Haroon Mirza (born 1977) is a British contemporary visual artist, of Pakistani descent. He is best known for sculptural installations that generate audio compositions.

Early life and education

Mirza was born in 1977 in

London London is the capital and largest city of England and the United Kingdom, with a population of just under 9 million. It stands on the River Thames in south-east England at the head of a estuary down to the North Sea, and has been a majo ...

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. He is of Pakistani descent. Mirza holds an MA degree (2007) in Fine Art from

Chelsea College of Art and Design Chelsea College of Arts is a constituent college of the University of the Arts London based in London, United Kingdom, and is a leading British art and design institution with an international reputation. It offers further and higher educat ...

; an MA degree (2006) in Design, Critical Practice from

Goldsmiths, University of London Goldsmiths, University of London, officially the Goldsmiths' College, is a constituent research university of the University of London in England. It was originally founded in 1891 as The Goldsmiths' Technical and Recreative Institute by the Wor ...

; and a BA degree (2002) in Painting from

Winchester School of Art Winchester School of Art is the art school of the University of Southampton, situated 10 miles (14 km) north of Southampton in the city of Winchester near the south coast of England. History The Winchester School of Art was founded in 187 ...

Projects and exhibitions

He has collaborated with actor, musician, writer and curator Richard Strange on two major works: "A Sleek Dry Yell", a sound and performance piece created with texts and performance by Strange, which was subsequently bought by The Contemporary Art Society and toured regional galleries, and "The Last Tape", with unrecorded lyrics by Ian Curtis of Joy Division performed by Strange in the style of Samuel Beckett's Krapp's Last Tape. Mirza and Strange presented this work at New Territories, The International Festival of Live Art in Glasgow in 2011 and at Chisenhale Gallery, London and the Vivid (media arts), Vivid Gallery, Birmingham. Mirza and Strange were also part of 'Cabaret Futura' a group exhibition at Cell Project Space, London, in 2008. Lisson Gallery hosted Mirza's solo show in early 2011. In the same year his work was also displayed at the 54th Venice Biennial, as well as in the British Art Show 7. In 2011 Mirza was also involved in ''An Echo Button'' a project for Performa Biennial with artists Ed Atkins and James Richards in which they temporarily took over the large screens in Times Square. Mirza also had another solo show called ''I Saw Square Triangle Sine'' at Camden Arts Centre, London in 2011, which was to tour to Spike Island, Bristol in 2012 and The Hepworth Wakefield in 2013. In 2012, the University of Michigan Museum of Art held Mirza's first solo museum exhibition in the United States. Mirza participated in "Roundtable": The 9th Gwangju Biennale, which took place from September to November 2012 in Gwangju, Korea. Mizra's work was included in ''Soundings: A Contemporary Score,'' at the Museum of Modern Art, New York City from August to November 2013. In 2018, the Ikon Gallery in Birmingham, UK, opened a Mirza exhibition called 'Reality is somehow what we expect it to be'.

Awards

Notable awards include the Northern Art Prize in 2010. He received the Silver Lion for Most Promising artist in 2011 at the 54th Venice Biennale ''Illuminations''. He received the DAIWA Art Prize in 2012 and in 2014 was awarded the Zurich Art Prize and the Nam June Paik Art Centre Award 2014. In 2015 he won the Calder Prize. He also won the Collide International Award in 2017.

References

External links

Official website

Haroon Mirza at Lisson Galley

Frieze Focus:Haroon Mirza

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