b. 1983, Lahore, Pakistan.

Email: ehsandehaq@gmail.com

Website: www.ehsanulhaq.info

Phone: +31682538699

 

Education:

2014-15 Resident at Rijksakademie van beeldende kunsten, Amsterdam Netherlands.

2009      Post-Graduation Diploma in Art Education,School of Visual Arts, Beaconhouse National University, Lahore, Pakistan.

2008      Bachelors in Fine Arts, School of Visual Arts, Beaconhouse National University, Lahore, Pakistan.

 

 

Gallery representation:

Gallery Martin Van Zomeren, Amsterdam Netherlands.

Galerie Felix Frachon, Brussels Belgium.

Solo Exhibitions:

2025      Half bodies of a full circle – Gallery Martin Van Zomeren, Amsterdam Netherlands.

2021      ...Half is one and one is full – Galerie Felix Frachon, Brussels Belgium.

2020      Homemade Equations – Gallery Martin Van Zomeren, Amsterdam Netherlands.

2017      1 is older than 2: Logics of a futile action, Felix Frachon Gallery, Brussels Belgium.

2010      Systems of Organization, Zahoor ul Akhlaq Gallery, Lahore Pakistan.

2009      Life is Elsewhere, Rohtas 2, Lahore, Pakistan.

 

Selected Group Exhibitions:

2025      2nd Edition of Islamic art Biennale, – Jeddah Saudi Arabia. Collaborative project with the artist Iqra Tanveer.

2024      Of mountains and seas, – Third Edition Lahore Biennale, Lahore Pakistan.

2024      Observing Laboratory, Bookstore Project, Amsterdam Netherlands.

2024      Commissioned Public Project, Jugaar – Design Summit, Lahore Pakistan.

2023      A field guide to getting lost – Museum Het Nieuwe Domein, Sittard Netherlands.

2022      From the roots of a Banyan tree – Gallery Martin Van Zomeren, Amsterdam Netherlands.

2022      Never Let a Good Crisis Go to Waste – Nieuw Dakota art Space, Amsterdam Netherlands.

2021      Press Eject and Give me the Tape – Gallery Martin Van Zomeren, Amsterdam Netherlands.

2020      Anniversary exhibition: Chapter 4 – Felix Frachon Gallery, Brussels Belgium.

2020      2020 – A Rose is a rose is a rose, Amsterdam Netherlands.

2020      Les petites editions  – Felix Frachon Gallery, Brussels Belgium.

2019      Exit Strategy – National arts gallery PNCA Islamabad, Pakistan.

2019      Floating island and still lives – Corridor project space, Amsterdam Netherlands.

2019      David and Goliath – Kunstplatform De Apotheek, Amsterdam Netherlands.

2019      Something other than a thing – puntWG Project space, Amsterdam Netherlands.

2019      Deeper within its silence – Devi art Foundation, Delhi India.

2019      Between dog and wolf –, curated by instituting otherwise and home sweet home in partnership with India art fair, Delhi, India.

2018      Open Studios, ACC-Rijksakademie Dialogue and exchange Program, Asian Culture center , Gwangju, South Korea.

2018      In the beginning was the word – O art space, Lahore Pakistan.

2017      Survival Kit 9 – organized by Latvian Centre for Contemporary Art, Riga Latvia.

2017      Animal that is us – The bank, Amsterdam Netherlands.

2017      Strange love – Lab 111, Amsterdam Netherlands.

2017      Prophecies – Sanat Initiative, Karachi Pakistan.

2016      Back in 5 minutes – Martin Van Zomeren, Amsterdam Netherlands.

2016      An Age of Our Own Making- On Another Nature and Ecology. Commission public project. Images 2016. Holbaek, Denmark.

2015      No Real Body – 3rd Ural Industrial Biennial of Contemporary Art, Yekaterinburg Russia.

2015      VOID: there’s nothing more left, but a little trace from human beings – Ginkgo Space, Beijing China.

2013      Commissioned Project at Art Dubai.

2012      ‘Under A Tinsel Sun – 3rd Moscow International Biennale for Young Art curated by Kathrin Becker, Moscow, Russia.

2012      Truth of the Matter – Grey Noise, Dubai, UAE.

2012      New Selections: SOUTH ASIA – Thomas Erben Gallery, New york, USA.

2011      In Praise of Red – Royaat Gallery, Lahore Pakistan.

2011      The Unbearable Lightness of Being – Canvas Gallery, Karachi, Pakistan.

2010      The Rising Tide – Group show of contemporary art from Pakistan, Mohatta Palace Musuem, Karachi, Pakistan.

2010      Resemble Reassemble – Group show of Contemporary Art from Pakistan, curated by Rashid Rana, Devi Art Foundation, New Delhi, India.

Grants and fellowships:

2024      Mondriaan Fonds, Kunstenaar Project grant for a specific project.

2024      Mondriaan Fonds, International Art Presentation for Lahore Biennial 2024.

2022      Mondriaan Fonds, Kunstenaar Project grant for a specific project.

2021-25  Mondriaan fonds, Kunstenaar Basis, (research grant for established artists)

2021      Mondriaan Fonds, Project investment grant.

2019      Stichting Stokroos, project production grant.

2017-20  Mondriaan fonds, Werkbijdrage Bewezen Talent, (research grant for established artists)

2017      European cultural fund, travel grant for research.

2008-09  Study Grant, South Asia Foundation.

 

Workshops and research residencies:

2018      ACC-Rijksakademie Dialogue and exchange Program 2018-2019, organized by Asia culture institute (ACI), Gwangju South Korea.

2016      Prohelvetia Residency, Bern Switzerland

2014-15  Rijksakademie van beeldende kunsten, Amsterdam Netherlands

2011      Mansion Residency, Lahore

2010      VASL International Artist residency, Karachi

 

Talks and Presentations:

2025      Artist talk- Conversation with writer/critic Quddus Mirza, Gallery Martin Van Zomeren, Amsterdam Netherlands.

2024      The Metacrisis, Beings of Economy – Pakuis de Zwijger, Amsterdam Netherlands.

2021      How to stay motivated in art, ALL INN, Het Hem, Amsterdam Netherlands.

2020      Beaconhouse National University, Lahore Pakistan

2018      National College of arts, Lahore Pakistan.

2017      The bank Ateliers, Amsterdam Netherlands.

2016      The Myth of Artist hood (title from a book by Camiel Van Winkel), Prohelvetia Zurich, zurich, Switzerland

2016      How not to be an “artist”, Kunsthøjskolen, Holbaek Denmark

2015      Practical complexities of an ephemeral work of art, Rijksakademie Van Beeldende Kunsten, Amsterdam Netherlands.

2013      Object and art, National College of arts, Lahore Pakistan.

2010      Object and art, Indus valley school of art and architecture, Karachi Pakistan.