Born in Faisalabad, Pakistan, Abu Hanzla is a contemporary visual artist. He completed his Master’s degree in Visual Arts from the National College
of Arts, Lahore, in 2024, and his Bachelor’s degree in Fine Arts from the Institute of Art and Design, Government College University, Faisalabad,
in 2019. Hanzla’s work has been exhibited widely at prominent venues, including The Treasure House Fair, London; India Art Fair; Ejaz Art Gallery,
Lahore; Alhamra Arts Center, Lahore; Pakistan National Council of the Arts (PNCA), Islamabad; Gallery 6, Islamabad; Tagheer, Lahore; NumaishGah,
Lahore; Kaleido Kontemporary, Lahore; Muse Gallery, Lahore; Art Scene Gallery, Karachi; and Reservoir Gallery.
In 2021 he was selected for The First Step Residency Programe in Dubai. In 2024, he was awarded the prestigious Charles Wallace Grant to attend
a Traditional Arts programe at the School of Traditional Arts, London.
My work emerges from the friction between land and power, nature and control. I am drawn to the subtle and violent ways in which landscapes are
shaped not only by climate and time, but also by political agendas, urban development, and economic desire. My work does not seek to romanticize
nature; rather, it questions how we see, use, and curate it. I engage with landscapes as contested texts archives of power, resistance, memory, and
erasure. In doing so, I aim to create spaces where the political and the poetic intersect, allowing the viewer to reflect on their own position within the
ecology of land and belonging.