SAAD QURESHI
b. 1986, United KingdomSince graduating from the Slade MFA in painting in 2010 Qureshi has exhibited widely both in the UK and internationally - including New York, Hong Kong, Turin, Rome, Dubai and Istanbul. Following the Creative Cities Collections exhibition at the Barbican Arts Centre, Qureshi’s first museum exhibition took place at the Museum voor Moderne Kunst in Arnhem, Netherlands, which catalysed his career further since securing the finalist position at the BBC television program ‘School of Saatchi’ in 2010. Amongst others, his awards include the Royal British Society of Sculptors’ Bursary Award, the Celeste Prize, and Red Mansion Foundation Prize. Saad’s work explores failures of communication and notions of belonging in a multicultural society.
The artist started his research on Congregation in 2013, and an introduction to the series was displayed at Hong Kong Art Basel in May, 2014 with drawings on wood depicting locations where the Battle of Badr is assumed to have taken place.
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