About
Ahmed Farooqui is an instigator, organiser and participant in many arts projects. His current practice is concerned with investigating the role of art and artistic resistance in creating the conditions for small scale, progressive and collaborative human relationships. He is the founder of the Degrees of Freedom collective who aim to investigate, make conscious and challenge the contours of unfreedom in public spaces. He has recently set up Space36, an occasional arts space based in an inhabited house in a residential street in North London to investigate the boundaries of the domestic, the private and the public.
Exhibitions
Solo shows
Mysteries of the Organism, Espacio Gallery,2013
Engines of Desire, Barbican Library, 2011
Group Shows
2017
The Republic of Brexitopia, Espacio Gallery
Waiting to Exhale, Space36
Traditions, The Art Pavilion
2016
the Secret Life of no:36, Space36
UNINVITED weekend, transgressing arts spaces, London
A New Home, The Art Pavilion
2015
The Anti Gallery Gallery Show, a Degrees of Freedom production, Espacio Galley
Misbehaviour, The Art Pavilion
I Dreamed I Saw St Augustine, St Augustine Tower
Mono, Espacio Gallery
2014
Crouch End Open Studios
Hackney Wick V&A Take Back, A Degrees of Freedom Artwork
Group Exhibition, Original Gallery
Chelsea Fringe, Espacio Gallery
Criminal Conspiracy, a Degrees of Freedom production, Old Police station
Karamel Club
About Brick Lane, Espacio Gallery
Misbehaviour, CMR Gallery
2013
Quantum, Espacio Gallery
Vignetted Windows Foretold, Nunhead Cemetary
The Journey, Espacio Gallery
CEOS Open Studios
Strata, Espacio Gallery
2012
Diamond Decades, Nunhead Cemetary
Members exhibition, Candid Gallery
Eclectica, Espacio Gallery
Survival of the fittest, Lee Valley Waterworks Nature Reserve
Going Places, Menier Gallery
Transformations, Espacio Gallery
Lift Off, Espacio Gallery
Points of Departure, The Original Gallery
Gelforms and Bioglyphs, CEOS Open Studios
2011
Summer Salon, Islington Arts Factory
Summer exhibition, Candid Gallery
Islington Exhibits, London
Twenty Two Artists, The Original Gallery
Shieldworks, CEOS Open Studios
2010
Twenty Four Artists, The Original Gallery
Evolution, CEOS Open Studios
2009
The Islington Contemporary Art and Design Fair, Candid Gallery
2008
Artenade, Nutshuis Gallery, The Hague, Netherlands, 2008
Mysteries of the Organism, Espacio Gallery,2013
Engines of Desire, Barbican Library, 2011
Group Shows
2017
The Republic of Brexitopia, Espacio Gallery
Waiting to Exhale, Space36
Traditions, The Art Pavilion
2016
the Secret Life of no:36, Space36
UNINVITED weekend, transgressing arts spaces, London
A New Home, The Art Pavilion
2015
The Anti Gallery Gallery Show, a Degrees of Freedom production, Espacio Galley
Misbehaviour, The Art Pavilion
I Dreamed I Saw St Augustine, St Augustine Tower
Mono, Espacio Gallery
2014
Crouch End Open Studios
Hackney Wick V&A Take Back, A Degrees of Freedom Artwork
Group Exhibition, Original Gallery
Chelsea Fringe, Espacio Gallery
Criminal Conspiracy, a Degrees of Freedom production, Old Police station
Karamel Club
About Brick Lane, Espacio Gallery
Misbehaviour, CMR Gallery
2013
Quantum, Espacio Gallery
Vignetted Windows Foretold, Nunhead Cemetary
The Journey, Espacio Gallery
CEOS Open Studios
Strata, Espacio Gallery
2012
Diamond Decades, Nunhead Cemetary
Members exhibition, Candid Gallery
Eclectica, Espacio Gallery
Survival of the fittest, Lee Valley Waterworks Nature Reserve
Going Places, Menier Gallery
Transformations, Espacio Gallery
Lift Off, Espacio Gallery
Points of Departure, The Original Gallery
Gelforms and Bioglyphs, CEOS Open Studios
2011
Summer Salon, Islington Arts Factory
Summer exhibition, Candid Gallery
Islington Exhibits, London
Twenty Two Artists, The Original Gallery
Shieldworks, CEOS Open Studios
2010
Twenty Four Artists, The Original Gallery
Evolution, CEOS Open Studios
2009
The Islington Contemporary Art and Design Fair, Candid Gallery
2008
Artenade, Nutshuis Gallery, The Hague, Netherlands, 2008