Hi. I'm M4HK.
I like to talk about marginalized historical narratives, the bronze age collapse, and the impending water crisis in Pakistan.
About M4HK
Artist's Statement
I try to deconstruct what I see around me to peer into narratives. I then delve deeper to see what's inside. All tales are ephemeral, and all communication is relative. I attempt to explore these things and others.
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In my latest work, I focus on history and mythology as narratives being created, altered, forgotten, rediscovered, and reimagined. I seek to create a dialogue between cultures and civilizations across time and space, indulging in flights of fantasy, filling in gaps left by the inevitable dereliction suffered by human history.
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About M4HK
M4HK is a self taught artist based in Islamabad. They enjoys using paints, oils, inks, soft pastels, spray paints, and items commonly found in toy stores.
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Their work is heavily inspired by mythology, history, philosophy, and storytelling. M4HK has an academic background in socioeconomics from McGill University and they've been doodling on notebooks since kindergarten.
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In 2021, they collaborated with Ujala Khan for her solo show in Karachi titled 'Aftermath of Meaning'. This was followed in 2022 with 'Syzygy' [Islamabad], and 'Prologue/ Epilogue' [Lahore], both duo exhibitions with Ujala Khan. In 2023, M4HK was part of a group show titled 'Dear June' at ArtEscape Gallery [Islamabad].