Qasim Riza Shaheen

Qasim Riza Shaheen
Born1971
Known forPerformance art, visual art, writer
Notable workMisplaced memoirs (2011-2015)
Autoportraits in love-like conditions (2014)
Stains & Stencils (2005–2007)
Queer courtesan (2007–2010)
Nine acts of reciprocity (2010)
MovementConceptual art
Website"http://www.qasimrizashaheen.com"

Qasim Riza Shaheen (born 1971) is a British artist and writer based in Manchester. Working across participatory performance, installation, film and photography, Shaheen's practice explores memory, notions of beauty, sexuality, love and, more broadly, fundamental concerns about human nature.[1][2][3][4]

"In films, video performances, photographs and mixed-media drawings, Qasim Riza Shaheen presents his affecting reflections on love and loss...For him, self-portraiture is more a matter of imaginative self-creation than any pretence of authentic self-definition...His enactments of queer romance, straight social alienation, and the universal melodramas of unrequited desire are choreographed with painful sensitivity."[5]

Career

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Qasim Riza Shaheen's work has been exhibited and programmed widely, including at Asia Contemporary Art Week, New York;[6][7] Cornerhouse, Manchester; mac in Birmingham; Southbank Centre, London; SPILL Festival of Performance, London;[8] Brighton International Festival; Victoria & Albert Museum, London; Liverpool Biennial; Arnolfini, Bristol;[9] National Review of Live Art, Glasgow, Scotland; La Boral, Gijon; Trouble Festival, Les Halles, Brussels; CityArts and Project Arts Centre, Dublin; Corona Cork Film Festival, Ireland; Castlefield Gallery, Manchester;[10][11] Twelve Gates Arts, Philadelphia; and Alhamra National Gallery in Lahore, Pakistan, where he was invited as an international resident artist and subsequently as an associate professor at the prestigious National College of Arts in Lahore and Islamabad.[12]

Prizes and awards

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Qasim Riza Shaheen has received several Arts Council of England bursaries as well as international commissions. He is featured on the British Council's Theatre and Dance network which promotes the best of UK performing arts.[13] He was nominated for the Northern Art Prize in 2010.[14] He has had several acquisitions made on his work by museums, galleries and private collectors.[15]

Artist Publications & Articles

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The last known pose: Essays and reflections on the works of Qasim Riza Shaheen – forthcoming Cornerhouse publication 2018 Hushlak M. A & Pearl M. (Eds.) [16][17]

(I am)mute(with love), Live Art Development Agency, London (forthcoming DVD release 2017)[17]

MyNoir: Everybody Says I'm Fine in Filmint.[18][17]

Misplaced Memoirs in Performing Ethos: An International Journal of Ethics in Theatre and Performance, Vol 2, No 2 (Intellect, August 2012) p. 155.[17]

Nine acts of reciprocity. Oldham: Gallery Oldham, 2010.[19][17]

Liliquoi Blue: God made me a boy. Dublin: CityArts, 2010.[20]

‘The NRLA Ball (Both Touching the Sky and Eating Dust…)’ in National Review of Live Art 1979–2010: a personal history, Ed. Dee Heddon. Glasgow: NRLA, 2010. p.90.

‘Queer courtesan (Sixteen processes of beautification)’, South Asian Popular Culture, Vol 7, No 3, Routledge (October 2009) p.211-215.[21][22][17]

Stains & Stencils. Cork: Cork International Film Festival, 2009.[23]

Khusra: Stains & Stencils. Manchester: Shisha/Cornerhouse Publications, 2007.[24]

Only the moon to play with. Manchester: Arts Council England, 2004.[17]

Kathak classical dance art

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Qasim Riza Shaheen was initiated as formal dance disciple of Pakistani Kathak dancer Nahid Siddiqui (Disciple of Maharaj Kathak & Pandit Birju Maharaj) in the 1990s and continues to be under her tutelage to date. He has performed internationally with Nahid Siddiqui and Company as a dancer at venues including the South Bank Centre, London, Royal Albert Hall, London and at Auditorium Parco della Musica, Rome, Italy.[25][26][27][28] His solo dance work has been showcased at the British Dance Edition 2008 held in Liverpool.[29]

References

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  1. ^ "Through the Prism of Art". The Hindu. 7 August 2012.
  2. ^ Pasupulate, Karthik. "Art gets a queer twist - The Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 9 November 2015.
  3. ^ "Qasim Riza Shaheen: Autoportraits In Love-like Conditions". Time Out Manchester. Retrieved 15 November 2015.
  4. ^ "Two minute introduction: Autoportraits in love-like conditions". audioBoom. Retrieved 18 November 2015.
  5. ^ Sherwin, Skye; Clark, Robert (12 September 2014). "Marina Abramovic, Wendy Ramshaw, Qasim Riza Shaheen: this week's new art shows in pictures". The Guardian. Retrieved 14 November 2015.
  6. ^ "Qasim Riza Shaheen | Art Radar". artradarjournal.com. Retrieved 9 November 2015.
  7. ^ "FIELD MEETING 2015 | Asia Contemporary Art Week". Asia Contemporary Art Week. 11 September 2015. Retrieved 16 November 2015.
  8. ^ "about an hour ago/Misplaced Memoirs | SPILL Festival". spillfestival.com. Retrieved 8 November 2015.
  9. ^ "Feeling Queer: Qasim Riza Shaheen in Queer Courtesan". a-n The Artists Information Company. Retrieved 8 November 2015.
  10. ^ "Qasim Riza Shaheen At Manchester Castlefield Gallery | Culture24". www.culture24.org.uk. Retrieved 8 November 2015.
  11. ^ "Art and the he-shes". men. 14 August 2007. Retrieved 8 November 2015.
  12. ^ "TWELVE GATES ARTS". twelvegatesarts.org. Retrieved 7 November 2015.
  13. ^ "Qasim Riza Shaheen - British Council Theatre & Dance". Theatre and Dance. Retrieved 16 November 2015.
  14. ^ "2010 Prize Northern Art Prize". www.northernartprize.org.uk. Retrieved 15 November 2015.
  15. ^ "In a World Where There are Five Women I am the Seventh by Qasim Riza Shaheen". Art Fund. Retrieved 7 November 2015.
  16. ^ "The last known pose | Cornerhouse". www.cornerhousepublications.org. Retrieved 7 November 2015.
  17. ^ a b c d e f g "Publications | Qasim Riza Shaheen". www.qasimrizashaheen.com. Retrieved 7 November 2015.
  18. ^ Film International Journal, Volume 11, Issue 5, (Intellect, October 2013) p. 56–57
  19. ^ "Qasim Riza Shaheen | Cornerhouse". www.cornerhousepublications.org. Retrieved 7 November 2015.
  20. ^ "Culture Event » Irish Museums Association". www.irishmuseums.org. Retrieved 7 November 2015.
  21. ^ "Afterlives of Postcolonialism". Goldsmiths, University of London. Retrieved 9 November 2015.
  22. ^ "Recordings". Goldsmiths, University of London. Retrieved 9 November 2015.
  23. ^ "Stains & Stencils - Catalogue - Live Art Development Agency". Live Art Development Agency. Retrieved 7 November 2015.
  24. ^ Lee, Kwong; Kaur, Paramjit; Mitha, Alnoor (1 November 2006). Khusra: Stains and Stencils - Qasim Riza Shaheen. Manchester: Shisha. ISBN 9780954556372.
  25. ^ "Art Now Pakistan | Qasim Riza Shaheen". www.artnowpakistan.com. Retrieved 7 November 2015.
  26. ^ Craig Ashley, Qasim Riza Shaheen: The last known pose, Exhibition Catalogue, mac Birmingham, Birmingham, 2014
  27. ^ "AUDITORIUM PARCO DELLA MUSICA". www.auditorium.com. Retrieved 7 November 2015.
  28. ^ "Auditorium Parco della Musica". Auditorium Parco della Musica.
  29. ^ "Liverpool hosts the best British... - LondonDance". LondonDance. Retrieved 17 November 2015.
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