About

Amaan Jahangir is a 26-year-old British South Asian, UK-based artist who has been painting for over a decade.

He uses striking and bold colours to visually realise the forever feeling, the wonderful encounter, the important moment. His practice resonates with the concept of a structured chaos which draws parallel to life and its intimate moments.

Jahangir is best known for his intertextuality, painting in conjunction with digitally-found text, poetry, and the written word. He grapples with the challenge of translating thoughts into words and words into images, attempting to find structure within the dynamism of his brushstrokes. A metaphor, perhaps, for the placing of the artist's practice against the backdrop of his personality, life, and love.

Since 2023, Jahangir has been working from a fully funded studio in Birmingham, awarded by Digbeth-based gallery Grand Union.

Residencies & Awards

Punch Records Funding Award (2024)
Optimism Artist Grant (2024)
Somefund XYZ Funding Award (2024)
Art of the Millenium Online Residency (2024)
Wolverhamption Art Gallery Artist Incubator Residency (2024)
Grand Union x Bruntwood Artist Residency (2023)
Gallery 37, Punch Records Residency (2023)
Ikon for Artists, Ikon Gallery (2021)
Untitled, Birmingham Contemporary Art Gallery (2021)
Untitled, Alpha Works (2019)
Inspire 2018, Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery Award (2018)

Exhibitions

Mixed Messages, The Old Library (2024)
ArtCrush, Brussels Interail Station (2024)
More Art Inc., Wolverhampton Art Gallery (2024)
Midlands Painters, Moon Raven Gallery (2024)
Gallery 37, Centrala (2023)
Summer Camp Show, Eastside Projects (2023)
Degree Show, Reading University (2022)
Millennium of a Moment, Iron House Gallery (2019)
Everything To Get Away, Arches Project (2018)