work and research: grad student work

Haseeb Ahmed

Selected Exhibitions

2007

Mapping Self   
Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, IL

The Common Sense
Solo Exhibit, Around the Coyote Gallery, Chicago, IL

Luggage of the Birth Right

Temporary Hotel Gallery, Tel Aviv, Israel

Probes: Contemporary Pakistani Art
Hot House Gallery

2006

Around the Coyote Fall Arts Festival
Curators Choice, Around the Coyote Gallery, Chicago, IL

The World is Flat
Life Bomb Gallery, Berlin, Germany

Paper Tigers
Three Seasons Gallery, Chicago, IL

2005

Airlift
Ausstellungsdauer, Zurich, Switzerland

Nippon Steel 13
Nippon Steel Head Quarters, Chicago IL

2004

Art Bash
Faculty Award, Gallery G2, Chicago, IL

2003

Toledo Area Arts Exhibit
Toledo Museum of Art, Toledo, OH

Cast Diffusion
Solo Exhibit, Canaday Center of University of Toledo, OH

 

Architecture and Exhibition Design

2007

Downtown Islamic Center Reading Room
Collaboration with Laura Lee Schmidt, Chicago, IL

2006

Disorientation
Collaboration with Laura Lee Schmidt, DePaul University Student Center, Chicago, IL

 

Curatorial/Organizing

2007

On Naji al-Ali
LeadCurator, Around the Coyote Gallery, Chicago, IL

Platypus Interview with Tariq Ali
School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL

Pedogogical Factory: How We Learn: Building an Educated City
Panel Discussion, Hyde Park Art Center, Chicago, IL

2006

Re-presenting the Present: Danish Cartoons, Islam, and You
School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL


Awards, Grants, and Residencies

2008

BFA Fellowship
School of the Art Institute of Chicago

Presidential Fellowship
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

2007

Around the Coyote Fall Artist in Residence
Around the Coyote Gallery, Chicago, IL

IDSA Student Merit Award
Industrial Design Society of North America

Office of Multi-Cultural Affairs Diversity Grant
School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL

2006

Student Government Artist Grant
School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL

Peanut Butter and Jelly Student Leadership Award
School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL

Novy Leadership Award
School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL