Osama Khan is a Lahore based multi-disciplinary artist who is enthusiastic about art and design. He creates stories through Installations, sculptures,
and murals. He enjoys planning and creatively finding possible art solutions for space and set design that could esthetically communicate the design
concept. Apart from creating stories, He enjoys writing and playing music. He recently participated in the group exhibition Small Works, curated
by Minah Mohsin, held at Kaleido Contemporary Gallery. For the show, he presented a small sculpture of a cow wearing a virtual reality headset,
symbolizing humanity’s increasing control over nature for selfish ends and questioning the ways in which natural life is manipulated to serve human
desire. In another exhibition held at Eastern Broad, hosted by Maggie Murray and American artist Matty Mo, he presented his work Vision 2020, an
oil painting that reflected the decay of the world during the time of the pandemic. He is also a member of the TMFA community, further expanding
his engagement with contemporary international art networks.
Breathing Soil is an installation composed of suspended forms cast in fiberglass to resemble scooped-out pieces of earth. These containers, shaped
like excavated land and finished with a mud-like surface, hold real living grass on top, creating the illusion of fragments of ground lifted out of their
natural place and suspended in mid-air. The work reflects on the violence inflicted upon the planet through global warming, land grabbing, territorial
borders, and human selfishness. By removing the land from the earth and placing it in suspension, the installation visualizes displacement, loss, and
the fragile condition of our environment. The living grass acts as a symbol of resilience and responsibility. It must be nurtured, watered, and kept
alive, mirroring the care our planet urgently needs. Through this gesture, the work reminds viewers that Earth is not a possession, but our only home.
Breathing Soil invites reflection on humanity’s relationship with nature and asks the viewer to see the land not as something to own or exploit, but as
a living entity that sustains all life.