Fahd Burki’s practice is concerned with a vocabulary of symbols, forms and compositions that have, over the years, moved between non-representational and figurative.
Without predefined ideas, Burki’s creative process is intuitively marked with repetition, symmetry and intervals. The compositions are playfully crafted with lines, geometric forms, grids and blank spaces.
Burki graduated from the National College of Arts, Lahore in 2003 and received a Postgraduate Diploma from the Royal Academy Schools in 2010.
Since 2004, his works have been exhibited at various international art fairs, galleries, and institutions. Over a span of 10 years, Burki has received immense recognition and appreciation for his intriguing works amongst the art community and was awarded with the John Jones Art on Paper Award at Art Dubai in 2013. He was also selected as one among 10 international artists to undertake a research-based residency at the Edinburgh Printmakers in 2013 for their project, Below another sky, a collaborative programme developed by the Scottish Print Networks.
In 2014 a monograph of the artist’s work was published in association with Skira editore, Milan.
Born: 1981 in Lahore, Pakistan
RA Schools student from 2007 to 2010
Gender: Male
2016 New works, GreyNoise, Dubai
2015 Compositions for Rest and Play, Galleryske, Bangalore
2014 Carré d’Art–Musée d’art contemporain, Nîmes
Yield, GreyNoise, Dubai
2013 New works, GreyNoise, Dubai
2012 Liste 17, Basel
2010 Prostheses, Jamjar Gallery, Dubai
2009 New works, GreyNoise, Lahore
2007 The cult of Man, Alhamra Council for Arts, Lahore
2017 India Art Fair, New Delhi
Folds of Belonging, curated by Tess Maunder, Brisbane
2016 Social Calligraphies, Zacheta National Gallery of Art, Warsaw
Gwangju Biennale 11 curated by Maria Lind, South Korea.
The missing one, curated by Nada Raza, Office for contemporary Art, Norway
The missing one, curated by Nada Raza, Dhaka Art Summit, Bangladesh
2015 Below another sky, British Council Headquarters, London
Art Dubai, Greynoise, Dubai
2014 The importance of staying quiet, Yallay space, Hong Kong
Below another sky, Aberdeen Art Gallery
2013 Art Dubai, GreyNoise, Dubai
2012 Vac.u.um, GreyNoise, Dubai
2011 Artissima 18, Turin
The centre cannot hold, GreyNoise, Lahore
India Art Fair, New Delhi
2010 The Rising Tide, Mohatta Palace Museum, Karachi
2013 John Jones Award for Art on Paper, Art Dubai
2010 Dunoyer De Segonzac Award, Royal Academy of Arts, London
2009 Landseer Award for Painting, Royal Academy of Arts, London