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Tazeen Qayyum (b.1973)
@tazeenqayyum
www.tazeenqayyum.com
Solo Exhibitions
2023 ‘In Parts’, Red Head Gallery, Toronto, Canada
2022 ‘A Facade of Beauty and Integrated Fear ’, curated by Ignazio Nicastro, Riverdale Hub, Toronto
2022 ‘Sakoon’, Zalucky Contemporary, Toronto
2020 ‘Cover the Same Ground’, Canvas Gallery, Karachi, Pakistan
2018 ‘Descent’, Canvas Gallery, Karachi, Pakistan
2018 ‘Drawings by Tazeen Qayyum’, Boarding House Gallery, University of Guelph, Canada
2015 ‘Khara Dupatta’, mixed media installation, Bradley Museum, Mississauga, Canada
2015 ‘(IN)SURGE(NT)’, curated by Zarmeene Shah, Canvas Gallery, Karachi, Pakistan
2013 ‘A Holding Pattern’, co-curated by Lee Petrie and Stuart Keeler, Toronto Pearson Airport
2012 ‘Coule dans les veines (flows in the veins)’, curated by Stuart Keeler, XIT-RM Art Gallery of Mississauga, Canada
2012 ‘Viewer Discretion is Advised’, Ross Creek center for the Arts, Nova Scotia, Canada
2011 ‘Its Complicated’, curated by Nadia Kurd, Thunder Bay Art Gallery, Canada
2009 ‘Viewer Discretion is Advised’, Gandhara Art-Space, Karachi, Pakistan
2001 ‘Woven Narratives: New Miniatures’, Gallery Rohtas II, Lahore, Pakistan
2000 ‘Contemporary Miniatures’, Gallery Jutner, Vienna, Austria
Performance Projects
2020 ‘Ehsaas’, durational drawing performance, in collaboration with Marwan Abado, Salam Orient Festival, Vienna, Austria
2017 ‘Unvoiced’, durational drawing performance, at the 1st Karachi Biennale, Pakistan
2016 ‘We do not know who we are where we go’, drawing performance, for Christof Migone’s Mixer Project’ at The Royal Conservatory of Music, Toronto
2015 ‘We do not know who we are where we go’, drawing performance, Possible Worlds, curated by Shannon Anderson , at The Oakville Hospital, Canada
2014 ‘ByOb:Bring Your Own Bollywood’ collaborative performance and photo-based project, at Parramasala, Parramatta, Sydney, Australia
2014 ‘Do not know who we are where we go’, a drawing performance, The 905 Road Show: A Creativity Cabaret, at Sheridan College, Davis Campus, Toronto, Canada
2013 ‘Lost in Desires’ Drawing Performance, Nuit Blanche, Art Metropole, Toronto
2013 ‘ByOb:Bring Your Own Bollywood’ collaborative performance and photo-based project, Blackwood Gallery, at Celebration Square, Mississauga, Canada
2012 ‘Threading Encounters’, The Door to Door exhibition series, Blackwood Gallery, University of Toronto, Mississauga, Canada
2009 ‘A Feast in Exile’, a collaborative inter-disciplinary performance project, Alliance de Francaise Karachi, produced by Vasl Artists’ Collective and Indus Valley School of Art and Architecture, Pakistan
2007& 2006 ‘Double Date’, a collaborative inter-disciplinary performance project, produced by SAVAC,South Asian Visual Arts Center and AKA Gallery, Saskatoon, Lennox Contemporary Gallery, Toronto, Canada
Select Two and Three – Person Exhibitions
2012 ‘A Homespun Web: Heather Goodchild, Noelle Hamlyn and Tazeen Qayyum, curated by Cole Swanson, Living Arts Centre, Mississauga, Canada
2011 ‘Veiled: Andrew McPhail, Grace Ndiritu and Tazeen Qayyum’,curated by Sarah Quinton, Textile Museum of Canada.
2009 ‘Failing States: recent works by Tazeen Qayyum and Adeela Suleman’, Aicon Gallery, London, U.K.
2008 ‘Farida Batool, Tazeen Qayyum, and Adeela Suleman’, curated by Priyanka Mathews, Aicon Gallery, New York, U.S.A.
Select Group Exhibitions
2022 ‘Chaos: Calm’, Bangkok Art Biennale 2022, Thailand
2021 ‘Contemporary Chronicles’ South Asia Institute, Chicago, USA.
2018 ‘Art for Education: Contemporary Artists from Pakistan’ co-curated by Rosa Maria Falvo and Salima Hashmi, Museo Diocesano, Milan, Italy.
2018 ‘Common Borders’ curated by Majid Abbasi Farahani, Sanat Gallery, Karachi, Pakistan
2018 ‘Objects We Behold’ curated by Amra Ali, Gandhara Art Space, Karachi, Pakistan
2018 ‘Forward Motion’ curated by Noa Bronstein, The Small Arms building, Mississauga
2017 ‘Witness’ 1st Karachi Biennale, Jamshed Memorial Hall and NJV High School, Karachi Pakistan.
2016 ‘Greater Toronto:New Artist Textiles’, Commissioned by the Textile Museum of Canada, Textile Arts Centre, NYCxDESIGN, New York and London Design Festival, U.K.
2015 ‘Beyond Measure: Domesticating Distance’, curated by Ambereen Siddiqui, The Robert McLaughlin Gallery, Oshawa, Canada
2015 ‘Border Cultures: Part Three (Security, Surveillance)’ curated by Srimoyee Mitra, Art Gallery of Windsor, Canada
2015 ‘Season X: Celebrating a Decade’ curated by Shanley Hanlon, OSilas Gallery, Concordia College, New York, U.S.A
2014 ‘Arrival/Revival’ curated by Abdullah Sayed, Parramata Artist Studio, Sydney, Australia
2013 ‘Info Bomb:The Subcontinent’ A project with Other Asias, Aam Awaam and SAVAC, Art Metropole, Toronto, Canada
2011 ‘The Pill’ curated by Avni Doshi, Latitude 28 Gallery, Delhi, India
2010 ‘The Rising Tide: New Directions in Art from Pakistan 1990 -2010’ curated by Naiza Khan, Mohatta Palace Museum, Karachi, Pakistan
2010 ‘Its a Disaster’, curated by Anthea Foyer, CodeLive Metro, the 2010 Winter Olympics, Vancouver, Canada
2010 ‘A Delicate Point; Images from a South Asian Diaspora’, OSilas Gallery, Concordia College, NY, curated by Priyanka Mathew and Patricia Miranda
2009 ‘Bazgasht: Traditional Methods and Modern Practices’, curated by Ali Adil Khan with Asma Arshad Mahmood and Rob Freeman, Art Gallery of Mississauga, Canada
2008 ‘Conversations across cultures, South Asian Imaginaries, curated by Maurizio Pellegrin and Razia Sadik, Macy Gallery, Columbia University, New York
2008 ‘The Human Dichotomy’, Aicon Gallery, Palo Alto, U.S.A
2008 ‘ShContemporary08, Shanghai International Art Fair, Aicon Gallery
2008 ‘HKArt08’, Hong Kong International Art Fair, Gandhara Art Gallery
2008& 2007 ‘Urban Myths & Modern Fables’, curated by Haema Sivanesan, University of Technology, Sydney and 24Hr Art, Darwin, Australia and Doris McCarthy Gallery, University of Toronto Scarborough, Canada
2007 ‘Homecoming’, curated by Atteqa Ali, National Gallery of Pakistan, Islamabad
2007 ‘Women Looking East’, curated by Steven Spennel, University of Rhode Island, Providence Campus, U.S.A.
2006 ‘Gendering Detail, Contemporary Miniature Paintings’, curated by Kristy Phillips, Art Square Gallery and SAGA (South Asian Gallery of Art) Toronto, Canada
2005 ‘Ongoing Dialogue’, Foresight Art Center, Amman, Jordon
2005 ‘A Thousand and One Days: The Art of Pakistani Women Miniaturists’, curated by Enrico Mascelloni, Salima Hashmi and Duccio K. Marignoli, Honolulu Academy of Arts, Hawaii and Musee des Beaux, Rouen, France
2004 ‘JALA- Japan Afro-Asian Latin American Exchange Exhibition’, Tokyo Metropolitan Museum, Japan
2003 ‘Bolly>Lolly>Holly>Tolly’ a SAVAC member exhibition, Harbourfront Centre, Toronto
2003 ’43rd Suzzara Prize 2003-Spirit and Body; between tradition and cybernetics’, curated by Enrico Mascelloni , Padova, Italy
2003 ‘Negotiating Borders’ Miniature Paintings, curated by Salima Hashmi, Siddhartha Art Gallery, Kathmandu, Nepal.
2002 2nd Painting Biennale, Saba Cultural and Artistic Center, Tehran, Iran
2002 10th Asian Biennale, Shilpakala Academy, Dhaka, Bangladesh
2000 ‘Contemporary Miniature Paintings’, Didrichsen Art Museum, Helsinki, Finland
Select Public Collections
Royal Ontario Museum, Canada
TD Canada Trust Permanent Collection
University of Vienna, Department of Art History, Austria
Neubacher Collection, Weltmuseum, Vienna, Austria
Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Pengzhou, China
The Robert McLaughlin Gallery, Oshawa, Canada
Doris McCarthy Gallery, University of Toronto, Canada
National Gallery of Amman, Jordan
National Art Gallery, Nepal
Federal Chancellery, Vienna, Austria
Achievements and Awards
2017 Awarded Canada Council Project Grant
2016 Excellence in Visual Art award 2016, by the Canadian Community Arts Initiative.
2014 Nominated for K.M. Hunter Award, Canada
2013 Nominated for Jameel Prize, international award for contemporary art and design
2011 to 2022 Awarded Project Grants, mid-career artist, Ontario Arts Council, Canada
2006,09 &22 Awarded Canada Council Travel Grants
2008 Awarded Project Grant, Toronto Arts Council, Canada
2006 & 2016 Awarded Access and Career Development Grant, Ontario Arts Council, Canada
2006 Awarded Project Grant, emerging artist, Ontario Arts Council, Canada
2000 Awarded UNESCO Bursary for a three-month residency in Vienna, Austria
1996 Award of Excellence, performance, National College of Arts, Lahore
Education and Residencies
2020 Artist in residence, Philomena+, Vienna, Austria
2019 Artist in residence, Bishop Strachan Private Girls School, Toronto
2018 Artist in residence, Boarding House Gallery, University of Guelph, Canada
2014 Two week residency at Parramatta Artist Studio, Sydney, Ausralia
2013 Three month, Artists-in-Residence, Summer 2013, Blackwood Gallery, Mississauga
2000 Three month residency AIR program, Federal Chancellery Vienna, Austria
1996 Bachelors Degree, Fine Arts, National College of Arts, Lahore, Pakistan
Volunteer Contributions
2018 to date Member Arts Council, Oakville Trafalgar Memorial Hospital, Oakville Canada
2018 to 2021 Member Board of Directors, Oakville Galleries, Canada
2015 to 2021 Member Acquisition Committee, Oakville Galleries
2020 to 2021 Member Diversity and Inclusion Action Team, Oakville Galleries
2015 to 2018 Member Advisory Board, Blackwood Gallery, University of Toronto, Mississauga
2005 – 2007 Programming Committee member, SAVAC, South Asian Visual Arts Centre, Toronto.
