Saad Qureshi (artist)

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Saad Qureshi
Known for
  • Sculpture
  • drawing

Saad Qureshi (born 1986, Bewal) is a contemporary artist best known for making large scale sculptures and drawings.[1][2]

Work and career[edit]

Qureshi grew up in Bradford, and was inspired by an art teacher here to become interested in and pursue art.[3][4] His early years in Bradford also influenced the themes he went on to address in his art practice, having been in Bradford during the 2001 race riots, and witnessed the clashing contrasting communities.[5] He then moved to Oxford when he received a scholarship to study BA Fine Art at Oxford Brookes University, graduating in 2007.[6] After spending a year working at Modern Art Oxford, Qureshi then went to study an MFA at the Slade School of Fine Art, University College London, in 2010.[7] In 2009, during his final year studying at the Slade, Qureshi was a finalist in the BBC2 programme School of Saatchi.[8]

In 2018 Qureshi returned to Oxford Brookes University as he was commissioned to create a new piece of permanent public art for the campus.[9] Qureshi made a series of sculptures for the courtyard at Headington Campus. The sculptures are entitled Assembly and consist of five bird like creatures cast in bronze.[10]

In 2019 Qureshi held a major exhibition at the Yorkshire Sculpture Park: Something About Paradise.

Awards[edit]

Arts Council England, Research Award 2014[11]

Celeste Prize Finalist, Rome[12]

Royal British Society of Sculptors Bursary Award 2012[13]

The Red Mansion Foundation Prize 2009[14][15]

Collections[edit]

Leeds Art Gallery[16]

The Farjam Foundation Collection, Dubai[17]

The Bagri Foundation, London[18]

Dipti Mathur Collection, California[19][20]

Solo exhibitions[edit]

Something About Paradise, Yorkshire Sculpture Park, Barnsley, 2020[21]

When The Moon Split, Aicon Gallery, New York, 2017[22]

time | memory | landscape, Gazelli Art House, London, 2017[23][24]

Congregation, Gazelli Art House, London, 2014[25]

In the Remains, Aicon Gallery, New York, 2013[26][27]

Other crescents, other moons, Gazelli Art House, London, 2012[28][29]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Saad Qureshi: time | memory | landscape". The List. Retrieved 13 April 2021.
  2. ^ Simpson, Veronica. "Saad Qureshi: Something About Paradise". www.studiointernational.com. Retrieved 13 April 2021.
  3. ^ "Saad has his art set on Saatchi prize". Bradford Telegraph and Argus. 23 November 2009. Retrieved 14 April 2021.
  4. ^ "BBC - Press Office - Charles Saatchi selects six artists for BBC Two's School of Saatchi". www.bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 14 April 2021.
  5. ^ "Slade Degree Shows 2010". www.ucl.ac.uk. Retrieved 14 April 2021.
  6. ^ "Stunning new sculptures take pride of place at Oxford Brookes". Oxford Mail. 5 March 2018. Retrieved 14 April 2021.
  7. ^ "Saad Qureshi". Retrieved 14 April 2021.
  8. ^ UCL (30 November 2009). "Two Slade students in School of Saatchi". UCL News. Retrieved 14 April 2021.
  9. ^ "Internationally renowned artist returns to Oxford Brookes University to unveil new campus artwork - Oxford Brookes University". www.brookes.ac.uk. Retrieved 14 April 2021.
  10. ^ "Internationally renowned artist returns to Oxford Brookes University to unveil new campus artwork - Oxford Brookes University". www.brookes.ac.uk. Retrieved 14 April 2021.
  11. ^ Bruce, Ian (10 October 2017). "Saad Qureshi". The magazine for Oxford Brookes alumni, supporters and friends. Retrieved 13 April 2021.
  12. ^ Italy, www celesteprize com-Celeste Network-. "Celeste Prize 2012". www.celesteprize.com. Retrieved 13 April 2021.
  13. ^ "RBS Bursary Awards 2012". a-n The Artists Information Company. Retrieved 13 April 2021.
  14. ^ "The Red Mansion Art Prize - Exhibition at A Foundation Liverpool in Liverpool". ArtRabbit. Retrieved 13 April 2021.
  15. ^ "Art Prize Winners – The Red Mansion Foundation". Retrieved 13 April 2021.
  16. ^ "Yorkshire Sculpture Park presents a new body of work by British artist Saad Qureshi". ysp.org.uk. Retrieved 13 April 2021.
  17. ^ "Saad Qureshi - ArtFile Magazine". cargocollective.com. Retrieved 13 April 2021.
  18. ^ "Saad Qureshi: Something About Paradise • XIBT Contemporary Art Mag". XIBT Contemporary Art Mag. 15 April 2020. Retrieved 13 April 2021.
  19. ^ "For New Beginnings: Paul Black Talks To Saad Qureshi At OVADA". Artlyst. Retrieved 13 April 2021.
  20. ^ "CONGREGATION | 10 October - 23 November 2014 - Overview". Gazelli Art House. Retrieved 13 April 2021.
  21. ^ "Saad Qureshi: Something About Paradise review – pensive and poetic". The Guardian. 5 January 2020. Retrieved 13 April 2021.
  22. ^ "Saad Qureshi – When the Moon Split". COBO Social. 30 October 2017. Retrieved 13 April 2021.
  23. ^ "Exhibition | Saad Qureshi, 'time | memory | landscape' at Gazelli Art House, London, United Kingdom". ocula.com. 13 April 2021. Retrieved 13 April 2021.
  24. ^ "time | memory | landscape | Artsy". www.artsy.net. Retrieved 13 April 2021.
  25. ^ "Congregation - Gazelli Art House - The Slade School of Fine Art". www.ucl.ac.uk. 11 September 2019. Retrieved 13 April 2021.
  26. ^ "In the Remains, Saad QURESHI, Aicon Gallery, New York - artinasia.com". www.artinasia.com. Retrieved 13 April 2021.
  27. ^ "In The Remains - Recent works by Saad Qureshi - Exhibitions - Aicon Contemporary". www.aiconcontemporary.com. Retrieved 13 April 2021.
  28. ^ "OTHER CRESCENTS OTHER MOONS | 2 November - 22 December 2012 - Overview". Gazelli Art House. Retrieved 13 April 2021.
  29. ^ "Saad Qureshi: Other crescents other moons on artnet". www.artnet.com. Retrieved 13 April 2021.
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