Suleman Aqeel Khilji (b.1985 Quetta, Pakistan) lives and works in London, UK. He received his BA from National College of Arts, Lahore, Pakistan (2011) and is currently in a 3 year artist program at the Royal Academy of Art, London, UK.
Selected solo exhibitions include: "Mark / نشاں",, STANDARD (OSLO), Oslo, Norway; “Parallel”, The Radley Mews with Jhaveri Contemporary, London, UK; “TURNING INTO...”, Weston Studio, Royal Academy of Art, London, UK; “BE-LONGING!”, DOMINION Art Gallery, Lahore, Pakistan; and “See View”, Vasl Artist Residency, IVS Gallery, Karachi, Pakistan.
His works have been included in group exhibitions at Drawing Room, London, UK; St James’s Church, London, UK; No. 9. Cork Street / Jhaveri Contemporary, London, UK; Subtitle Lab, Bomb factory, London, UK; Dolomiti Contemporannee, Dolomites, Italy; Gesso Art Space, Vienna, Austria; Satrang Gallery, Islamabad, Pakistan; Aicon Gallery, New York, USA; Rossi & Rossi, Art Divvy Project, London, UK; Zahoor-ul-Ikhlaq Gallery, Lahore, Pakistan; COMO Contemporary Modern Museum, Lahore, Pakistan; Fakirkhana Museum, Lahore, Pakistan; and Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts, Paris, France.
Suleman Aqeel Khilji has been honoured with the prestigious Edna Rose Weiss Award at the Royal Academy of Arts in London and participated in the Vasl Single Artist Residency, Karachi, Pakistan and the Mansion Artist Residency, Lahore, Pakistan
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