Imran Channa visual artist

Imran Channa is a contemporary visual artist based in Lahore, Pakistan. He was born on 21st September, 1981 in Shikarpur, Sindh. He works in multiple media, including painting, drawing, sculpture, digital art and interactive art. He has been exhibiting nationally and internationally. He is currently finalist for the Sovergin Asian Art Prize 2010 Hong Kong. He teaches at National College of Arts, Lahore. He lives and works in Lahore.
Life
Imran Channa was born in Shikarpur, Sindh. After completing his initial education in Shikarpur in 1998, he moved to Hyderabad to explore art, where he met with artist, art teacher and writer Fatah Halepoto. He worked for 3 years in Hyderabad under the influence of his teacher . In 2001 he enrolled in the Department of Fine Arts at National College of Arts, Lahore. Again he enrolled in the same institution in MA Hons Visual Arts Programme. He finished his MA Hons in Visual Arts in 2008.
Art career
Various critics and publications have spoken of the direction and impact of Channa's work. Asim Akhtar in Pause Play wrote, "There is a revolutionary lexicography behind Channa’s visual vocabulary that is deeply rooted in the syntax and morphology of that visual modernity, and without it one will never learn how to read his pictures. His art is the very vision of an alterity that sets the political tyranny of language off balance - and with that liberates those who have gathered around the festive occasion of his art." In Starring: The Artist, Quddus Mirza said, "The interplay of obvious and unusualness makes his work, interesting and intriguing."
Reflecting on the focus of his work and its impact, Yee-Wan Koon in MUSE wrote, "Imran Channa's work is based on historical perspectives. He questions the authenticity of history, which is constructed and manipulated by the power. His work can be divided in different series, the most important work which gave him his direction was Find The Real Jinnah. This work exhibited nationally and internationaly many time in Redo Pakistan(Lahore, Karachi, London) "Rising Tide" , Mohatta Palace karachi, "creating common wealth"Creating Common Wealth India, "between black and white" canvas gallery karachi."
Badshahnama
This work was displayed in TMproject Gallery Geneva, Switzerland,this is most influential work criticism on Badshahnama (Padshahnama in arabic)( Book of Kings) through art perspective on making of the history.
In 2010, Channa embarked on an international tour along with the group Redo Pakistan, with multiple shows across London.
Exhibitions

2010(12th Sep) Creating Common wealth, Group show Curated by Ragini Gallery , New Delhi India.http://zhang3feng.wordpress.com/2010/09/24/creating-commonwealth-exhibition-in-new-delhi/
2010 (Nov), THE RISING TIDE, Group Show, curated by Naiza khan at Mohatta Palace Karachi
2010( 0ct) Slick 2010. Art fair , Paris.
2010"Fatah Je Asay Pasay" Group show (Green Cardamom) at V.M Art Gallery Karachi, Sindh Museum Hyderabadhttp://www.vmartgallery.org/collaborative/collaborative_show.php
2010."Badshahnama" Solo show at Tmproject Gallery Geneva,http://www.TMproject.ch/en/expositions_passees.htm
Switzerland.
2010"Structures Within An Intervention" -A Group Show curated by Meenakshi Thirukode at The Guild Art Gallery, New York, USA.
2010. "Making of The History" Two person show at Canvas Gallery Karachi.http://www.newslinemagazine.com/category/artandculture/art-artandculture/
2010. " The Havelian Express" 3 person show at CAIS Gallery Hong Kong.http://www.caisgallery.com/v2/artist/artist.php?id=9435http://whitneyferrare.com/upcoming-shows
2009. "Tradition & Tension" 4 person show at Art Scene Gallery Karachihttp://www.brecorder.com/index.php?id1000633&currPageNo1&query&search&term&supDate
2009. "Patrons Of "Oh My God! I Can Buy Art!" Group show at Grey Noise gallery Lahore.http://beta.dawn.com/wps/wcm/connect/dawn-content-library/dawn/in-paper-magazine/gallery/fresh-perspectives
2009.Redo Pakistan. Deptford X festival London.http://www.artrabbit.com/uk/events/event&event=14671
2009. Redo Pakistan Group show in the form of symposium at Alhamra art council Lahore
2009- "Between Black & White" 4 person show at Canvas Gallery Karachi.
2009- "Redo Pakistan" a traveling show (Karachi, Lahore, Pakistan, England, UK, Dhaka. Bangladesh) arranged by Other Asias, a London based organization at Shanakhit Festival 2009 Karachi.
2009- "Starring: The Artist" Group show at Indus Valley Gallery Karachi
2008- Degree show at Zahoor-ul-Akhalq Gallery National college of Arts.
2008- Young artist exhibition at Alhmara Art Council Lahore.
2007- “Dropping Tears Together” an anokha laadla collective live art
performance at Alhamra
Art Council Lahore.
2006-“Places Real and Imagined" Group Exhibition at Alhamra Art
Gallery, Lahore.
2005- “Art Aid” Group Exhibition at Convention Center Islamabad.
2005-“Voices” Group Exhibition by Pakistan Development Forum
Islamabad.
2005- “Emerging Talent” Group Exhibition at V.M Art Gallery
Karachi.
2005- "Memories" Degree Show at National College of Arts Lahore.
2003- Group Exhibition of water colors at Art Scene Gallery, Lahore.
2002- Group Exhibition of Printmaking at Zahoor-ul-Akhlaq Gallery
Lahore.

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