Saad Qureshi
The Line has invited Saad Qureshi to develop a site-specific sculptural commission which will embody ideas around change, dispersal, hope and transformation, and drawing on specific experiences in his own upbringing.
He is a British Pakistani artist working across sculpture and drawing. His practice draws on the ineffability of lived experience: the processes by which we interpret objects and landscapes, and how memory processes them over time.
As part of the design process for his commission for The Line, in 2026 Qureshi will take part in a micro-residency at V&A East Storehouse.
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Biography
Saad Qureshi received his BA in Fine Art from Oxford Brookes University in 2007 and an MFA in Painting from The Slade School of Fine Art, London, in 2010. Winner of The Frieze & The OWO Sculpture Prize, he was shortlisted for the 2021 SkyArts LANDMARKS public art prize, and has realised public commissions at Oxford Brookes University and a permanent Organ Donor Memorial for the Royal London Hospital at Whitechapel. Tower of Now, his recent flagship public commission for Bradford, stands at 15 metres high, transforming the city’s skyline as part of Bradford City of Culture 2025.
Photograph: Hugh Pryor
