SAAD QURESHI
Born in 1986, Bewal, Pakistan.
Lives and works between Oxford and London.
Saad Qureshi’s practice draws on the ineffability of lived experience: the processes by which we interpret objects and landscapes and how memory itself processes them over time.
His sculptures give form to the ideas or stories by which we give meaning to human existence. In the words of art historian Martin Kemp, “Qureshi has created his own uncanny world of apparently ‘real’ things that confound the apparent logics of time, space, scale and material. Through his great technical virtuosity…he presents us with his own special world of unconstrained imaginative potential and invites us to participate on our own terms.”
Born in 1986.
Lives and works in London.
Saad Qureshi, Tree of Life, Prayer, 2023, Woven paper, 75.2 x 57 in (191 x 145 cm)
Saad Qureshi, Tree of Life, Love, 2023, Woven paper, 77.2 x 56.3 in (196 x 143 cm)
Saad Qureshi, Tree of Life, Paradise, 2023, Woven paper, 74.4 x 56.7 in (189 x 144 cm)
Saad Quireshi, Constellations I, 2023, Woven paper, 44.1 x 40.5 in (112 x 103 cm)
Saad Qureshi, Burakha, 2023 ,Woven paper, 49.2 x 42.5 in (125 x 108 cm)
Saad Qureshi, Center of Convention, 2023, Woven paper, 49.2 x 33.9 in (125 x 86 cm)
Saad Qureshi, Sighting the Hereafter, 2021, Acrylic, ink, paper on birch plywood, 78.74 x 59.1 in
Saad Qureshi, Intervention from Above, 2021, Acrylic, ink, paper on birch plywood, 78.74 x 59.1 in
Saad Qureshi, Saint Warrior, 2021, Acrylic, ink, paper on birch plywood, 78.74 x 59.1 in
Saad Qureshi, Advisory Board, 2021, Woven paper, 11.2 x 7.09 in
Saad Qureshi, Bengal Tiger, 2021, Woven paper, 19.9 x 12.2 in
Saad Qureshi, Hunters Pride, 2021, Woven paper, 12.8 x 7.7 in
Saad Qureshi, Geography of the Soul, 2020, Mixed media including wood ash, black sand, charcoal on Birch plywood, 19.5 x 25.5 in
Saad Qureshi, Red Fire, 2020, Mixed media including wood ash, black sand, charcoal on birch plywood, 19.5 x 25.5 in
Saad Qureshi, Butterfly Effect, 2018, Mixed media including wood, ash, black sand, charcoal, colored pencil on birch plywood, 25.6 x 39.4 in
Saad Qureshi, High is The Mountain, 2018, Mixed media including charcoal, colored pencil, ink on birch plywood, 25.6 x 39.4 in
Saad Qureshi, Chaos Theory, 2018, Mixed media including brick-dust, charcoal, colored pencil, ink on birch plywood, 25.6 x 39.4 in
Saad Qureshi, In The Dark Peace, 2018, Mixed media including brick-dust, charcoal, colored pencil, ink on birch plywood, 40.4 x 32.5 in
Saad Qureshi, Law of Nature, 2018, Mixed media including wood ash, black sand, charcoal, colored pencil on birch plywood, 25.6 x 39.4 in
Saad Qureshi, River Dies of Thirst, 2018, Mixed media including wood ash, black sand, charcoal, colored pencil on birch plywood, 25.6 x 39.4 in
Saad Qureshi, When the Moon Split, 2017, Fibreglass, resin, Idenden and sand, Two hemispheres, 85.5 (diameter) x 51 in each (approx.)
Saad Qureshi, Absence of Light I, 2017, Paint, burnt paper, 22 x 22.5 in
Saad Qureshi, Absence of Light II, 2017, Paint, burnt paper, 22 x 22.5 in
Saad Qureshi, Absence of Light VII, 2017, Paint, burnt paper, 22 x 30 in
Saad Qureshi, Night That Witnessed, 2017, Wood ash, black sand, charcoal, and ink on Gaboon plywood, 90 x 144 in
Saad Qureshi, Path to Light, 2017, Wood ash, black sand, charcoal, and ink on Gaboon plywood, 73 x 95.5 in
Saad Qureshi, Sacred Garden II, 2017, Wood ash, black sand, charcoal, and ink on Gaboon plywood, 63 x 83 in
Saad Qureshi, All Our Yesterdays, 2015, Charcoal, pastel, Indian ink, brick dust on gaboon plywood, 47 x 67 in
Saad Qureshi, Brightness Breaks, 2014, Charcoal, pastel, Indian ink on gaboon plywood, 20 x 25 in
Saad Qureshi, Handful of Landscape, 2015, Charcoal, pastel, Indian ink, brick dust on gaboon plywood, 20 x 25 in
Saad Qureshi, In The Remains, 2013, Mixed media including fabric, paint and wood, Dimensions variable
Saad Qureshi, Untitled (Persistence of Memory 4), 2013, Carving on carbon paper, 18.5 x 15 in
Saad Qureshi, Untitled (Persistence Of Memory 3), 2013, Carving on carbon paper, 15 x 18.5 in
Saad Qureshi, The Sky Placed Us, 2013, Oil, spraypaint and wax pencil on giclee print, 15.5 x 17.5 in
Saad Qureshi, River Dies of Thirst, 2013, Oil, spraypaint and wax pencil on paper, 17.5 x 15.5 in
Saad Qureshi, Edge of Tentativeness, 2013, Oil, spraypaint and wax pencil on giclee print, 17.5 x 14 in
Saad Qureshi, Essences, 2013, Mixed media on canvas, 36 x 78 in
Saad Qureshi, Surfaces, 2013, Mixed media on canvas, 30 x 84 in
Saad Qureshi, Smoulder, 2013, Pencil and charcoal on paper, 58 x 76.5 in
Saad Qureshi, Nothing But Light, 2013, Oil, spraypaint and wax pencil on giclee print, 17.5 x 10 in
Saad Qureshi, Drought, 2012, Oil paint, spray paint, wax pencil on wood, 8 x 12 in
Saad Qureshi, Another Fall, 2012, Oil paint, spray paint, wax pencil on wood, 8 x 12 in
The Oxford-based artist reflects on Convocation, now on view in London at The OWO.
We are delighted to offer our congratulations to artist and friend Saad Qureshi on his participation in the exhibition Tread Softly at Yorkshire Sculpture Park’s 40th anniversary. The exhibition will run from the May 27th through September 3rd, 2017.
Aicon Gallery is delighted to offer our warmest congratulations to artist and friend Saad Qureshi on being commissioned by NOVA to create a major new site-specific public installation for the district of Victoria in Central London. The project launches on November 22, 2016 and "looks at the portability of landscapes, and the human mind as a vehicle that allows places to travel, to be carried in the memory from one location to another,” Qureshi explains.
Starting with his own memory that Qureshi builds his amalgamated version of traditional tales presented in mythical landscapes and structures that marry seamlessly Islamic and Christian imagery. I found the works arresting and richly layered with not only memory of a culture but brimming with fresh possibilities.
