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	'''Asim Waqif''' is an Indian artist based in [[New Delhi]], whose work is influenced by interdisciplinary fields of art, architecture, ecology and design.<ref>{{cite news\|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2012/12/06/arts/06iht-rartwaqif06.html\|title=Indian Artist Looks to Bring Works to the Everyman\|first=Gayatri Rangachari\|last=Shah\|date=December 5, 2012\|via=NYTimes.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite web\|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/lifestyle/art-and-culture/reconstructing-the-deconstructed-5117685/\|title=Reconstructing the Deconstructed\|date=March 31, 2018}}</ref> He makes [[Site-specific art\|site-specific]] or [[Interactive art\|interactive]] installations and sculptures, which are often made out of discarded or reclaimed waste materials, like bamboo, rope, tar or trashed metal.<ref>{{cite web\|url=https://www.livemint.com/Leisure/xxkWbB6vhna9NjQfWcLvGJ/Asim-Waqifs-art-of-waste.html\|title=Asim Waqif’s art of waste\|first=Tanuj\|last=Kumar\|date=December 22, 2017\|website=Livemint}}</ref><ref>{{cite web\|url=https://www.news18.com/news/india/climatechangeart-part-v-artist-asim-waqif-makes-rich-people-decorate-their-living-rooms-with-trash-1762873.html\|title=Artist Asim Waqif Makes Rich People Decorate Their Living Rooms with Trash\|date=June 5, 2018\|website=News18}}</ref>		'''Asim Waqif''' is an Indian artist based in [[New Delhi]], whose work is influenced by interdisciplinary fields of art, architecture, ecology and design.<ref>{{cite news\|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2012/12/06/arts/06iht-rartwaqif06.html\|title=Indian Artist Looks to Bring Works to the Everyman\|first=Gayatri Rangachari\|last=Shah\|date=December 5, 2012\|via=NYTimes.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite web\|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/lifestyle/art-and-culture/reconstructing-the-deconstructed-5117685/\|title=Reconstructing the Deconstructed\|date=March 31, 2018}}</ref> He makes [[Site-specific art\|site-specific]] or [[Interactive art\|interactive]] installations and sculptures, which are often made out of discarded or reclaimed waste materials, like bamboo, rope, tar or trashed metal.<ref>{{cite web\|url=https://www.livemint.com/Leisure/xxkWbB6vhna9NjQfWcLvGJ/Asim-Waqifs-art-of-waste.html\|title=Asim Waqif’s art of waste\|first=Tanuj\|last=Kumar\|date=December 22, 2017\|website=Livemint}}</ref><ref>{{cite web\|url=https://www.news18.com/news/india/climatechangeart-part-v-artist-asim-waqif-makes-rich-people-decorate-their-living-rooms-with-trash-1762873.html\|title=Artist Asim Waqif Makes Rich People Decorate Their Living Rooms with Trash\|date=June 5, 2018\|website=News18}}</ref>

	In Waqif's 2012 ''[[The New York Times]]'' profile, he was quoted as saying: "Contemporary Indian art is so disjointed from the public. It’s elitist. I want to connect with the average person in India."<ref>{{cite news\|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2012/12/06/arts/06iht-rartwaqif06.html\|title=Indian Artist Looks to Bring Works to the Everyman\|first=Gayatri Rangachari\|last=Shah\|date=December 5, 2012\|via=NYTimes.com}}</ref> In March 2020, he was named one of the 10 Indian artists shaping [[contemporary art]] by the online art platform ''[[Artsy (website)\|Artsy]]''.<ref>{{cite web\|url=https://www.artsy.net/article/artsy-editorial-10-indian-artists-shaping-contemporary-art\|title=10 Indian Artists Who Are Shaping Contemporary Art\|first=Cleo\|last=Roberts\|date=March 10, 2020\|website=Artsy}}</ref>		In Waqif's 2012 ''[[The New York Times]]'' profile, he was quoted as saying: "Contemporary Indian art is so disjointed from the public. It’s elitist. I want to connect with the average person in India."<ref>{{cite news\|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2012/12/06/arts/06iht-rartwaqif06.html\|title=Indian Artist Looks to Bring Works to the Everyman\|first=Gayatri Rangachari\|last=Shah\|date=December 5, 2012\|via=NYTimes.com}}</ref> In March 2020, he was named one of the 10 Indian artists shaping [[contemporary art]] by the online art platform ''[[Artsy (website)\|Artsy]]''.<ref>{{cite web\|url=https://www.artsy.net/article/artsy-editorial-10-indian-artists-shaping-contemporary-art\|title=10 Indian Artists Who Are Shaping Contemporary Art\|first=Cleo\|last=Roberts\|date=March 10, 2020\|website=Artsy}}</ref>
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	==Career==		==Career==
	Waqif's debut solo show in Europe was held at [[Palais de Tokyo]] in December 2012, titled ''Bordel Monstre'' or "Monstrous Mess".<ref>{{cite web\|author=Gayatri Rangachari Shah \|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2012/12/06/arts/06iht-rartwaqif06.html \|title=Indian Artist Looks to Bring Works to the Everyman - The New York Times \|publisher=Nytimes.com \|date=2012-12-05 \|accessdate=2020-05-25}}</ref> He used detritus from previous exhibitions and repurposed it to create an immersive installation.<ref>{{cite web\|url=https://www.palaisdetokyo.com/en/event/asim-waqif \|title=Asim Waqif \| Palais de Tokyo EN \|publisher=Palaisdetokyo.com \|date=2013-01-20 \|accessdate=2020-05-25}}</ref> In a review of the installation, American artist [[Robert Barry (artist)\|Robert Barry]] wrote in the ''[[frieze (magazine)\|frieze]]'' magazine: "''Bordel Monstre'' is a fascinating exercise in making use of things otherwise neglected: constructed in a corner of the Palais de Tokyo which hasn’t previously been used, made out of materials discarded at the end of the previous exhibition. And if its exterior form resembles the damage wrought by a force of nature, its construction was as spontaneous and unplanned as the weather.".<ref>{{cite web\|url=https://frieze.com/article/asim-waqif-installs-tornado-freeze-frame \|title=Asim Waqif Installs a Tornado in Freeze-Frame \|publisher=Frieze \|date=2012-12-13 \|accessdate=2020-05-25}}</ref>		Waqif's debut solo show in Europe was held at [[Palais de Tokyo]] in December 2012, titled ''Bordel Monstre'' or "Monstrous Mess".<ref>{{cite web\|author=Gayatri Rangachari Shah \|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2012/12/06/arts/06iht-rartwaqif06.html \|title=Indian Artist Looks to Bring Works to the Everyman - The New York Times \|publisher=Nytimes.com \|date=2012-12-05 \|accessdate=2020-05-25}}</ref> He used detritus from previous exhibitions and repurposed it to create an immersive installation.<ref>{{cite web\|url=https://www.palaisdetokyo.com/en/event/asim-waqif \|title=Asim Waqif \| Palais de Tokyo EN \|publisher=Palaisdetokyo.com \|date=2013-01-20 \|accessdate=2020-05-25}}</ref> In a review of the installation, American artist [[Robert Barry (artist)\|Robert Barry]] wrote in the ''[[frieze (magazine)\|frieze]]'' magazine: "''Bordel Monstre'' is a fascinating exercise in making use of things otherwise neglected: constructed in a corner of the Palais de Tokyo which hasn’t previously been used, made out of materials discarded at the end of the previous exhibition. And if its exterior form resembles the damage wrought by a force of nature, its construction was as spontaneous and unplanned as the weather.".<ref>{{cite web\|url=https://frieze.com/article/asim-waqif-installs-tornado-freeze-frame \|title=Asim Waqif Installs a Tornado in Freeze-Frame \|publisher=Frieze \|date=2012-12-13 \|accessdate=2020-05-25}}</ref>

	In 2017, Waqif's large-scale site-specific immersive installation, ''Salvage'', was mounted in downtown Vancouver, in association with the [[Vancouver Art Gallery]], Canada.<ref>{{cite web\|url=https://www.livemint.com/Leisure/etosjvvft0FEXoF2qihcYK/Raiders-of-the-new-art.html\|title=Raiders of the new art\|date=February 2, 2018\|website=Livemint}}</ref><ref>{{cite web\|url=https://artdaily.cc/news/101445/Vancouver-Art-Gallery-presents-an-installation-immersed-in-local-issue-of-environmental-sustainability#.Xstk5BMzb-Y\|title=Vancouver Art Gallery presents an installation immersed in local issue of environmental sustainability\|website=artdaily.cc}}</ref> Architectural in nature, it was assembled using doors, windows, roofs, tiles and wall sections, which were either sourced from demolition sites or discarded materials from local buildings.		In 2017, Waqif's large-scale site-specific immersive installation, ''Salvage'', was mounted in downtown Vancouver, in association with the [[Vancouver Art Gallery]], Canada.<ref>{{cite web\|url=https://www.livemint.com/Leisure/etosjvvft0FEXoF2qihcYK/Raiders-of-the-new-art.html\|title=Raiders of the new art\|date=February 2, 2018\|website=Livemint}}</ref><ref>{{cite web\|url=https://artdaily.cc/news/101445/Vancouver-Art-Gallery-presents-an-installation-immersed-in-local-issue-of-environmental-sustainability#.Xstk5BMzb-Y\|title=Vancouver Art Gallery presents an installation immersed in local issue of environmental sustainability\|website=artdaily.cc}}</ref> Architectural in nature, it was assembled using doors, windows, roofs, tiles and wall sections, which were either sourced from demolition sites or discarded materials from local buildings.
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'''Asim Waqif''' is an Indian artist based in [[New Delhi]], whose work is influenced by interdisciplinary fields of art, architecture, ecology and design.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2012/12/06/arts/06iht-rartwaqif06.html|title=Indian Artist Looks to Bring Works to the Everyman|first=Gayatri Rangachari|last=Shah|date=December 5, 2012|via=NYTimes.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/lifestyle/art-and-culture/reconstructing-the-deconstructed-5117685/|title=Reconstructing the Deconstructed|date=March 31, 2018}}</ref> He makes [[Site-specific art|site-specific]] or [[Interactive art|interactive]] installations and sculptures, which are often made out of discarded or reclaimed waste materials, like bamboo, rope, tar or trashed metal.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.livemint.com/Leisure/xxkWbB6vhna9NjQfWcLvGJ/Asim-Waqifs-art-of-waste.html|title=Asim Waqif’s art of waste|first=Tanuj|last=Kumar|date=December 22, 2017|website=Livemint}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.news18.com/news/india/climatechangeart-part-v-artist-asim-waqif-makes-rich-people-decorate-their-living-rooms-with-trash-1762873.html|title=Artist Asim Waqif Makes Rich People Decorate Their Living Rooms with Trash|date=June 5, 2018|website=News18}}</ref>

In Waqif's 2012 ''[[The New York Times]]'' profile, he was quoted as saying: "Contemporary Indian art is so disjointed from the public. It’s elitist. I want to connect with the average person in India."<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2012/12/06/arts/06iht-rartwaqif06.html|title=Indian Artist Looks to Bring Works to the Everyman|first=Gayatri Rangachari|last=Shah|date=December 5, 2012|via=NYTimes.com}}</ref> In March 2020, he was named one of the 10 Indian artists shaping [[contemporary art]] by the online art platform ''[[Artsy (website)|Artsy]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.artsy.net/article/artsy-editorial-10-indian-artists-shaping-contemporary-art|title=10 Indian Artists Who Are Shaping Contemporary Art|first=Cleo|last=Roberts|date=March 10, 2020|website=Artsy}}</ref>

==Biography==

Waqif was born in [[Hyderabad]], India, and trained as an architect at the [[School of Planning and Architecture, New Delhi]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.platform-mag.com/art/residual-fear.html|title=Asim Waqif|website=www.platform-mag.com}}</ref> After graduating, he worked as an art director for TV shows and then moved into producing documentaries and independent films, before ultimately dedicating himself fully to his art practice.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://frieze.com/fair-programme/asim-waqif|title=Asim Waqif|website=frieze.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kolkata/vietnamese-artist-roped-in-to-decorate-kolkata-puja/articleshow/71113855.cms|title=Vietnamese artist roped in to decorate Kolkata Puja | Kolkata News - Times of India|website=The Times of India}}</ref>

==Career==
Waqif's debut solo show in Europe was held at [[Palais de Tokyo]] in December 2012, titled ''Bordel Monstre'' or "Monstrous Mess".<ref>{{cite web|author=Gayatri Rangachari Shah |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2012/12/06/arts/06iht-rartwaqif06.html |title=Indian Artist Looks to Bring Works to the Everyman - The New York Times |publisher=Nytimes.com |date=2012-12-05 |accessdate=2020-05-25}}</ref> He used detritus from previous exhibitions and repurposed it to create an immersive installation.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.palaisdetokyo.com/en/event/asim-waqif |title=Asim Waqif | Palais de Tokyo EN |publisher=Palaisdetokyo.com |date=2013-01-20 |accessdate=2020-05-25}}</ref> In a review of the installation, American artist [[Robert Barry (artist)|Robert Barry]] wrote in the ''[[frieze (magazine)|frieze]]'' magazine: "''Bordel Monstre'' is a fascinating exercise in making use of things otherwise neglected: constructed in a corner of the Palais de Tokyo which hasn’t previously been used, made out of materials discarded at the end of the previous exhibition. And if its exterior form resembles the damage wrought by a force of nature, its construction was as spontaneous and unplanned as the weather.".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://frieze.com/article/asim-waqif-installs-tornado-freeze-frame |title=Asim Waqif Installs a Tornado in Freeze-Frame |publisher=Frieze |date=2012-12-13 |accessdate=2020-05-25}}</ref>

In 2017, Waqif's large-scale site-specific immersive installation, ''Salvage'', was mounted in downtown Vancouver, in association with the [[Vancouver Art Gallery]], Canada.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.livemint.com/Leisure/etosjvvft0FEXoF2qihcYK/Raiders-of-the-new-art.html|title=Raiders of the new art|date=February 2, 2018|website=Livemint}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://artdaily.cc/news/101445/Vancouver-Art-Gallery-presents-an-installation-immersed-in-local-issue-of-environmental-sustainability#.Xstk5BMzb-Y|title=Vancouver Art Gallery presents an installation immersed in local issue of environmental sustainability|website=artdaily.cc}}</ref> Architectural in nature, it was assembled using doors, windows, roofs, tiles and wall sections, which were either sourced from demolition sites or discarded materials from local buildings.

==Solo exhibitions==
*2012 - ''Punha'', site-specific installation at [[Bhau Daji Lad Museum]], Mumbai<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/mumbai/new-2-000-sq-feet-exhibition-space-for-city-to-get-a-taste-of-arts-and-culture/story-OS3ECkjjSPRO5NqV3oitQP.html|title=New 2,000 sq-feet exhibition space for city to get a taste of arts and culture|date=December 27, 2012|website=Hindustan Times}}</ref>
*2012 - ''Bordel Monstre'' at [[Palais de Tokyo]], Paris<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.palaisdetokyo.com/en/event/asim-waqif|title=Asim Waqif|date=May 26, 2016|website=Palais de Tokyo EN}}</ref>
*2013 - ''Khalal'' at [[Gallery Nature Morte]], New Delhi<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/cities/bengaluru/2013/sep/04/This-is-no-trash-513449.html|title=This is no trash|website=The New Indian Express}}</ref>
*2013 - ''Epreuves'' at [[Daniel Templon|Galerie Daniel Templon]], Paris<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.templon.com/new/exhibition.php?la=en&show_id=552|title=Galerie Templon - Exhibition|website=www.templon.com}}</ref>
*2017 - ''Salvage'' at [[Vancouver Art Gallery]], Canada<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.straight.com/life/1018511/green-living-artists-salvaged-exhibition-forces-vancouverites-face-waste|title=Green Living: Artist's salvaged exhibition forces Vancouverites to face "mindless" waste|date=January 13, 2018|website=The Georgia Straight}}</ref>
*2018 - ''Residual Fear'' at [[Gallery Nature Morte]], New Delhi<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/lifestyle/art-and-culture/reconstructing-the-deconstructed-5117685/|title=Reconstructing the Deconstructed|date=March 31, 2018}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
*{{official website|asimwaqif.com}}
*[https://indiaartfair.in/asim-waqif India Art Fair - Asim Waqif]

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