Born in 1983 in Lahore, Pakistan, Ul Haq lives and works between Amsterdam and Lahore. He works with sculptural forms that question their own inherent content, making, and object hood. Stripping away their histories, their functionality, and context, he engages the viewer with a new guidebook of perceptions for existing objects/meanings. He has shown his works in various venues and institutions in form of group and solo presentations; A field guide to getting lost at Museum Het Nieuwe Domein, Sittard Netherlands “Half bodies of a full circle” at Gallery Martin van Zomeren, Amsterdam, “All the is in between” 2nd Islamic art Biennale Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, “Survival kit” at Latvian center for contemporary art Riga Latvia“1 is older than 2: Logics of a futile action” at Felix Frachon Gallery, Brussels Belgium, “An Age of Our Own Making- On Another Nature and Ecology” Images festival Holbaek, Denmark, “No Real Body”: 3rd Ural Industrial Biennial of Contemporary Art, Yekaterinburg Russia, “VOID: there’s nothing more left, but a little trace from human beings”, Ginkgo Space, Beijing China, and ‘The Rising Tide’ at the Mohatta Palace Museum, Pakistan.

 

He has been a resident artist at Rijksakademie van beeldende kunsten, Netherlands. He is currently a recipient of “Kunstenaar Basis” grant from Mondriaan Fonds, Netherlands.

 

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