RAZA TARIQ IS A CONCEPTUAL ARTIST WITH A HYBRID PRACTICE BASED OUT OF HIS STUDIO IN LONDON MAKING WORKS ENQUIRING INTO HOW SUBLIME TRUTHS BREATHE THROUGH NARRATION IN THE MODERN CONTEXT. HIS CATALOGUE INCLUDES FILM, INSTALLATION, PAINTING, SCULPTURE, SOUND, PERFORMATIVE, POETIC AND PROSAIC WORKS.
HE IS KNOWN FOR HIS PUBLIC STREET EXHIBITIONS AND RECENTLY OPENED HIS FIRST SOLO SHOW TO INAUGURATE HIS ARTISTS’ RESIDENCY AT FISHTANK WORKSHOP AND GALLERY. HE HAS SCREENED FILMS AT BAFTA QUALIFYING FESTIVALS, PERFORMED AT VENUES SUCH AS 180 STRAND, THE STANDARD HOTEL AND WAS RESIDENT DJ AT THE LEGENDARY NOTTING HILL ARTS CLUB. HE HAS BEEN WRITTEN ABOUT IN THE FACE MAGAZINE, CRACK MAGAZINE AND NEW CURRENCY MAGAZINE. HIS MOST RECENT NARRATIVE SHORT "TAMING A SEAHORSE" STARRED BRIDGERTON'S CALAM LYNCH AND OLIVIER AWARD-WINNING MBE KOBNA HOLDBROOK-SMITH.
HE SIGNED IN 2024 AS A WRITER/DIRECTOR TO 42MP AND HIS DEBUT FEATURE FILM IS CURRENTLY IN DEVELOPMENT WITH THEM. THEY ARE CURRENTLY PRODUCING A SHORT FILM STARRING NYAGUA RUEA, WHICH WILL MARK HIS RETURN TO NARRATIVE FILMMAKING IN 2025.