Rashed Haq

I am a fine art photographer working in all genres of photographic practice, focusing on science and technology and its place in our culture and environment and its impact on human psychology.
In modern society, we have access to greater information and more options to choose from than in past eras. While there are advantages to this, it forces each of us to digest more complex ideas and interact with more complicated systems and networks. This complexity is likely to grow exponentially in the near future, catalyzed by technology and information. While some people are adept at dealing with this, ever greater numbers are struggling. We can see the partial impact of this with greater incidences of mental anguish and the increased need for daily pharmaceutical support to cope.

As a participant in the application of ever more sophisticated technologies in our lives, I have a front seat view of our increasingly complicated world. My experience as someone who succumbed to and recovered from the distress of this greater complexity that we must grapple with, has made me aware of the need for a better balance.

My artistic explorations are motivated by the duality and conflict of these experiences, where science and technology impac...

RECENT SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2017
Carol Crow Memorial Fellowship Honorable Mention 2017. Houston Center for Photography. Houston, TX. Curator: Andy Adams

2016
Pangea at BLUEorange Contemporary Gallery, Houston, TX. Curator: Melissa Flower

Relics and Industrious at Aker Gallery, Houston, TX. Curator: Joe Aker

Soul of the Machine at Monsoon Art Space, Houston, TX. Curator: Anis Shivani

RECENT GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2016
Haunted at Darkroom Gallery, Essex Junction, VT. Juror: Russel Joslin

Personal Narrative at Photoplace Gallery, Middlebury, VT. Juror: Susan Burnstine

Masks at South East Center for Photography, Greenville, SC. Juror: Aline Smithson

Pixels and Silver at FotoFest at Aker Gallery, Houston, TX. Juror: Clint Willour

2015
Color at Spring Street Gallery, Houston, TX. Juror: Heidi Vaughn

Still Life at MPLS Photo Center, Minneapolis, MN. Juror: Russell Joslin

Learning Curve 8 at Houston Center for Photography, Houston, TX. Juror: Keliy Anderson-Staley

Skin In The Game at Spring Street Gallery, Houston, TX. Juror: Angel Quesada

Open:2015 at Photoplace Gallery, Middlebury, VT. Juror: Jeff Curto

Blue at A Smith Gallery, Johnson City, TX. Juror: Arthur Meyerson

Dreams and Visions at Spring ...