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Born in Lahore, Pakistan
Lives and works in Toronto, Canada
2010 Loha Toar, VM Gallery, Karachi, Pakistan
2010 Loha Toar, Bengal Art Gallery, Dhaka, Bangladesh
2009 Black Holes, Gallery Sarnia, Ontario, Canada
2008 Power Tools, Chawkndi Art Gallery, Karachi, Pakistan
2006 Market Values, Nairang Galleries, Lahore, Pakistan
2006 Market Values, South Asian Art Gallery, Burlington, Canada
2002 Their lives / Our culture, Praxis Gallery, Toronto, Canada
1998 Total Unfairness, Alhamra Art Gallery, Lahore, Pakistan
1998 We are puppets, Gallery Jan Van Munster, Dan Haag, Holland
1998 Body Expression II, Neilson Park Creative Art Center, Etobicoke, Canada
1998 Spiritual Expressions, Praxis Gallery, Toronto, Canada
1998 Tradition: Two Generations, National Art Gallery, Islamabad, Pakistan
1998 Tradition: Two Generations, Gallery NCA, Lahore, Pakistan
1998 Body Expressions, Gallery 306, Toronto, Canada
1998 Member’s Wall, A Space Gallery, Toronto, Canada
1994 Light Within, Idée Gallery, Toronto, Canada
1994 Third World Landscape, Gallery NCA, Lahore, Pakistan
1992 Inner Reflections, Gallery 306, Toronto, Canada
1992 Political Landscape, Surface Gallery, Toronto, Canada
1992 Looking East, Midway Forum Gallery, Toronto, Canada
1992 Luminous Images, Gallery 306, Toronto, Canada
1992 From Images to Images, ICIS Gallery, London, England, U.K.
1992 Images from the Walled City, Alhamra Art Gallery, Lahore, Pakistan
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2009 Erasing Borders, Queens Museum of Art, New York, U.S.A.
2009 Erasing Borders, The Gallery at Penn College Pennsylvania, Williamsport, PA, USA
2009 That One, A Space Gallery, Toronto, Canada
2008 Urban Myths & Modern Fables, DMG Gallery, University of Toronto, Scarborough, Canada
2007 Urban Myths & Modern Fables, University of Technology, Sydney, Australia
2007 Inaugural Show, National Art Gallery, Islamabad, Pakistan
2007 Big Stories, Little India, site-specific art works, Gerrard Street East, Toronto, Canada
2007 Climate for Change, Propeller Centre for the Visual Arts, Toronto, Canada
2007 8th Annual Juried Drawing Exhibition, John B. Aird Gallery, Toronto, Canada
2007 Forth Biennial of Contemporary Islamic Painting, Tehran, Iran
2007 In Your Face, Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, Canada
2007 Once Again, South Asian Art Gallery, Burlington, Canada
2006 Hart House Juried show, J M Barnicke Gallery, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada
2006 This is not a propaganda Zone (Art + Activism), YYZ Artist’s Outlet, Toronto, Canada
2005 Contemporary Miniatures and New Art Forms, Commonwealth Games Cultural Festival Exhibition,
2005 Melbourne, Australia (Group: Invitational)
2005 OCAD Mystery Art Exhibition, Toronto, Canada
2005 Creative Insecurity, Marilyn Brewer Gallery, Harbourfront Centre, Toronto, Canada
2005 More Gifts that fits, A Space Gallery, Toronto, Canada
2003 Peace Taxi, SAVAC Juried Art Exhibition, Toronto, Canada
2003 Elements, Todrmorden Mills Heritage Museum and Art Centre, Toronto, Canada
2003 Takhti Exhibition, Mississauga Art Gallery, Mississauga, Canada
2003 Art in the City, Todmorden Mills Heritage Museum and Art Centre, Toronto, Can
2002 SAVAC Members, Living Art Centre, Mississauga, Canada
2002Visual Arts Mississauga Juried show, Mississauga Art Gallery, Mississauga, Canada
2002National Landscape, National Art gallery, Islamabad, Pakistan
2002United Artists, Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto, Canada (The man’s Chapel)
2002United Artists, Carrier Art Gallery, Columbus Centre, Toronto, Canada (The man’s Chapel)
1997 Jubilee Art Exhibition, American Centre, Islamabad, Lahore, Karachi, Pakistan
1997 Miniature Art Exhibition, Del Bello Gallery, Toronto, Canada
1997 Toronto Outdoor Art Exhibition, Toronto, Canada
AWARDS AND GRANTS
2009 International Artists Residency Award, Ontario Arts Council, Ontario, Canada
2009 Mid Career Artists Grant, Ontario Arts Council, Ontario, Canada
2009 Ontario Arts Council Exhibition Grants
2007 Chalmers Fellowship Award, Ontario Arts Council, Ontario, Canada
2007 Canada Council Travel Grant
2006 Ontario Arts Council Exhibition Grant
2006 2nd Prize, Hart House Juried Show, J M Barmicke Gallery, University of Toronto
2005 Artist of the year award, SAVAC, Toronto, Canada
2002/03 Honorable Mention – Scarborough Arts Council 17 & 18 Annual Juried Art Exhibitions
1991/93/96 Ontario Arts Council Exhibition Grants
1993USIA Visitor Internship, USA
1993The British Council Fellowship
PRIVATE AND PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
UK, USA, Canada, Holland, Pakistan, Maldev
SELECTED BIOGRAPHY
2007 Nadja Sayej, Getting the real story on Little India, Globe and Mail, Toronto, August 18, 2007
2007 Amin Rehman – Kym Pruesse, Nukta Art, summer issue, 2007, Karachi, Pakistan
2006 Maritime Preoccupations – Qudus Mirza, The News, Dec 03, Pakistan
2006 Breaking the Code – Ali Adil Khan, Dawn, Dec 02, Pakistan
2006 A Hub for South Asian Art – Ali Adil Khan, Dawn, Aug 26, Pakistan
2006 Art Transcending Ethnic Barriers in Toronto – Niilofur Furrukh, Dawn, Aug 11, Pakistan
2006 Micro View of The Macro World, Robert Nelson THE AGE. March 29, Melbourne, Australia
2006 Amin Rehman, Hart House Review 2006, University of Toronto, Canada
2005 Amin Rehman – Artist of the year – Rachel Kalpana James, Kala Arts Quarterly, Toronto, Canada
2004 Creative Insecurity – Tara Marshall, Harbourfront Centre, Toronto, Canada
2004 Peace Taxi - Documentary by Media TV, City TV, Toronto, Canada
2004 Documentary by CBC, Toronto, Canada
2004 Ustad Bashir Ud Din – Syed Amjad Ali, Feroze Sons, Lahore, Pakistan
2004 Two Generations meet on Canvas – Irfana Razzaq, The Nation, Jan 21, Lahore, Pakistan
1997 Contemporary Art Trends- Nabeela Aslam, The Muslim, Feb 16, Lahore, Pakistan
1997 Duo Doing Wonders – Ameera Javeria, Frontier Post, March, Lahore, Pakistan
1997 50 Years of Independence – Journal, CBC, August 14, Canada
1997 Lahore Colours – Athar Tahir, Alhamra Books, 1997, Lahore, Pakistan
1997 Canadian Painters - Olga Thompson (C), Toronto, Canada
1995 An Experiment in Art – Ali Kemal, News, Lahore, Pakistan
1993 I don’t believe in imitation – Usman Haroon, Frontier Post Feb 25, 1993, Lahore, Pakistan
1993 Romancing the Past – Reena Saeed Khan, Friday Times, January 9, Lahore, Pakistan
1993 Beyond Darkness – Rehana Hakim, News Line May, Karachi, Pakistan
1993 From Images to Images - A New Look at Power and Glory – Ian Wolfenden,
1993 Director, History of Art Department, University of Manchester, England, UK
ART RELATED ACTIVITIES
2007 Slide Slam, SAVAC, Toronto, Ontario
2007 Panelist Canadian Artists Without Borders Symposium “Breaking Down the Barriers”
Varley Art Gallery,
2007 Unionville, Ontario, Canada, March 2007
2006-07 Member Art Committee, J M Barnicke Gallery, University of Toronto, Canada
2006-07 Member Board of Directors, Art City, Toronto
1994-07 Member, A Space, Toronto
2002-05 Executive, Programming, SAVAC, Toronto
2002-05 Represented/Coordinated SAVAC exhibitions at Harborfront Centre, Toronto, Canada
1997 Visiting on the Faculty of Design, National College of Arts, Lahore, Pakistan
1992 Feasibility report on a contemporary art gallery of National College of Arts, Lahore, Pakistan
1988 Visiting internship to the Smithsonian Institutions, Washington DC. USA
1988 Research on the State of Arts in Pakistan in the University of Manchester, U.K
1988 Taught in the education department of the Tate Gallery and National Gallery, London, U.K
1987 Research work on the 17th centaury Mughal Miniature Painting collection in the Victoria and
Albert Museum
1987 London, U.K
1987 Planned and conducted a research with the students of the Department of Visual Communication
1987 Manchester University to develop alternative methods of Exhibition Design for the underdeveloped
1987 countries
1984-87 Designed over a hundred art exhibitions including publications, promotional and educational activities for 1984-87 Alhamra Arts Council as Director Visual Arts, Lahore, Pakistan
1984-87 Coordinated the first Aga Khan Award for Architectural Exhibition held at the NCA
EDUCATION
1996 Certificate in Digital Art, Digital Media Studios, Toronto, Canada
1987–88 Diploma in Art Gallery and Museum Studies, History of Art Department, University of Manchester,
1987–88 England, UK.
1978-82 Diploma in Design, National College of Arts, Lahore, Pakistan
1976-78 Bachelor of Arts (Painting) University of Punjab, Lahore, Pakistan
Amin Rehman is a multidisciplinary artist who has been working since the 1980s. Originally from Pakistan, Rehman has studied at the National College of Arts (Lahore), the University of Punjab (Lahore), and the University of Manchester (UK). He has exhibited extensively in a number of exhibitions and festivals across Canada and abroad, notably the Doris McCarthy Gallery (Toronto), National Art Gallery (Pakistan), Rush Arts Gallery (New York), and University of Technology (Sydney). Rehman's interest in these issues primarily draws from his experience of living in Pakistan and Canada. His work engages and comments on the current effects of trans-nationalism and globalization and also encompasses a number of artistic practices such as installation, painting, and performance. Rehman currently resides in Toronto.
Through my art practice, I explore and critique the effects of globalization in the world today. Using mediums such as vinyl, neon lights and photography, I investigate themes such as violence, conflict, war, and the environment to highlight the complexities of such issues in the context of aggressive globalization.
My current practice examines the discontents of current globalization and the ways in which it has jeopardized the well-being and livelihoods’ of those who are unable to benefit from its hyper-capitalist economic, social and political values. I am interested in understanding and interpreting the narratives, phraseology, and translations that come from these communities. My work expands on the implications of such circumstances.
In using such concepts as the basis of my work, I hope to depict not only a natural progression of my past explorations but also to reveal a leap of creative and material synthesis. Through this process, I continue to depict and emphasize how global networks inform the how communities engage and deal with the everydayt lives of people.