Rashid Rana was born in Pakistan. His work has been exhibited and collected by institutions and individuals in the United States and Asia. In 2000, his work was included in the groundbreaking traveling exhibition Another Vision: 50 years of art from Pakistan, first presented at the Brunei Gallery, School of Oriental and African Studies, London. In recent years his work has been shown at Pier II Gallery in Taiwan, Jamaica Center for the Arts NY, York Quay Gallery, Harborfront, in Toronto, Ontario and Queens Museum of Art, New York. In 2003, he won International Artist of the Year Award from SAVAC, South Asian Visual Arts Collective, Toronto and Hathor Prize, on his work displayed at the 9th Cairo International Biennale Cairo, Egypt.
With its multiple medium and scale, the work of Rashid Rana deals with multiple issues: from formal to conceptual, ranging from representation of reality, two dimensionality of an image, as well as the politics of gender, violence, popular culture, and the authenticity of a work of art. |
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