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Born in 1984, Farrukh Addnan is based in Lahore. He completed his undergraduate in Visual Communication Design from National College of Arts, Lahore in 2009 and graduate program in Art and Design Studies from Mariam Dawood School of Visual Arts and Design, Beaconhouse National University, Lahore in 2014.Farrukh got scholarship of South Asia Foundation (SAF) Madanjeet’s Singh Institute for South Asian Studies in his master’s program from 2012-2014.

Since then, he started teaching at National College of Arts, Lahore in 2015 andat National College of Business Administration and Economics, Lahore (2016-2017). Presently, he is teaching drawing and VisualCommunication Design at National College of Arts, Lahore.

Farrukh Addnanis a very accomplished artist and has been nominated for the Jameel Prize 6 (2021) and Sovereign Asian Art Prize in 2019 and in2020 respectively. Recently, he hasachieved HonorableMention in Drawing Category in Art for ADA Awards 2020-2021.

Farrukh’sother accomplishments includecompleting an artist residency “Project 12.0” at 12.0 Contemporary, Islamabad 2019 and he has been selected for a residency program ‘’Ecologies of Displacement’’ at Summerhall, Edinburgh and Koel Gallery, Karachi funded by British Council and Creative Scotland. He has also presented numerous artworks in countless solo and group exhibitions in Pakistan and abroad.

Solo exhibitions include:Solitude is Togethernessat ArtSoch Contemporary Lahore (2021) KaamoshQadamatChawkandi Art Gallery Karachi (2020); Earth Cover at Koel Gallery, Karachi (2019), Excavations at Rohtas 2 Gallery, Lahore (2018), Enigmatic Spaces at Koel Gallery, Karachi (2017), Unfolding Matters at Sanat Initiative Gallery, Karachi (2015).

Artist Statement

My current body of work is representative of an on-going researchfrom many years. Based mainly onexperience of investigating and documenting my hometown,an ancient site of Tulamba, located in Southern Punjab. Being alone on this journey, explorationof space allowed me to encounterthe vast landwith solitude; sometimes recalling oral narratives about this place from myancestors andhearing the sounds while viewing the sights of the site and from the site. Contemplating the liminality between the two.

I am fascinated by the fact that eachrelic or even a pebble on this site holds a story to tell,evident of the glorified history and culture of various civilizations .The choice ofmedium for this series is pen on paper withintricately executeddrawing depicting the muted conversations with land and its inhabitants whereas silver is use as metaphor for an oral lore.