Huma Mulji

The city and its collective memory, observing the everyday within intimate urban geographies, serve as the subjects of Huma Mulji’s anti-heroic works. The artist has an abiding interest in examining the specificity of place, amplifying a perpetual discomfort and scepticism from the perspective of both observer and participant, in the face of colonialism and capitalism.

Critically exploring locale against a backdrop of economic globalisation, state and military power, Mulji works across media, using photography, collage, drawing and sculptural installation.

Mulji’s participation in recent exhibitions includes Can you Hear my Voice? Margaret Lawrence Gallery, Melbourne, Australia, (2021); Skyfall, Karachi, Pakistan (2020); In the Open and in Stealth MACBA, Barcelona, Spain (2018); We look at Animals Because, Critical Distance Centre for Curators, Toronto, Canada (2018); Witness, Karachi Biennale (2017); welcome to what we took from is the state, Queens Museum, New York, USA (2017); A country of Last Things, Koel Gallery, Karachi, Pakistan, (2016); The Great Game, Irani Pavilion, Venice Biennale, Italy, (2015); and Burning Down the House, 10th Gwangju Biennale, South Korea, (2014). She was a recipient of the Abraaj Group Art Prize 2013, and the Nigaah Award for photography in 2017.

Mulji is a Senior Lecturer in Fine Arts at the University of the West of England, Bristol.