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AHMED UMER

MA Fine Art Show 2026
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Rule, Rules, Ruled

Rules are instruments of power. They shape what can be said, recorded and recognised through ordinary structures: lines to write within, forms to complete, desks to sit behind and spaces in which to wait.

This installation considers how bureaucracy becomes part of everyday life through materials and environments that are easy to overlook. It asks who creates the systems that define what is visible, official or legitimate and whose labour, language and compliance keep those systems in place. These works consider the colonial histories within these systems and what becomes possible when their structures are exposed.

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I’m incredibly excited to finally share that I’m one of the 60 Fellows for the 2026 British Pavilion at the @labiennale one of the longest running and most prestigious cultural festivals.

Over the one month residency I’ll be developing a research project while invigilating the wonderful works of @lubainapics
#predictinghistorytestingtranslation

I’ll be representing the @unicreativearts alongside @britisharts and @britishcouncil.

After a year of anticipation and exhaustive visa appointment process, I’m finally in Venice! by @thatahmed

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Untitled (the Earth diggers)
Intaglio and embossing on somerset paper, dust collected from site

Currently on display at @leithhillplacent by @thatahmed

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3 months ago

Paper I (Rule, Rules, Ruled)
Steel, Spray Paint, Coloured Pencils by @thatahmed

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4 months ago

Paper II, III, IV (Rule, Rules, Ruled)
Steel, Spray Paint, Coloured Pencils by @thatahmed

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Object III, IV & V (Rule, Rules, Ruled)
Steel, Aluminium, Spray Paint, Coloured Pencils by @thatahmed

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Object I & II (Rule, Rules, Ruled)
Steel, Spray Paint, Coloured Pencils
2026 by @thatahmed

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4 months ago

Artist Spotlight — Ahmed Umer
Presenting work as part of ENCLOSURE at Leith Hill Place — a contemporary art exhibition drawing on the history of land, community and protest.

Ahmed Umer is a visual artist and curator from Pakistan, currently pursuing an MA at UCA. His practice explores space, architecture, and urban transformation through installation, often using trompe-l'œil strategies to blur perception and engage viewers as active participants.

🖼 Untitled (The Earth Diggers) Intaglio and embossing on Somerset paper, dust collected from site

This series of landscape prints appears, at first, calm and familiar — pastoral imagery of fields, tree lines, open horizons. Yet beneath the surface lies a quieter narrative of disruption and control. Created through a reversed intaglio process, the prints contain subtle embossed forms: construction machinery, barriers, warning signs, disturbed ground — visible only through shifts of light and shadow.

As viewers move in front of the work, the surface shifts between visibility and concealment, unsettling the initial impression of an undisturbed landscape. This approach reflects the historical process of enclosure, through which shared land was transformed into private property, leaving lasting yet often overlooked traces in the environment. Inviting viewers to reconsider landscapes not as passive or timeless, but as sites shaped by ongoing forces of intervention, regulation, and change.

ENCLOSURE is on display until 27th September
@thatahmed @mafineartucafarnham @surreyhillsnt taken in Leith Hill Place NT by @thatahmed

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4 months ago

✨Itwaar Bazaar - A Pop-up Experiment✨

Featured Artists: Ahmed Umar
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Featured Works:

We Begin by Measuring (IV)
Oil and Pencils on Wood (MDF)
16” x 17”
2026 by @thatahmed

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5 months ago

Steel, Spray Paint, Pencils taken in James Hockey & Foyer Galleries by @thatahmed

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7 months ago

Look Left, Right and Left Again
Oil and Acrylic paints, Spray paint, Coloured Pencils, Steel, and Wood (MDF and Cherry)

Part of the group show, ‘Sightlines’. by @thatahmed

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9 months ago

Look Left, Right and Left Again
Oil and Acrylic paints, Spray paint, Coloured Pencils, Steel, and Wood (MDF and Cherry)

Part of the group show, ‘Sightlines’. by @thatahmed

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9 months ago