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Farheen HaQ

Farheen HaQ is a South Asian Muslim Canadian multidisciplinary artist. Her artistic practice explores a range of topics, frequently related to identity and culture. HaQ's works often engage her community, and make use of gestures that reference spiritual and domestic rituals.[1][2]

Farheen HaQ
Born1977
Niagara, Ontario
EducationYork University
Websitefarheenhaq.com

Biographical information

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Farheen HaQ was born in 1977 in Niagara, Ontario. She holds a Bachelor of Arts in International Development in from the University of Toronto, completed in 1998, and a Bachelor of Education from the University of Ottawa, completed in 2000. In 2005, HaQ received their Master of Fine Arts from York University. HaQ currently resides in British Columbia with her family.[3][4][5]

Artistic works

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Farheen HaQ has exhibited across Canada and internationally. Her works have examined family ties, cultural histories, identity, and spirituality, among other themes.[5]

Solo and Collaborative Exhibitions
Exhibition Title Date(s) Gallery Location
Who Knows 2002 Gallery at the Mac[4] Victoria, British Columbia
Breathing Space 2004 Art Gallery of Greater Victoria[6] Victoria, British Columbia
Endless Tether 2004; 2007; 2008 Lennox Contemporary Gallery; Khyber Centre for the Arts; Struts Gallery[4] Toronto, Ontario; Halifax, Nova Scotia; Sackville, New Brunswick
Image Bar 2005 Blackwood Gallery[4] Mississauga, Ontario
Breach 2006 Trinity Square Video Gallery[4] Toronto, Ontario
Remember Oct. 15, 2006 - Oct. 29, 2006 Ministry of Casual Living[7] Victoria, British Columbia
Farheen HAQ Sept. 16, 2006 - Nov. 26, 2006 Kelowna Art Gallery[8] Kelowna, British Columbia
Fray Feb. 21, 2008 - Mar. 22, 2008 Gallery TPW[9] Toronto, Ontario
Alone Together 2008 Niagara Artist's Company[10] St. Catharines, Ontario
Being Home Sept. 18, 2015 - Nov. 6, 2015; July 15, 2016 - Aug. 27, 2016; 2016 Comox Valley Art Gallery;[11] The Alternator Centre for Contemporary Art;[12] Flux Media Gallery[4] Courtenay, British Columbia; Kelowna, British Columbia; Victoria, British Columbia
Sentirse en casa 2018 Casa Cultura Los Colores Gallery[4] Medellin, Colombia
The Ground Above Us (Collaboration with Charles Campbell and Yuxwelupton Qwal’qaxala (Bradley Dick)) July 26 - Sept. 14, 2019 UVic Legacy Gallery[13] Victoria, British Columbia
میں اپنی ماں کی بیٹی ہوں | I am my mother’s daughter Sept. 1, 2022 - Nov. 19 2022; June 23, 2023 - Dec. 31, 2023; Jul. 6, 2024 - Mar. 8, 2025 Campbell River Art Gallery;[14] Art Gallery of Hamilton;[15] Reach Gallery[16] Campbell River, British Columbia; Hamilton, Ontario; Abbotsford, British Columbia

Community involvement and recognition

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HaQ has engaged in her personal, local, and national communities within her art practice, and has also received recognition for their artistic contributions.

Her artistic works, which often incorporate family and culture as themes, have sometimes included involvement from her family members. HaQ's family has also been included in programming associated with her exhibitions.[17]

She has given several free artist talks at educational institutions, including at the Vancouver Island School of Art[18] and the University of Victoria.[19]

In 2021, HaQ appeared as an interviewee in Saida Ouchaou-Ozarowski's film In Full Voice, a National Film Board of Canada documentary about the experiences of Muslim Canadian Women.[20]

In 2014, they were longlisted for the Sobey Art Award, the largest award for contemporary art in Canada.[21]

References

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  1. ^ "Farheen Haq". Rungh Cultural Society. Retrieved 2024-10-23.
  2. ^ "Wash and fold: revelatory housekeeping in an age of pandemic and racial injustice". Art Gallery of Greater Victoria. Retrieved 2024-10-23.
  3. ^ "Artist's talk: Farheen Haq | Gateway to Art". gatewaytoart.uvic.ca. Retrieved 2024-10-23.
  4. ^ a b c d e f g "CV". Farheen HaQ. Retrieved 2024-10-23.
  5. ^ a b "I am my mother's daughter – The resonance of relationships in art". The Source. 2024-07-08. Retrieved 2024-10-23.
  6. ^ "The LAB 4.2: Farheen HaQ Breathing Space". Art Gallery of Greater Victoria. Retrieved 2024-10-23.
  7. ^ "Remember : Farheen HaQ @ - Oct 15, 2006 - Victoria, BC". artsvictoria.ca. Retrieved 2024-10-23.
  8. ^ "Farheen HAQ – Kelowna Art Gallery". Retrieved 2024-10-23.
  9. ^ "Exhibition Essays 2008 | Gallery TPW". Retrieved 2024-10-23.
  10. ^ phalfert (2008-05-12). "Pilot projects geared to demonized young moms". YFile. Retrieved 2024-10-23.
  11. ^ "Being Home". Comox Valley Art Gallery. Retrieved 2024-10-23.
  12. ^ "Farheen Haq // Being Home". Alternator Centre for Contemporary Art. 2016-07-15. Retrieved 2024-10-23.
  13. ^ "The Ground Above Us | University of Victoria Legacy Art Galleries". legacy.uvic.ca. Retrieved 2024-10-23.
  14. ^ "Gallery's new fall exhibition میں اپنی ماں کی بیٹی ہوں | I am my mother's daughter by Farheen HaQ examines intergenerational work through sculpture, media and performance | Campbell River Art Gallery". 2022-08-26. Retrieved 2024-10-23.
  15. ^ "میں اپنی ماں کی بیٹی ہوں ..... I am my mother's daughter". Art Gallery of Hamilton. Retrieved 2024-10-23.
  16. ^ "میں اپنی ماں کی بیٹی ہوں | I am my mother's daughter : The Reach". Retrieved 2024-10-23.
  17. ^ "Chat & Chai: A Special Talk with the Haq Family". Art Gallery of Hamilton. Retrieved 2024-10-27.
  18. ^ indivisionnetwork.com. "Vancouver Island School of Art: ARTIST TALK - Farheen Haq @ Vancouver Island School of Art - Nov 08, 2012 -". artsvictoria.ca. Retrieved 2024-10-27.
  19. ^ "Visiting artist: Farheen Haq | Fine Arts Research". finearts.uvic.ca. Retrieved 2024-10-27.
  20. ^ Canada, National Film Board of. "In Full Voice". National Film Board of Canada. Retrieved 2024-10-27.
  21. ^ "Victoria named to Sobey Art Award long list". Times Colonist. 2014-04-15. Retrieved 2024-10-23.
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