1977 born in London, UK
lives and works in London, UK

The Pakistani-British artist Haroon Mirza is internationally renowned for his installations in which he orchestrates a complex interplay of light and electricity into a sensory multi-layered experience. These ephemeral elements are sometimes attached to technoid-seeming objects, sometimes to familiar ones such as furniture. Other characteristic features are interactive elements such as electricity or light impulses, sometimes also the movement of the observer, which may affect and modify the work.

Solo Exhibitions (Selection)
2020 «Haroon Mirza», CCA Kitakyushu, Kitakyushu, JP
2019 «Waves and Forms», John Hansard Gallery, Southampton, UK | Aberdeen Art Gallery, UK
«Haroon Mirza: The Construction of an Act», Australian Centre for Contemporary Art, Melbourne, AU
«Haroon Mirza: Tones in the Key of Electricity», Sifang Art Museum, Nanjing, CN
2018 «Haroon Mirza: reality is somewhat what we expect it to be», Ikon, Birmingham, GB   
«Haroon Mirza: The Night Journey», Asian Art Museum, San Francisco, US
  «/\/\/\», Madai, São Paulo, BR   
«/\/\/\» Stone Circle» (semi-permanent commission), Ballroom Marfa, TX, US
 «Dancing with the Unknown», Nikolaj Kunsthal, København, DK
2017 «hrm199: For A Partnership Society», Zabludowicz Collection, London, GB   
«A C I D G E S T», Pérez Art Museum Miami, Miami, US  
«Haroon Mirza: Aestival Infinato», Yorkshire Sculpture Park, Wakefield, GB  
«^^^», LiFE, Saint-Nazaire, FR  
«^^^ ããã – Fear of the Unknown remix», Lisson Gallery, New York, US
«Entheogens», Contemporary Art Gallery, Vancouver, CA
2016  «Adam, Eve, others and a UFO», Corner Gallery, Summerhall Festival 2016,   Edinburgh, GB
2015 «Circuits & Sequences», Nam June Paik Art Center, Seoul, KR  
«Emerging Paradigm», Matadero, Madrid, ES  
«Haroon Mirza/hrm199 Ltd.», Museum Tinguely, Basel, CH
2014 «Random Access Recall», Le Grand Café, Centre d’art contemporain, Saint-Nazaire, FR  
«Are Jee be?», Irish Museum of Modern Art, Dublin, IR  
«Zurich Art Prize», Museum Haus Konstruktiv, Zürich, CH
2013 «/o/o/o/o/», Lisson Gallery, London, GB  «Untitled Song», Middlesbrough Institue of Modern Art, UK   
«Daiwa Foundation Art Prize 2012’, SCAI The Bathhouse, Tokyo, JP
2012 The New Museum – Studio 231, New York, US  «-{«{«{« {«--{«{«{«{«--{», Ernst Schering Foundation, Berlin, DE  
«/|/|/|/|/|/|/|/|/|/|/|/|», Spike Island, Bristol, UK; Kunst Halle Sankt Gallen, St. Gallen, CH
2011 «I saw square triangle sine» Camden Arts Centre, London, GB  Lisson Gallery, London, GB  
«Is This Where It Ends?», Kunstverein Harburger Bahnhof, Hamburg, DE
2010  «The Last Tape», Vivid, Birmingham, GB
2009 A-Foundation, Liverpool, GB  
Backlit (with Eva-Maria Raschpichler), Nottingham, GB
Group Exhibitions (Selection)
2020 «Broken Symmetries», National Taiwan Museum of Fine Arts, Taipei, TW
«The Power of Sound Symposium» (performance), 180 The Strand, London, UK
«Mushrooms: The Art, Design and Future of Fungi», Somerset House, London, UK
2019
«Antidotes and their Counterparts», Häusler Contemporary Zürich, CH
«Idee – Konzept – Objekt», Häusler Contemporary München, DE  
«Nur Skulptur», Häusler Contemporary München, DE
«Le Nuove Frontiere Del Contemporaneo», Fondazione Coppola, Vicenza, IT
«The Construction of an Act» (performance), Australian Centre for Contemporary Art, Melbourne, AU
«Collection Ishikawa», MoCo, Montpellier, FR
«Living Kunsthalle» (performance), Kunsthalle Praha, Prague, CZ «Resonance: A Sound Art Marathon» (performance), Walker Arts Centre, 3/6 Minneapolis, US
«Quebec City Biennale: Manif d’art 9», Quebec City, CN
2018 «Broken Symmetries», FACT, Liverpool, GB  
«Supernature in Two Parts» (performance), Lisson Gallery, London, GB
«Volcano Extravaganza 2018 – Total Anastrophe» (performance), Stromboli, IT  
«Transformationen», Häusler Contemporary, München, DE  
Dhaka Art Summit, Dhaka, BG
2017 «Everything at Once», The Store, 180 the Strand, London, GB
«A Line Between the Morning Sun and the Evening Sun, Anniversary exhibition, 10 Years of Häusler Contemporary Zürich», Häusler Contemporary Zürich, CH  
«Strange Attractor’, Ballroom Marfa, TX, US
2016  «Five / Fifty / Five Hundred», Lisson Gallery, Milano, IT  
«Project 1049», LUMA Foundation, Gstaadt, CH   
«Calder Art Prize 2005 -2015», Pace Gallery, London, GB
2015 Frieze Sculpture Park, London, GB  «Chelsea 10», Chelsea College of Arts, London, GB
2014 «Private Utopia: Contemporary Works from the British Council Collection»,  Tokyo Station Gallery, JP  
Kochi Museum of Art, Kochi, Japan; Okayama Museum of Art, Okayama, JP  
«Interprète», Le Plateau, Paris, FR  
«PER/FORM», Centro de Arte Dos de Mayo, Madrid, ES  
«Art and Sound» Fondazione Prada, Ca’ Corner della Regina, Venezia, IT
2013 «Nostalgic for the Future», Lisson Gallery, London, GB
«A Journey Through London Subculture: 1980s to Now», Institute of Contemporary Arts, London, GB  
«Archaeology of Fiction», Museo de Arte de Lima, Lima, PE   
«Soundings: A Contemporary Score», Museum of Modern Art, New York, US 
«Homelands», Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts, Delhi, IN
The Harrington Street Art Centre, Kolkata, IN  
«Ruins in Reverse», Tate Modern, London, GB  
«Give Piece a Chance», Le Grand Café, Centre D’art Contemporain, Paris, FR  
«New Works at the Walker», Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool, GB
2012 «Dawn Chorus», Leeds Art Gallery, Leeds, UK
«Montage of Attactions», Museo Artium, Vitoria-Gasteiz, SP
«More Than Sound», Bonniers Konsthalle, Stockholm, SE 
«SOUNDWORKS», Institute of Contemporary Art, London, GB  
«La Triennale 2012: Intense Proximity», Palais de Tokyo, Paris, FR
2011 «An Echo Button», Performa 11, New York, NY, USA
«ILLUMInations’, 54. Biennale di Venezia, IT   
«Members» Show», S1 Artspace, Sheffield, GB
2010 Gallery of Modern Art, Glasgow, GB  Royal William Yard, Plymouth, UK; Hayward Gallery, London, GB   
«Life: A User’s Manual», Art Sheffield 2010, Sheffield, GB
2009  11th Istanbul Biennial, Istanbul, TUR «Boule to Braid», Lisson Gallery, London, GB  
«Trade City», Contemporary Art Manchester, Manchester, GB   
«V22 Presents: The Sculpture Show», The Biscuit Factory, London, GB
2008 «Matter of Time», James Taylor Gallery, London, GB  
«More Pricks than Kicks», Generator Projects, Dundee, GB 2007 «Noise Reduction: Off», Dreizehnzwei, WIen, AT  
«Future Map 07», Arts Gallery, University of the Arts, London, GB  
Galerie West, Den Haag, NL 
2006  «Pixelpops 06», C2C Gallery, Prague, CZ 
«REGELEI», Kunsthalle Exnergasse, Wien, AT
2005  «Synthetic Reality», Bury St Edmunds Art Gallery, Suffolk, GB  
«accept all cookies», Dreizehnzwei, Wien, AT 2003  «Synthetic Pleasures», Dreizehnzwei, Wien, AT  
«Show#1», 4WEST5, London, GB 2002 «A4 vs. Letter», RK Burt, London, GB  
«Who Is John Galt», Fizz Gallery, Chicago, US 
2001  «Two Blokes et le Minette», Art Institute of Chicago, US
Collections (Selection)
Arts Council Collection, GB 
British Council Collection, GB
Contemporary Art Society, GB 
RAC ÎIe de France – Le Plateau, Paris, FR 
Undación Calosa, Irapuato, ME 
Government Art Collection, London, GB
Grundy Art Gallery, Blackpool, GB
Haus Konstruktiv, Zurich, Switzerland Manchester Art Gallery, Manchester, GB
Museion, Bolzano, IT
National Museums Liverpool, Liverpool, GB
Pudil Foundation, Praha, CZ
Rhode Island School of Design Museum, Providence, RI, US
Vanhaerents Art Collection, Brussels, BE 
Victoria Art Gallery, Bath, GB 
Whitworth Art Gallery, Manchester, GB 
Zabludowicz Collection, London, GB
Prizes and Awards
2015 The Calder Prize, New York, US 
2014 Nam June Paik Art Centre Prize, Yongin, KO
2013 Zurich Art Prize, Zürich, CH 
2012 DAIWA Art Prize, JP
2011 Silver Lion, 54. Biennale di Venezia, Venezia, IT
2010 Northern Art Prize, GB
2007 Lynda Brockbank Scholarship, Chelsea College of Art & Design, London, GB
2005 Shortlist, Mercury Music & Art Prize, GB