Get to know the artists participating in GIBCA 2025.
This post introduces Lala Rukh, whose practice is part of this year’s Göteborg International Biennial for Contemporary Art.
Lala Rukh (1948-2017) lived and worked in Lahore, Pakistan, and studied an MFA at Punjab University, and one MFA at University of Chicago. She taught for 30 years at Punjab University, Department of Fine Art and the National College of Arts where she set up the MA (Hons) Visual Art Program in the year 2000. After retiring from teaching, Lala Rukh devoted her time in her studio and to activism. She was amongst the foremost feminist activist artists of South Asia.
Her recent shows include Sharjah Art Foundation; Diriyah Contemporary Art Biennale, Riyadh; Ishara Art Foundation, Dubai; Kiran Nadar Museum Art, India; Punta della Dogana, Venice; Jameel Arts Centre, Dubai; Centre Pompidou – Metz; documenta 14, Athens, Greece, Kassel; 1st Yinchuan Biennial;12th Sharjah Biennial.
You can experience her work at Konstmuseet i Skövde during GIBCA 2025, opening to the public on September 20.
