Shezad Dawood is an artist based in London

London

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Dawood was born in London

London

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. His multi-media works are inspired by his varied cultural heritage, having a Pakistan

Pakistan

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i mother, India

India

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n father and an Irish

Irish people

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 stepmother. This is mirrored in his interest in the variety within different forms of art and the systems which society use to judge their value.

He received his MA

Master of Arts (postgraduate)

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 from the Royal College of Art

Royal College of Art

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 in 2000.

Selected exhibitions

2008

Viaggio al termine della notte, Galleria Riccardo Crespi, Milan

Feature, film project/touring exhibition, Wysing Arts Centre, Leeds Metropolitan University & Castlefield, Manchester

Third Line, Dubai

2007

Hobbyhorse, Arndt & Partner, Zurich

If I Should Fall From Grace With God, Paradise Row, London

The End of Civilisation, Axel Lapp Projects, Berlin

2006

Bubble & Squeak (curated by Shay Oahyon), PM Gallery, Toronto

Lila/Play, Span Gallery, Melbourne

2005

In Six Easy Steps, ICA, London

2004

Homes With No Walls, Mumbai, India

2003

Karma Cola, Osterwalder's Art Office, Hamburg

2002

Site + Sight, Earl-Lu Gallery, Singapore

Selected publications

Artists' studio, Published by Culture Shock, Edited by Capucine Perrot, Designed by Åbäke. ISBN 0-9546999-5-5

Feature: Reconstruction, Published by Book Works, Edited by Gerrie van Nord, Designed by Åbäke. ISBN 978 1 906012 08 3

External links

• Shezad Dawood’s contribution to Art on the Undergroud, London
• Further information, texts and images from the Saatchi Gallery
• Osborne, Chris, Shezad Dawood: Cowboy Art, BBC.co.uk