Shezad Dawood

Shezad Dawood (born 1974) is an artist based in London.

Dawood was born in London. His multi-media works are inspired by his varied cultural heritage, having a Pakistani mother, Indian father and an Irish stepmother. This is mirrored in his interest in the variety within different forms of art and the systems which society use to judge their value.

He received his MA from the Royal College of Art in 2000.

Selected exhibitions

2012

Piercing Brightness, Modern Art Oxford, Oxford

2011

New Dream Machine Project, L’Appartement22, Rabat

Piercing Brightness, Harris Museum & Art Gallery, Preston

2010

A Mystery Play, Plug In ICA, Winnipeg

The Jewels of Aptor, Paradise Row, London

Cities of the Future, Chemould Prescott Road, Mumbai

Intensive Surfaces, Århus Kunstbygning, Århus

2009

I Knew I Should Have Taken that Right Turn at Albuquerque, Washington Garcia, Glasgow

MONTANA, Galerie Gabriel Rolt, Amsterdam

2008

Viaggio al termine della notte, Galleria Riccardo Crespi, Milan

Feature, film project/touring exhibition, Wysing Arts Centre, Leeds Metropolitan University & Castlefield, Manchester

Third Line, Dubai

2007

Hobbyhorse, Arndt & Partner, Zurich

If I Should Fall From Grace With God, Paradise Row, London

The End of Civilisation, Axel Lapp Projects, Berlin

2006

Bubble & Squeak (curated by Shay Oahyon), PM Gallery, Toronto

Lila/Play, Span Gallery, Melbourne

2005

In Six Easy Steps, ICA, London

2004

Homes With No Walls, Mumbai, India

2003

Karma Cola, Osterwalder's Art Office, Hamburg

2002

Site + Sight, Earl-Lu Gallery, Singapore

Selected publications

Artists' studio, Published by Culture Shock, Edited by Capucine Perrot, Designed by Åbäke. ISBN 0-9546999-5-5

Feature: Reconstruction, Published by Book Works, Edited by Gerrie van Nord, Designed by Åbäke. ISBN 978-1-906012-08-3

External links

• Shezad Dawood's exhibition at Parasol Unit, review by art critic Kostas Prapoglou for Aesthetica Magazine, May 2014
• Shezad Dawood’s contribution to Art on the Underground, London
• Further information, texts and images from the Saatchi Gallery
• Osborne, Chris, Shezad Dawood: Cowboy Art, BBC.co.uk
• Shezad Dawood. Iniva