(b. 1998, Dhaka, Bangladesh) is an artist based in London. Drawing from his memories and lived experiences, he creates image-based works and installations that explore and decode microhistories and their global impacts. His practice investigates communication, miscommunication, and adopts a reparative reading of the past. By creating spaces to revisit societal norms and traditions, and advocating for the recognition of adverse elements, Hoque imagines how we can act in society.
contact.laisulhoque@gmail.com
Instagram
2024
An Ode to All the Flavours
2023
The Purpose was to Document the Other Side
2024
I don’t Call Enough But I’m Here Now
2023
I Wish I Could Tell You Exactly How I Feel
Education
2020 - 2022
MA in Contemporary Photography; Practices and
Philosophies, Central Saint Martins, UAL, London
2016 - 2020
BA in English Literature, North South University, Dhaka
Awards
2025 East London Art Prize, Shortlisted
2024 CIRCA Prize, Finalist
Exhibitions and Screenings
(* indicates solo)
2024The Purpose was to Document the Other Side, EXPERIMENTA 2024, Goethe-Institut/Max Mueller Bhavan, Bangalore
2024An Ode to All the Flavours, a day-long Exhibition, Whitechapel Gallery, London*
2024The Purpose was to Document the Other Side, Screened at Piccadilly Lights screen, London
(as part of CIRCA Prize)
2024The Purpose was to Document the Other Side, Screened at Limes Kurfürstendamm screen, Berlin (as part of CIRCA Prize)
2024The Purpose was to Document the Other Side, Screened at Essilor Luxottica screen in Cadorna Square, Milan (as part of CIRCA Prize)
2024An Ode to All the Flavours, Solo Exhibition, Kobi Nazrul Centre, London *
2024The Purpose was to Document the Other Side, Solo Screening, Project Banani 18, Dhaka *
2024The Purpose was to Document the Other Side, Solo Screening, Studio 6/6, Dhaka *
2024The Purpose was to Document the Other Side, Solo Screening, EkshoEk, Dhaka *
2024Shorts: Joyful Lands, Joyful Bodies, Chronic Youth Film Festival, Group Screening, Barbican Centre, London
2024I don’t Call Enough but I’m Here Now, Solo Exhibition, Oitij-jo, London *
2023Bhalo Basha, Group Screening, Toynbee Hall, London
2023ELO MELO Festival, Oitij-jo x Whitechapel Gallery, Group Screening, Whitechapel Gallery, London
2023Molasses Vases, Group Exhibition, hARTslane, London2022Ajker, Group Exhibition, Oitij-jo, London
2022 Degree Show, Central Saint Martins, 1 Granary Square, London
Press/Reviews
2024Laisul Hoque @ Whitechapel on The White Pube by Zarina Muhammad2024The Purpose Was to Document the Other Side on The White Pube by Zarina Muhammad
2024The Purpose Was to Document the Other Side: A Tale of Mediating Generational Gaps on
The Daily Star (BD) by Tasrifa Trisha
Writing
2023Time Is Moving At A Different Pace Back Home: Leaving Behind A Version Of Us, Small World City, Issue 01
Talk/Panel
2024Exploration of “tradition” and “authenticity” in the context of hybrid cultures, An Ode to All the Flavours, Whitechapel Gallery, London
2024Joyful Lands, Joyful Bodies, Chronic Youth Film Festival, Barbican Centre