahore, Pakistan
JAMM Auction Exhibition / Contemporary Art Platform - Kuwait City, Kuwait
SCORE / The Drawing Room Art Gallery - Lahore, Pakistan
In Inner and Wider Circles / Slought Foundation - Philadelphia, United States
Residency Show / Mansion-The Artist Residency - Lahore, Pakistan
Sanjh / Alhamra Art Gallery - Lahore, Pakistan
Resemble Reassemble / Devi Art Foundation - New Delhi, Pakistan
Sovereign Asian Art Prize Finalist Show / The Rotunda Square Exchange - Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR China
Four Person Show / Canvas Art Gallery - Karachi, Pakistan
Re-claim/Re-cite/Re-cycle / Bose Pacia Gallery - Kolkata, India
Polyptych / Alhamra Art Gallery - Lahore, Pakistan
Tenth Anniversary Show / Galerie Mueller & Plate - Munich, Germany
Fact & Fiction / SW1 Gallery - London, United Kingdom
Fact & Fiction / Lalit Kala Akademi - New Delhi, India
Thirteen Satellites of Lahore II / Alliance Francaise - Lahore, Pakistan
Addendum / Caladan Gallery - Boston, United States
Red Earth Art Project / Alliance Francaise - New Delhi, India
Thirteen Satellites of Lahore / Annemarie-Shimmel Haus - Lahore, Pakistan
Quddus Mirza- The Market of Art Making
Martine Bulard- Chine - États-Unis, où s’arrêtera l’escalade?
Dhiren manga- 7 Incredible Contemporary Pakistani Artists
Nimra Khan- The Past as Present
Fraz Amir Khan, Simone Kraft, Quddus Mirza, Rishem Syed, Sajjad Ahmed- WORKS 2007-2017 (Monograph Book)
Egypt Today Staff- Beyond the Stereotypical Image of Pakistan
Ammara Jabbar, Sajjad Ahmed- In Conversation with Sajjad Ahmed
Risham Syed, Sajjad Ahmed- Suspension of Time
Quddus Mirza- Past is Present
Kishore Singh- The Contemporaries
Iftikhar Dadi- A Brief History of Form and Meaning in Pakistani Art
Faraz Aamer Khan- The Art of Sajjad Ahmed: A Retrospect of Existence
Nimra Khan- Spirit of Visual
Mehreen Hashmi- 'Spirit of Visual'
Miscallaneous- Imago Mundi Collection, La Fábrica
Imago Mundi Collection- Pakistan - Lines in the Sand
Eleanor Cunningham- Ten Contemporary Pakistani Artists
Betsy Williamson- Photo Focus: Sajjad Ahmed
Minerwa Tahir- Putting together fragments of history
Najam Soharwardi- Artists use ‘alternative methods’ to create social context
Manish Gera Baswami- The Karachi Diary
Rashid Rana- Art That Cuts Across Borders
Aamer Hussein- COLUMN: Verbal images, musical texts
Catherine Weinstock- An Interior Design Tribute to Peggy Guggenheim
Veera Rustomji- Spaces Left to Re-Examine
Peerzada Salman- Tracing the void opens at IVS
Minerwa Tahir- Contemplation - How far have we moved on, anyway
Sadia Salim- Artists’ Work: Fragments of History
Anil Dattaa- All about emerging art genres
Staff, Moscow Museum of Modern Art- A TIME FOR DREAMS. 4th Moscow International Biennale for Young Art
Kriti Bajaj- South Asia in focus: 5 curated shows at Dhaka Art Summit 2014
Peerzada Salman- Art Festival Begins
Quddus Mirza- Interpreting identity
Veera Rustomji- Moscow Biennale participants
Lavinia Filippi- Eight Pakistani artists in the heart of Italy
Dua Abbas Rizvi- To Dhaka with love
Sara Aziz- Dhaka's Palette
Shanzay Sabzwari- Sajjad Ahmed: Deeply Superficial
Sneha Sikand- Crossing Over: Pakistani Art in India
Staff, Asia Art Archive- The Words Do Not Exist
Sajjad Ahmed- Photo Essay
Quddus Mirza- Facts in Fiction
Pallavi Chattopadhyay, Aleesha Matharu- Crossing A Barrier
Ilena Bose- Crossing Over
Dua Abbas Rizvi- Abstraction in Immensity
Muhammad Yaqoob- Pakistani Artist Brings Pride To Country
Simone Kraft, Sajjad Ahmed- Interview with Sajjad Ahmed
Usman Saeed- Birthplace Aroma
Staff, Slought Foundation & Haverford College- Perpetual Peace Project
Quddus Mirza- Revenge of the Matter
Rabbya Naseer- Truth About Perception
Quddus Mirza- House holds
Quddus Mirza- Resemble Reassemble
Staff, Platform Creative Lifestyle- Artist Sajjad Ahmed
Harriet Lloyd Smith- Sovereign Asian Art Prize
Staff, Sovereign Asian Art Prize- The 2009 Sovereign Asian Art Prize
Anick Purmessur- Pakistan's Warm and Beating Artistic Heart
Anoop Kamath- RE-CLAIM / RE-CITE / RE-CYCLE
Staff, The News- Journey into Mediums
Quddus Mirza- Between Being & Nothingness
Sushma K. Bahl- Fact & Fiction
Staff, Kara Film Festival- Kara Film Festival
Anoop Kamath- 13 Satellites of Lahore
Mansion: The Artist Residency - Lahore, Pakistan
Art In Embassies, United States
Imago Mundi collection, Bennetton Foundation, Italy
Slought Foundation, United States
DEVI ART FOUNDATION, India
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