Meet Muhammad Zeeshan (b. 1980, Pakistan) as we prepare for his solo exhibition, Grass Don’t Grow on my Land, at Kristin Hjellegjerde Gallery Berlin. . With a BFA in Miniature Painting, National College of Arts, Lahore he lives and works in Lahore. . The motifs Zeeshan explores are closely tied to the cultural heritage of Pakistan, investigating issues of culture and conflict, asking the viewer to reconsider social norms and the lens through which we perceive others. . Exhibitions include: Nangeli, Kristin Hjellegjerde Gallery, London (2021); Money Provides, Culture Aspires, Sanat initiative, Karachi (2020); Serving with White Gloves, Kristin Hjellegjeerde Gallery, Berlin (2019); Karachi Biennale (2017); Art Dubai (2017); Contemporary Istanbul (2017); Funkier Than A Mosquito's Twitter, Kristin Hjellegjerde Gallery (2015); Baku Biennale (2012); Lines of Control: Partition as a Productive Space at Duke University, North Carolina and Cornell University, New York (2012-13); Safavid Revisted at the British Museum, London (2009); Contemporary Miniature Paintings From Pakistan, Fukouka Asian Art Museum, Japan (2004); Terror cannot be exterminated by war, Metropolitan Museum Tokyo, Japan (2004); . See Zeeshan’s work in the Hundal Collection, Chicago; the British Museum, London; the Metropolitan Museum, New York; the Fukuoka Asian Art Museum, Japan; Pacific Asia Museum in Pasadena, California; the Devi Art Foundation, India; Walton Family Collection, USA; The Bunker Art Space, USA. . He was curator of the Karachi Biennale Trust (KBT) in 2019. . ‘The Pakistani artist has drawn parallels with his fellow countryman Imran Qureshi, both often collected together (the British Museum, Metropolitan Museum and Pacific Asia Museum) and both conveying their views on the modern world through similar means.’ Emily Steer, Elephant Magazine . Image 1: in the studio Image 2: phoolon ki saij (bed of flowers), 2022 (detail) Image 3: Humsafar (Fellow Traveller), 2022 (detail) Images 4-5: Nangeli at Kristin Hjellegjerde London Images 6-7: Funkier than a Mosquitos Twitter at Kristin Hjellegjerde Gallery, London . #hellomonday #mohammedzeeshan #khgalleryberlin #meettheartist