Hassnain Awais

Biography

Hassnain Awais is an artist born and raised in Lahore. Graduated with the degree in fine arts, majored in printmaking, was awarded with honours in 2005.
He has exhibited his work in various galleries nationally, such as Taseer Art Gallery, Khass gallery, Artchowk gallery karachi,  Art scene Gallery, Rothas 2, Ijaz Gallery and more. Also took part in international exhibitions such as New York Art fair, Basement Art Gallery Dubai. He has worked as a faculty member in the printmaking department at National College Of Arts, Lahore and also at Punjab University's department of Art & Design.
Currently working as a freelance artist and running an Independent printmaking studio by the name of Studio Hassnain providing other fellow printmakers a facility to do printmaking, alongside conducting workshops and residencies.
Hassnain is also running a fashion photography and art direction studio by the name of Gadrang Designs.

Artist Statement

محفوظ شدہ دستاویزات
Dastan kisa kahani
Archival or Archives consisting of records that have been selected for permanent or long-term preservation on grounds of their enduring cultural, historical, or evidentiary value.
Such records are normally unpublished and almost always unique, unlike books or magazines of which many identical copies may exist.
A feeling or an affection that one develops with such personalised paper, letters, envelopes.
We have a strange bond with these archival papers and the fact that we are slowly moving away from them .
Memories have a strange tendency of fading away with time yet many fragments are always there lurking within the depths of our minds and heart.
At time are Memories are etched within ourselves like writing on paper , perhaps that is why paper becomes so important to us .
My work revolves around a feeling or an affection that one develops with such personalised paper, letters, envelopes.
We have a strange bond with these archival papers and the fact that we are slowly moving away from them .
Elements in my work represents different sets of our society and its norms.
Each image is telling us a different story/ Dastan, or lessons of life and is presented in the form of visual poetry which needs to be deciphered.