(b. 1994, Pakistan) Jawad Hussain is an inter-disciplinary artist, writer and filmmaker based in Lahore, Pakistan. He received a BFA from Beaconhouse National University and is currently pursuing his Master in Art and Design from Beaconhouse National University. He works in mediums such as photography, paint, performance and video, and has had the opportunity to exhibit his work in several group shows within Pakistan and internationally. Some of these shows include – CROSSCUT (1): CONSUMERISM AND ETHICS LUMS & Gurmani Center of Literature and Languages (2018). Partition and the Practice of Memory Reach Gallery Museum in Abbotsford, BC, Canada (2020). MANIFEST –Museum of scroll (2021). Hussain has also worked both in collaboration and independently as a documentary film maker focusing on post-conflict trauma in regions such as former FATA and Baluchistan and is currently a fellow at ‘Frame by Frame’ an initiative by Patakha Pictures and Shareem Obaid Chinoy Films supported by The Scottish Documentary Institute. Through his work he explores themes of identity, language, and time.
