Mehwish Iqbal works across painting, printmaking, textiles, ceramics, sculpture and installation art. Her work provocatively explores notions of womanhood, courage, liberation, and power. She experiments with themes involving migration, influx of refugee and migrant diaspora, monopoly of power-play, commodification of human agency, hybrid identities, unfolding fragile and complex state of individuals.
Image Credit: Jacquie Manning, Courtesy Parramatta Artist Studio
RESIDENCIES
2018
The New York Art Residency & Studios (NARS) Foundation, New York, USA
2016
Parramatta Artist Studio, Sydney, Australia
2015
Cicada Press COFA, University of New South Wales, Australia
2014
Halka Arts Project, Istanbul Turkey
. 2014 Bundanon Art Trust, Bundanon, Australia
2013
Megalo, Print Studio, Canberra, Australia
2011
The Art Student League, New York, USA
ART FAIRS
2023
Art SG, Singapore Art Fair
Art Basel, Hong Kong
2022
Sydney Contemporary, Sydney, Australia
Asia Now, Paris, France
2021
Melbourne Art Fair, Melbourne, Australia
2017
Sydney Contemporary, Sydney, Australia.
Hong Kong Art Central, Hong Kong
2016
Sydney Contemporary, Sydney, Australia
2015
Istanbul Contemporary, Istanbul, Turkey
2014
Istanbul Contemporary, Istanbul, Turkey
International Print Biennale Karachi, Pakistan
MEHWISH IQBAL
1981
Born in Sangla hill, Pakistan
1999
BA in Fine Arts, Major in Painting, National College of Arts, Pakistan
2008
MA in Fine Arts, Major in Printmaking, University of New South Wales, Australia
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2022
Laa Makaan Yavuz gallery
2019
The Distance Between Us, Nanda\Hobbs, Sydney, Australia.
Mind, Body and State, HG Contemporary, New York, USA
2017
Flux, M. Contemporary, Sydney, Australia
2015
Subliminal Landscapes, Kare Gallery, Istanbul, Turkey
2014
Introspections of Sacred Space, Halka Arts Project Gallery, Istanbul, Turkey
2012
Silent Diaspora, Paper Pane Gallery, Rozelle, Australia
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2023
Soft Power, Goulburn Regional Gallery, Australia
A Soft Touch, 4A Centre for Contemporary Asian Art, Australia
A Whisper Echoes Loudest, Fairfield City Museum and Gallery, Australia
2022
Flock Together, Yavuz Gallery, Sydney Contemporary, Australia
2021
Nanda\Hobbs, Melbourne Art Fair, Australia
The National 2021, Museum of Contemporary Arts, Australia
Soul Fury, Bendigo Art Gallery, 4th June, Australia
Settle/Unsettle, Manly Art Gallery, Sydney, Australia
2019
Once Per Annum, Taksim Republic Gallery, Istanbul, Turkey
2018
Surfaces, HG Contemporary, New York, USA
New Sacred, Mosman Art Gallery, Sydney, Australia
Khalas, UNSW Galleries, Australia
Imaginative Time, Kare Art Gallery, Istanbul, Turkey
65th Black Prize, Casula Powerhouse Arts Centre, Liverpool, Australia
2017
Know Your Neighbour, The Lockup, New Castle, Australia
Paramor Art Prize, Casula Powerhouse Arts Centre, Liverpool, Australia
2016
Diaspora Making Machine, Blacktown Art Centre, Australia
64th Blake Prize, Casula Powerhouse Arts Centre, Liverpool, Australia
2015
Hobart Art Prize, Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery, Australia
2014
Hobart Art Prize, Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery, Australia
No Added Sugar, Casula Powerhouse Arts Centre, Liverpool, Australia
GRANTS AND AWARDS
2023
Recipient of Arts Projects for Individuals and Groups, Australia Arts Council
2020
Finalist, The Blake Prize, Liverpool, Australia
2019
Finalist, Woollahra Small Sculpture Prize, Sydney, Australia
2018
Finalist, The Blake Prize, Liverpool, Australia
Finalist, Woollahra Small Sculpture Prize, Sydney, Australia
2017
Finalist, Paramor Art Prize, Casula Powerhouse Arts Centre, Liverpool, Australia
2015
Finalist, Hobart Art Prize, Australia
2014
Finalist, Hobart Art Prize, Australia
Ian Potters Cultural Trust Grant, Australia
2011
Recipient of Australian Arts Council Grant
2010
Viktoria Marinov Award in Art, University of New South Wales, Australia