Haroon Mirza 'I saw square triangle sine'. Photo: Stuart Whipps. (2011)

Haroon Mirza 'The national apavilion of now and then'. Photo: Omar Mirza. Courtesy Lisson Gallery and the artist. (2011)

Haroon Mirza /|/|/|/|/|/|/|/|/|/|/|/|/|/|/|/| installation view. Photo: Stuart Whipps.

Haroon Mirza 'The national apavilion of now and then'. Photo: Omar Mirza. Courtesy Lisson Gallery and the artist. (2011)

Haroon Mirza '12, schematic'. Courtesy Lisson Gallery and the artist. (2011)

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Haroon Mirza in Conversation

Date

Saturday 28 January 2012, 2–4pm

Admisssion

£3
(Free for Associates)
Booking advised

This event is now fully booked.

Event type

Talks

Haroon Mirza, whose work is on show in /|/|/|/|/|/|/|/|/|/|/|/|/|/|/|/| in the main galleries from 21 January, discusses his work and wider interests with Spike Island curator Marie-Anne McQuay. They touch on the artist's collaborative approach to making work, his interest in underground cultures and his most recent projects.

Haroon Mirza

(1977) completed an MA at Chelsea College of Art & Design in 2007 and lives and works in London and Sheffield. He received the Silver Lion Award at the 2011 Venice Biennale for most promising young artist. Recent solo exhibitions include Haroon Mirza at Lisson Gallery, London (2011), I saw square triangle sine at Camden Arts Centre, London (2011) and The Last Tape at Chisenhale Gallery, London (2010. Group exhibitions include British Art Show 7, Days of the Comet, Nottingham, London and Plymouth (2011), Life: A User’s Manual at Art Sheffield (2010) and For the Birds at Smart Project Space, Amsterdam (2010). His work has previously been shown at Spike Island in the 2007 group exhibition Working Things Out.

http://www.clickfolio.com/haroon/