Haroon Mirza

Mirza was born in South London.{{Cite web |date=2022-01-13 |title=Haroon Mirza: 'The question I'm asking is, when will we get some?' |url=https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2022/01/13/haroon-mirza-the-question-im-asking-is-what-kind-of-species-are-we |access-date=2022-10-07 |website=The Art Newspaper - International art news and events}} He is of Pakistani descent.{{cite web |last=Ting |first=Selina |date=1 November 2010 |title=Interview: Haroon Mirza |url=http://www.initiartmagazine.com/interview.php?IVarchive=105 |url-status=live |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20190906083637/http://www.initiartmagazine.com/interview.php?IVarchive=105 |archivedate=6 September 2019 |accessdate=10 June 2020 |work=InitiArt Magazine |quote=My background is predominantly Western even though my family origin is from Pakistan, so I wanted to explore the differences between perceptions.}}

Mirza holds an MA degree (2007) in Fine Art from Chelsea College of Art and Design; an MA degree (2006) in Design, Critical Practice from Goldsmiths, University of London; and a BA degree (2002) in Painting from Winchester School of Art.

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 Gallery, Birmingham. Mirza and Strange were also part of 'Cabaret Futura' a group exhibition at Cell Project Space, London, in 2008.{{Cite web|url=http://cellprojects.org/exhibitions/cabaret-futura|title=Cabaret Futura {{!}} Cell Project Space|website=cellprojects.org|language=en|access-date=2018-05-01}}

Lisson Gallery hosted Mirza's solo show in early 2011.{{cite web|title=Lisson Gallery|url=http://www.lissongallery.com/#/exhibitions/2011-02-15_haroon-mirza/|publisher=www.lissongallery.com|accessdate=3 February 2016}} In the same year his work was also displayed at the 54th Venice Biennial,{{cite web|url=http://www.swide.com/luxury-magazine/Faces/Artists/haroon-mirza/2011/6/16 |title=La Biennale: Haroon Mirza – Swide Magazine |publisher=Swide.com |date= |accessdate=23 November 2011}} as well as in the British Art Show 7.{{cite news|author=Skye Sherwin |url=https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2011/mar/18/artist-of-week-haroon-mirza |title=Artist of the week 130: Haroon Mirza | Art and design | guardian.co.uk |publisher=Guardian |date=18 March 2011 |accessdate=23 November 2011 |location=London}}

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.{{cite web|url=http://11.performa-arts.org/event/ed-atkins-haroon-mirza-and-james-richards |title=Performa 11 · Event · Ed Atkins, Haroon Mirza, and James Richards |publisher=11.performa-arts.org |date= |accessdate=23 November 2011}}{{cite web|url=http://www.zabludowiczcollection.com/new-york/exhibitions/an-echo-button |title=An Echo Button – Exhibitions |publisher=Zabludowicz Collection |date= |accessdate=23 November 2011}}

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.{{cite web|url=http://www.camdenartscentre.org/exhibitions/?id=101182 |title=Haroon Mirza – I saw square triangle sine |publisher=Camden Arts Centre |date=7 October 2011 |accessdate=23 November 2011}}

In 2012, the University of Michigan Museum of Art held Mirza's first solo museum exhibition in the United States.{{Cite web|url=https://umma.umich.edu/exhibitions/2012/haroon-mirza|title=Haroon Mirza {{!}} University of Michigan Museum of Art|website=umma.umich.edu|access-date=2020-03-11}}

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.{{cite web|title=Soundings: A Contemporary Score|url=http://www.moma.org/calendar/exhibitions/1351?locale=en|publisher=www.moma.org|accessdate=3 February 2016}}

In 2018, the Ikon Gallery in Birmingham, UK, opened a Mirza exhibition called 'Reality is somehow what we expect it to be'.{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=Haroon Mirza: Reality is somehow what we expect it to be|url=https://www.ikon-gallery.org/event/haroon-mirza/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210120102933/https://www.ikon-gallery.org/event/haroon-mirza/|archive-date=20 January 2021|access-date=|website=Ikon gallery|url-status=dead}}{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=Haroon Mirza's largest exhibition to date opens at Ikon Gallery|url=https://www.lissongallery.com/news/haroon-mirza-exhibition-opens-at-ikon-gallery-in-birmingham|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=|website=lissongallery}}

Notable awards include the Northern Art Prize in 2010.{{cite web|url=http://www.northernartprize.org.uk/ourblog/haroon-mirza-wins-the-fourth-northern-a-prize |title=Haroon Mirza wins the fourth Northern Art Prize Northern Art Prize |publisher=Northernartprize.org.uk |date=21 January 2011 |accessdate=23 November 2011}} He received the Silver Lion for Most Promising artist in 2011 at the 54th Venice Biennale Illuminations.{{cite news|author=Martin Wainwright |url=https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2011/jan/20/haroon-mirza-northern-art-prize |title=Haroon Mirza scoops Northern Art prize | Art and design | guardian.co.uk |publisher=Guardian |date= 20 January 2011|accessdate=23 November 2011 |location=London}} He received the DAIWA Art Prize in 2012 and in 2014 was awarded the Zurich Art Prize{{Cite web |last=Soriano |first=Kathleen |author-link=Kathleen Soriano |date=January 21, 2018 |title=Art of the nation: artist Haroon Mirza chooses five works |url=https://artuk.org/discover/stories/art-of-the-nation-artist-haroon-mirza-chooses-five-works |access-date=2022-10-01 |website=Art UK |language=en}} 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.{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=Haroon Mirza|url=https://www.lissongallery.com/artists/haroon-mirza#:~:text=He%20was%20awarded%20the%20Northern,Switzerland%20in%20the%20course%20of|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=|website=lissongallery}}

{{Reflist}}

• [http://www.clickfolio.com/haroon/ Official website]
• [http://www.lissongallery.com/#/artists/haroon-mirza/ Haroon Mirza at Lisson Galley]
• [http://www.frieze.com/issue/article/haroon-mirza/ Frieze Focus:Haroon Mirza]
• [http://www.joncronshaw.co.uk/2013/05/art-forms-and-functions-interview-with.html Forms and functions – an interview with Haroon Mirza]
• [https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/art/art-news/8274644/Musical-artist-Haroon-Mirza-wins-Northern-Art-Prize.html Telegraph ''Musical' artist Haroon Mirza wins Northern Art Prize' Jan 2011]

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Category:1977 births

Category:Alumni of Chelsea College of Arts

Category:Alumni of Goldsmiths, University of London

Category:Alumni of the University of Southampton

Category:British artists of Pakistani descent

Category:British installation artists

Category:British contemporary artists

Category:English people of Pakistani descent

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Category:Artists from the London Borough of Wandsworth