Mohsin Shafi

BIO

Mohsin Shafi is Lahore based artist, whose work is informed by his born-and-raised-pakistani encounters and dissident musings, examining collective and respective chronicles of longing and belonging. Shafi’s work is a clash of social taboos and private aspirations, whilst shedding light on South-asian notions. He employs archival material, found objects, data, recordings and private experiences of individuals within his work, to shed light on the importance of lived experience. Shafi holds a Master’s Degree in Visual Arts and Bachelor’s Degree in Visual Communication, both from the National College of Arts, Lahore. He additionally served his alma mater for a period of six years as an adjunct faculty member and still is in on the panel of visiting faculty of M.A. in Visual Arts Department at NCA. In the last one decade, Shafi has showcased his work at prominent galleries in Pakistan, as well has exhibiting it at various art fairs, galleries and alternative spaces, at museums around the globe.
Artist Statement |  I, too, am a part of this history |  You Selfish Dreamer |  Sagar Theatre on Queen's Road

I exploit my unadulterated access to the deepest emotions embedded beneath the surface, only to explore the whispered secrets of dreams and long buried memories. This is my burden, my struggle constant, in hopes to validate the “I”.
I question the blurred edges between identity and the intentions of identity. Attempting to capture what I see and record their frail existence, only to return and relive. Hoping to make the viewer see reality through the fiction of my eyes. Where nothing is as it is and everything is as it isn’t.