Lahore Biennale 03: Artists and Sites

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The Lahore Biennale Foundation (LBF) announces Of Mountains and Seas, the third edition of the Biennale, curated by John Tain. LB03 builds on the success of the inaugural Lahore Biennale in March 2018 and the second edition in early 2020, curated by Hoor Al Qasimi, by showcasing groundbreaking contemporary art from around the world centred on the themes of ecologies and sustainable futures. Of Mountains and Seas showcases the convergence of art, environmental awareness, and global collaboration to help imagine alternative futures.

The Biennale invites some sixty artists from over thirty countries to present an array of site-specific exhibits and immersive installations that draw attention to issues caused by environmental degradation, along with illuminating vernacular and indigenous heritage as transformative resources for future sustainability. It explores these themes from the perspectives of Pakistan and the Global South more broadly.

List of Artists:

  • Hamra Abbas
  • Bani Abidi
  • Ravi Agarwal
  • Zahoor ul Akhlaq
  • Nurjahan Akhlaq
  • Nilofar Akmut
  • Basil Al-Rawi
  • Sheherezade Alam
  • Elyas Alavi
  • Farida Batool
  • Carolina Caycedo
  • Imran Channa
  • Heman Chong
  • Chow & Lin
  • DAVRA 
  • Discostan
  • Köken Ergun and Fetra Danu
  • Cristina Flores Pescorán
  • Gidree Bawlee, Salma Jamal Moushum & Kamruzzaman Shadhin
  • Simryn Gill & Stolon Press
  • Dryden Goodwin
  • Arshia Haq
  • Feroza Hakeem
  • Ehsan ul Haq & Iqra Tanveer
  • Inland
  • Saodat Ismailova
  • Raheem Jaan
  • Mella Jaarsma 
  • Zihan Karim
  • Ali Kazim
  • Karim Khan
  • Fiza Khatri
  • Yasmeen Lari 
  • Lo Lai Lai Natalie
  • Abuzar Madhu
  • Salahuddin Mian
  • Zarina  Muhammad
  • Hira Nabi & Nida Rehman
  • Leeroy New
  • Ailbhe Ní Bhriain
  • Niamat Nigar
  • Abraham Onoriode Oghobase
  • Fauzan Omar
  • Daniel Otero  Torres
  • Sopheap Pich
  • Tariq Alexander Qaiser
  • Imran Qureshi
  • Fazal Rizvi
  • Usman Saeed
  • Tomás Saraceno
  • Sin Wai Kin
  • Anshu Singh
  • Phaptawan Suwannakudt
  • Jennifer Tee
  • Subash Thebe  Limbu
  • Udeido Collective
  • Womanifesto
  • Wong Kit Yi
  • Birender Yadav
  • Haegue Yang
  • Trevor Yeung
  • Zheng Bo

List of Sites:

  • Shalimar Gardens
    • Grounds
    • Hammam
    • Nakar Khana
    • Shalimar Gardens Orange Line Station
  • Lahore Fort
    • Royal Kitchens
    • Akbari Mahal
    • British Barracks
    • Lawn Near the Diwan-i-Am
  • Bradlaugh Hall
  • Mall Road
    • Nasir Bagh
    • Barracks
    • Lahore Museum
    • YMCA
    • Pak Tea House
    • Green Area outside Pak Tea House/Sunday Book Market[/Hafiz Juice Corner]
    • GPO Station
    • Alhamra Art Center

BIOGRAPHY OF THE CURATOR – JOHN TAIN

John Tain, curator of “Of Mountains and Seas”, previously was based in Hong Kong as Head of Research at Asia Art Archive, (AAA, 2017-2023). His projects there include “Expansions, Translations,” for documenta fifteen (2022); the Art Schools of Asia seminar and symposium (2021-22); the exhibition Crafting Communities (2020), devoted to Thailand-based Womanifesto; MAHASSA (Modern Art Histories in and across Africa, and South and Southeast Asia, 2019-2020), a collaboration with the Dhaka Art Summit and the Institute for Comparative Modernities at Cornell University; as well as the Guerrilla Girls first commission in Asia (2018). He has served as a series editor for Afterall’s Exhibition Histories, and is a co-editor for the Intersecting Modernisms project, with Pamela Corey, Iftikhar Dadi, Salah Hassan, Mari-Carmen Ramirez, and Ming Tiampo. He also serves as an advisor for Asia Forum, an ongoing collateral event at the Venice Biennale, and on the advisory committee of the Hauser & Wirth Institute. He was previously a curator for modern and contemporary collections at the Getty Research Institute in Los Angeles (2007-2017).

 

 

Artwork Image Captions

Zheng Bo. Phoenix, 2024, still from video.

Simryn Gill & Stolon Press . Hustle Culture 2024, still from video.

Saodat Ismailova. The Haunted, 2017, still from video.

Imran Channa. Promised Land (Pastoral State) 2022-23, still from video game installation.

Fazal Rizvi. How to Be a Rock–a fall, a poem, a wish, a score, a manifesto, 2024, still from video installation.

Elyas Alavi, Sound of Silence (detail), 2024, installation. Photo by Jacquie Manning.

Ehsan ul Haq & Iqra Tanveer. Memory Orbits 2024, still from video.