Artists

Hajra Waheed

Hajra Waheed (b. 1980) is an artist and educator whose multidisciplinary practice spans painting, drawing, video, sound, sculpture and installation, and explores the nature of power, the human impact of displacement and incarceration, and the transformative possibilities of liberation struggles. Waheed’s work has been exhibited internationally, including at Kunstinstituut Melly, Rotterdam (2026); 36th São Paulo Biennial (2025); 15th Shanghai Biennial (2025); Fragmentos, Bogotá (2025); Museum of Modern Art, Dublin (2024); Kiran Nadar Museum of Art, Delhi (2024); Sharjah Biennial 15 (2023); Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Berlin (2023); Contemporary Art Museum, St. Louis (2023); Centre Pompidou, Paris (2021); Portikus, Frankfurt (2020); Lahore Biennial 02 (2020); 57th Venice Biennale (2017); and 11th Gwangju Biennale (2016). She holds a BFA, an MA in Cultural Studies and Education, and pursued doctoral research in International and Comparative Education. Before focusing on her artistic practice full-time, she taught extensively and worked within popular and informal education movements, developing practices of collective learning. She lives and works between Montreal and Yogyakarta.