Salman Toor 1983年出生于巴基斯坦拉合尔，目前在美国纽约工作生活。他以创作小型具象绘画为人们熟知，擅长将专业技巧与速写风格相结合，以柔和的画面描绘现实题材，以此反衬出人与人之间的疏离感，反思日益严重的种族歧视问题。图尔的人物摆脱了外界的强加于人的生硬感，相比之下，他更为柔和的画面突出了传达怀旧或疏离感的被动时刻。从总体上看，图尔的画作考虑了当代公共和私人生活中的脆弱性，以及在古怪，流散的身份背景下的社区概念。反复出现的调色板和对艺术历史的引用增强了图尔绘画情感的影响力，并从他的生活经历中为他的叙述增添了梦幻般的元素。
Salman Toor
Born in Lahore, Pakistan, 1983
Lives and works in New York City
2009 Masters of Fine Art (Painting), The Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, New York
2006 Bachelors of Fine Art (Painting and Drawing), with Honors, Ohio Wesleyan University, Delaware Ohio
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2019
Them, Galerie Perrotin, New York
Home is Not a Place, Anat Ebgi Gallery, LA
2018
Are you Here? Lahore Biennale 2018, Lahore
2016
Kochi-Muziris Biennale 2016, Kochi
Go Figure, Aicon Gallery
2014
Wrech, Honey Ramka, New York
2013
Cinephiliac: Art Transcending Technology and Motion, Twelve Gates Art
Gallery, Philiadelphia
Return of The Native, Rohtas II Gallery, Lahore
2012
Stop Play Pause Repeat, Lawrie Shabibi Gallery, Dubai Letters to Taseer II, Drawing Room Gallery, Lahore
2010
All about Us, Canvas Gallery, Karachi
2009
Wounds, Aicon Gallery, London
Exchange Show, Montclair University MFA Gallery, Montclair, New Jersey Pratt MFA Thesis Show, Stueben Gallery, Brooklyn,
2008
Pratt in Lucca, Piazza del Anfiteatro, Lucca, Italy
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2020
How Will I Know, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York
2019
I Know A Place, Nature Morte, New Delhi
2018
Time After Time, Aicon Gallery, New York
2017
Short Stories, Canvas Gallery, Karachi
2015
Salman Toor: Drawings from 'The Electrician', Honey Ramka, New York Resident Alien, Aicon Gallery, New York
2014
Close Quarters, Canvas Gallery, Karachi
2013
The Happy Servant, Aicon Gallery, New York
2011
I ♥ Kitsch, Rohtas II Gallery, Lahore
2010
New Paintings, Canvas Gallery, Karachi
2009
Three Paintings, The Cultural Center, Kahlo Gallery, Hampshire College, Amherst Massachusetts
New Paintings, Canvas Gallery, Karachi
2009
Three Paintings, The Cultural Center, Kahlo Gallery, Hampshire College, Amherst Massachusetts