Haroon Mirza

Haroon Mirza

Haroon Mirza was born in London where he lives and works. He has a BA in Painting from Winchester School of Art, an MA in Design Critical Practice and Theory from Goldsmiths College (2006) and an MA in Fine Art from Chelsea College of Art and Design (2007). Solo exhibitions include Haroon Mirza/hrm199 Ltd. at Museum Tinguely, The Light Hours, Villa Savoye, Poissy, Are Jee Be? at the Irish Museum of Modern Art, Dublin, Random Access Recall at Le Grande Café, St. Nazaire (2014), The Hepworth, Wakefield, UK (2013) and The New Museum, New York (2012). His work was included in the 7th Shenzhen Sculpture Biennale, China (2012) and the 54th Venice Biennale (2011), where he was awarded the Silver Lion. Among other awards he won the Northern Art Prize in 2011, the DAIWA Foundation Art Prize in 2012, the Zurich Art Prize in 2014 and the Calder Prize in 2015. He is represented by Lisson Gallery, London.

He has won international acclaim for installations that test the interplay and friction between sound and light waves and electric current. He combines a variety of readymade and time based material to create audio compositions, which are often realised as performances, site-specific installations and kinetic sculptures.