RAZA TARIQ (B. 2002) IS A CONCEPTUAL ARTIST FROM LONDON. HIS WORK EXPLORES SPIRITUAL RITUAL IN THE METAMODERN CONTEXT AND EXAMINES DEVOTIONAL RITES ACROSS SECULAR LIVING AND RELIGIOUS ECONOMIES AS ONE COHESIVE INVOLUTION IN RESPONSE TO SUPERINTELLIGENCE AND ECOLOGICAL DECAY.
AS PART OF A CONFLUENT ‘HYBRID-PRACTICE’, HIS WORK ORCHESTRATES EVENTS THROUGH OBJECT-BASED SYSTEMS AND STAGED INCIDENTS. HIS WORK INVITES PARTICIPANTS TO STEP WITHIN MANUFACTURED HISTORICALLY ANOMALOUS HAPPENINGS, TAKING ECSTATIC OCCURRENCES IN HISTORY AS THE BASIS FOR EVENTS WHICH HIS WORKS BRING ABOUT ARTIFICIALLY. HE RESITUATES THE ‘ISLAMIC ECSTATIC’ OF PERFORMER AL-HALLĀJ (EXECUTED 922 CE) AND THE ILLUMINATIONIST PHILOSOPHER SUHRAWARDĪ, WHO CONCEIVED OF SEEING ‘FORM’ AS ILLUSION AND SIMULTANEOUS METAPHYSICAL VISION CENTURIES BEFORE BERGER. IN THE CANON OF BROUWN, ADER AND ZERO GROUP — HE REPOSITIONS ‘THE ISLAMIC’ AS CONCEPTUAL OCCURRENCE, RATHER THAN CLASSICAL OBJECT.
HIS WORK — INITIALLY CONCEIVED THROUGH A CAREER IN NARRATIVE AND EXPERIMENTAL FILM — EMBRACED A CONCEPTUAL PAINTING PRACTICE, BEFORE TRANSITIONING TO GESTURAL, PUBLIC & CONCEPTUAL WORK — IT NOW TAKES FORM THROUGH SCULPTURE, INSTALLATION AND STAGED INTERVENTIONS. HIS PROCESS IS ROOTED IN HIS EARLIEST SKILL: WRITING, FROM WHERE IT SCALES TO SUBSEQUENT MULTIMEDIA ART WORKS.
HE IS REPRESENTED BY 42MP FOR FILM & TV AND UNREPRESENTED AS AN ARTIST
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
SAFEHOUSE DE S.W.I.F.T.I.E. - MEADOW, LONDON (2026)
NO & LO - AZAHARA INTERNATIONAL PERMACULTURE FARM, GRANADA (2025)
INTERCESSION IN A RECESSION - FISHTANK WORKSHOP & GALLERY, LONDON (2025)
IBEARWITNESS10 - FISHTANK WORKSHOP & GALLERY, LONDON (2025)
UNFRIEZE MY ACCOUNTS - NOT AT FRIEZE LONDON (2024)
LET THERE BE NUR - FISHTANK WORKSHOP & GALLERY, LONDON (2024)
HMRC: HIS MAJESTY’S RESIDENCE COMETH - NOT AT BUCKINGHAM PALACE, LONDON (2024)
THREE PAINTINGS IN THREE HOURS - NOT AT THE THREE GREYHOUNDS, LONDON (2024)
FLOOR DOOR IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE SAUDI YOUTH SOCIETY - ROYALTY HOUSE, LONDON (2023)
NO THANKS - NOT AT CENTRAL SAINT MARTINS, LONDON (2022)
I HOPE THAT THE REVOLUTION WILL HAVE AIR CONDITIONING - NOT AT SHOREDITCH HOUSE, LONDON (2022)
REPEAT AFTER ME - NOT AT THE TRUMAN BREWERY, LONDON (2022)
GROUP SHOWS
RESIDENTS GROUP SHOW II - FISHTANK WORKSHOP & GALLERY, LONDON (2025)
CULTURAL TECHNOLOGY MINI MARKET PRESENTED BY EKAS - REFERENCE.POINT.180-STRAND, LONDON (2025)
RESIDENTS GROUP SHOW I - FISHTANK WORKSHOP & GALLERY, LONDON (2024)
HADRA 1 - REFERENCE.POINT.180-STRAND, LONDON (2024)
POLYMATHS LIVE OPEN STUDIO - BOMB FACTORY HOLBORN (2023)
READINGS
DAYTIMERS PRESENTS MEHFIL - RALLY FESTIVAL, LONDON (2024)
SOHO HOUSE FESTIVAL, LONDON (2023)
SPEAKING
NYU TISCH FILM SCHOOL GUEST LECTURE (2026)
THE SUBHANALLAH AND THE SKIBIDI - PRESENTATION, REFERENCE.POINT.180-STRAND (2025)
JELLYFEST PANEL TALK - AMERICAN FILM INSTITUTE, LOS ANGELES (2019)
TEEN TOURS - THE PHOTOGRAPHER’S GALLERY (2017)
AWARDS, RESIDENCIES, FELLOWSHIPS
AREBYTE DIGITAL ART RESIDENCY, CAMDEN, LONDON (2026)
FISHTANK WORKSHOP & GALLERY RESIDENCY, KING’S CROSS, LONDON (2024-25)
SOHO HOUSE FOUNDATION FELLOWSHIP (2022-23)
LONDON SHORT FILM FESTIVAL ‘22, ‘23, ‘24 - OFFICIAL SELECTION
SATELLITE FILMS AIRDROP REMOTE ARTISTS FILM RESIDENCY, ARTS COUNCIL FUNDED (2021)
NFFTY ‘18, ‘19, ‘20, ‘22, ‘23 - OFFICIAL SELECTION | BEST STUDENT DOCUMENTARY WINNER
PUBLICATIONS
LIFE, LONGING, AND THE HARDCORE DENIAL OF DEATH - DAZED MIDDLE EAST (2025)
THE PRE-UPLOAD AGE: WELCOME TO THE MUSLIM METAVERSE - DAZED MIDDLE EAST (2025)
NEW CURRENCY ISSUE 03: “ARTISTS IN THE CITY” ESSAY - NEW CURRENCY MAGAZINE (2024)
DJ
MINUTE SHORTS PRESENTS EVERYMAN ON THE CANAL AT KING’S CROSS (2025)
GLOBAL SOUND SELECTION W/ KAIRO 7000 TAKEOVER: RAZA TARIQ | STEGI RADIO, ATHENS (2024)
BOROUGH PRESENTS: PARIS FASHION WEEK | LE ROUGE, PARIS (2024)
NOTTING HILL ARTS CLUB DJ RESIDENCY, LONDON (2023-24)
LONDON SHORT FILM FESTIVAL CLOSING PARTY (2023, ‘24)
REFERENCE.POINT.180-STRAND CHRISTMAS PARTY (2023)
ASSORTMENT BY MEEZAN LMT, LONDON FASHION WEEK | WHITE CITY HOUSE (2023)
RADIO SHOW | LOOSE.FM (2022-23)
