(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
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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
2022
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, Winner
2024 CIRCA Prize, Finalist
Exhibitions and Screenings
(* indicates solo)
2025An Ode to All the Flavours, East London Art Prize, Bow Arts, Nunnery Gallery, London
(30th January - 13th April)
The Purpose was to Document the Other Side, Harlesden Video Club ‘24, Harlesden High Street, London
The Purpose was to Document the Other Side, EXPERIMENTA at Ark, Ark Foundation for the Arts, FGI Auditorium, Sevasi
2024The Purpose was to Document the Other Side, EXPERIMENTA 2024, Goethe-Institut/Max Mueller Bhavan, Bangalore
An Ode to All the Flavours, a day-long Exhibition, Whitechapel Gallery, London*
The Purpose was to Document the Other Side, Screened at Piccadilly Lights screen, London
(as part of CIRCA Prize)
The Purpose was to Document the Other Side, Screened at Limes Kurfürstendamm screen, Berlin (as part of CIRCA Prize)
The Purpose was to Document the Other Side, Screened at Essilor Luxottica screen in Cadorna Square, Milan (as part of CIRCA Prize)
An Ode to All the Flavours, Solo Exhibition, Kobi Nazrul Centre, London *
The Purpose was to Document the Other Side, Solo Screening, Project Banani 18, Dhaka *
The Purpose was to Document the Other Side, Solo Screening, Studio 6/6, Dhaka *
The Purpose was to Document the Other Side, Solo Screening, EkshoEk, Dhaka *
Shorts: Joyful Lands, Joyful Bodies, Chronic Youth Film Festival, Group Screening, Barbican Centre, London
I don’t Call Enough but I’m Here Now, Solo Exhibition, Oitij-jo, London *
2023Bhalo Basha, Group Screening, Toynbee Hall, London
ELO MELO Festival, Oitij-jo x Whitechapel Gallery, Group Screening, Whitechapel Gallery, London
Molasses Vases, Group Exhibition, hARTslane, London2022Ajker, Group Exhibition, Oitij-jo, London
Degree Show, Central Saint Martins, 1 Granary Square, London
Press/Reviews
2025Laisul Hoque’s ode to flavours of his past on The Business Standard by Eshadi Sharif
Laisul Hoque Wins The 2025 East London Art Prize on SHOWstudio
Laisul Hoque Wins The 2025 East London Art Prize on FAD magazine by Mark Westall
2024Laisul Hoque @ Whitechapel on The White Pube by Zarina MuhammadThe Purpose Was to Document the Other Side on The White Pube by Zarina Muhammad
The 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
Talks/Panels
2025Laisul Hoque in Conversation with Zarina Muhammad expanding on his East London Art Prize winning installation, ‘An Ode to All the Flavours’ (2024), Nunnery Gallery, London
(video link)
2024Exploration of “tradition” and “authenticity” in the context of hybrid cultures, An Ode to All the Flavours, Whitechapel Gallery, London
Joyful Lands, Joyful Bodies, Chronic Youth Film Festival, Barbican Centre, London
The Purpose was to Document the Other Side, 2023
Digital Video, 15 mins
Press
The White Pube
The Daily Star (Bd)A short film capturing the artist's mother's journey to London. The film is recorded on a camera originally purchased by the artist's father in 2004 to document his European journey when he couldn’t bring his family along. Informed by the exploration of intimate conversation, the film compares the artist's upbringing with that of his mother, addressing generational trauma and confronting the emotional distance from his father. Through this documentary, the artist engages in the powerful act of curating their narrative together—vulnerable and emotional. It presents a compelling example of reclaiming personal and familial stories.
By deciding to record and preserve this footage on the camera his father once used, the artist gives his mother a space to place her narrative, where originally it would have belonged solely to his father and himself. At the end of the film, the artist hands the camera to his mother, providing her with a means to contribute to the narrative.
In 2024, Hoque was named a finalist for the CIRCA Prize, with his video work screening at London’s Piccadilly Circus and on digital billboards in Berlin and Milan.
Above are photos of the screening view from London’s Piccadilly Circus. Images by Ayushi Channawar.
Screening view of The Purpose Was to Document the Other Side at Barbican Cinema 2, 2024
Screening view of The Purpose Was to Document the Other Side at Zéruì, 2024