Rashid Rana

Lahore Biennale, Pakistan
Director

Predominantly working as an artist, Rashid Rana served as Artistic Director for the 1st Lahore Biennale (2018) in Pakistan in 2016. Mediating between working as a artist, curator and educator, he is interested in alternative attitudes to nationality and identity. He is a founding faculty member and  the Dean of the Mariam Dawood School of Visual Arts and Design at BNU, Lahore.

Rana has exhibited extensively at various galleries and museums globally. His works are in various public and private collections including the British Museum, London, Metropolitan Museum, New York, Fukuoka Museum of Art, Japan and Saatchi Collection, London. He is the recipient of the prestigious Game Changer Asia Art Award, and was awarded the civil honour award Sitara-i-Imtiaz by the President of Pakistan in 2022.

Rashid Rana was invited for a curatorial research trip in 2016 when he served as Artistic Director for the 1st Lahore Biennale in Pakistan.

Rashid Rana. Photo: Hamza Yousuf.