Riaz Mehmood
Magpies Singing Sirens, CMYK screen print.18 x 24 inches; unframed, Edition 1/7, 2021.
ABOUT THE WORK:
The effect of climate crisis on animals and how magpies are now mimicking the constant sounds of sirens and fire trucks that they are exposed to.
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All We are Left with is the Damage (Black Edition), Screen print, 19.75 x 19.75 inches, Edition 1/3, 2021.
ABOUT THE WORK:
The aftermath of the "War on Terror" in the SWANA region, specifically Afghanistan and Pakistan.
Kochi Pendant, Drypoint, screen print, 11 x 15 inches; unframed, Edition 1/6, 2021.
ABOUT THE WORK:
The jewelry of the nomadic Pashtun-Kochi tribe of Afghanistan who used to visit our village before war completely changed their way of life .
Memory in Fragments, CMYK screen print, 18 x 24 inches; unframed, Edition 1/7, 2021.
ABOUT THE WORK:
How memories are intertwined when home is in multiple geographical places.
Riaz Mehmood is a multidisciplinary artist who uses video, photography and computer programming as his primary means of expression. His research explorations involve examining emerging technologies and their relationship to art, and his practice often visits themes of multiple and fluid identities, geographical, psychological and cultural displacement, magic realism, and the development of knowledge. He immigrated to Canada in 2000 as a professional engineer and decided to pursue a career in the arts. Mehmood holds an MFA from the University of Windsor (2012) and completed the Integrated Media program at the Ontario College of Art and Design (2005). He has participated in several international and national artist residencies and workshops, and his works have been shown nationally and internationally.