Rashid Rana
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Rashid Rana (born 1968) is an artist based in Lahore and Toronto.
Rana was born in Pakistan. He art encompasses a wide variety of media and scales.[1] He uses well-known images from popular culture, media, art history and Muslim life to create satirical and political work.[2]
He received his MFA from Massachusetts College of Art, Boston.
[edit] Selected Exhibitions
2007
Shanghai Contemporary, Shanghai Exhibition Centre, Shanghai
Contemporary Art from Pakistan, Thomas Erben Gallery, New York
The Politics of Fear, Albion, London
Mirror Worlds, Two Rooms, Auckland, New Zealand
Art Public, Cabinet P.H., Geneva
Gallery Chemould ,Mumbai
2006
EX-OTICA, Gallery Vitamin, Turin
Beyond the Page: Contemporary Art from Pakistan, Manchester Art Gallery, Manchester
Reflected Looking, Nature Morte, New Delhi
2005
Bitmap: International Digital Photo Project, Loop, Korea
Identical Views, Philips Contemporary, Mumbai
2004
Playing with a Loaded Gun, Museum Fridericianum, Kassel, Germany
Identical Views, V.M. Gallery, Karachi
2003
Miniatures Pakistanises, Maison d’Art Contemporarian Chaillioux, Paris
2000
Non-Sense, Rohtas Gallery, Islamabad
[edit] References
[edit] External Links
- Information from Asia Pacific Triennial
- Rashid Rana on ArtNet.com
- More information and texts from the Saatchi Gallery
