Sousan Luqman

I am an artist and educator from London England. I have been practicing art since 1996 and have exhibited extensively in the UK. I started my art career as an Installation artist creating artworks that had a political leaning. I stopped creating installations due to space constraints and to pursue a career in education. I now work on a smaller scale and have changed the conceptual to the abstract. My recent collection is the Interconnections series of artworks.
These artworks are based on Modernist Art of the early 20th century specifically Constructivist and Suprematist Art. Artists such as Lissitzky, Rodchenko and Popova have been an rich source of inspiration not only through their use of dynamic forms, shapes and colours but also the drama that exuded their art.
Consequences and Interconnections are a series of artworks exploring the physical interaction of a figure within a geometric landscape. We are surrounded by the geometry of the metropolis, by structures and lines that connect us from one space to another. Although the figure looks to be inhabiting the space freely there seems to be conflict. a struggle to survive, dodging circular boulders and toppling rectangular girders. Despite the oppressiveness of the space the ...

MA in Art and Media Practice
University of Westminster London

Certificate of Education, Post Compulsory Education.
Institute of Education UCL London

BA (Hons) Mixed Media Art
University of Westminster London

2017 Paralax Art Fair London
2016 The Other Art Fair London
2014 Atomic Gallery 89 London
2013 Odalisque Harrow Arts Centre
2012 New Ashgate Gallery, Farnham
2012 OVADA, Oxford
2012 At Play South Hill Park Arts Centre, Bracknell
2010 Naissance (Group) USURP Gallery, London
2010 Dialogues, Ellysium Gallery, Swansea
2010 Exotic Transfigurations, ABC Gallery, London
2009 In the Making, Rag Factory, London
2009 Prophecies and Deceits, Redgate Gallery, London
2008 Peep Show, (Group), Gallery West, London
2007 Black History Month (Group), Gayton Library, London
2006 Black History Month (Group), Gayton Library, London
2003 Floral Expressions, Blue Wing Gallery, London
2002 Artefacts (Group), Tricycle Theatre, London
2001 Spiked (Residency Show), University of Westminster
2001 The IMACA Show, (Group), Art Exchange, Nottingham
2001 Excavations, Bull Arts Centre, Barnet
2001 Permanent Waves (Group), St David's Hall, Cardiff
2000 Curried Trout (Group), Art Exchange, Nottingham
2000 The Book Project, The Curve, Barbican, London
2000 Network AD (Group), Candid Gallery, London
2000 Biriyani (Group) Lawrence Batley Arts, Huddersfield
1999 Ellipsis (Group), Portobello Festival, London


Residencies
2000-2001 Universit...