Ferha Farooqui

Ferha Farooqui’s paintings attempt to depict the drama of the contemporary urban experience. Some pieces are compositions based on observations of everyday life. Other works comprise ‘portraits' of lost places and human stories observed on the streets of Newham, in East London, where she has lived since the early 1970s. These paintings take inspiration from the ‘lived realities’ of people in contemporary society and attempt to chronicle the changing environment of East London.

Ferha set-up and co-curated The Urban Contemporaries Group in 2019, bringing together figurative painters, interested in exploring the urban experience. She created themed shows at The Espacio Gallery (2019), Coningsby Gallery (2021, Lauderdale House (2023) and most recently delivered an extremely successful exhibition in collaboration with The Nunnery Gallery, in East London.

Ferha studied BA Fine Art at Winchester School of Art in 1979-1982

Her recent exhibition highlights include:

RWS Open Exhibition 2025 The Bankside Gallery, MARCH 2025

Artist and Lead curator - ‘In the footsteps of the East London Group’ The Nunnery Gallery, Bow, 2024

Artist and curator of ‘London Trees’ Lauderdale House, London, 2023.

‘Paradise Found – new visions of the blackdown hills Thelma Hulbert Gallery, Honiton, Devon, 2023

RA Summer Exhibition 2021

COLLECTIONS

V&A PRINT COLLECTION GUILDHALL ART GALLERY GOOGLE ARTS & CULTURE LONDON BOROUGH OF NEWHAM - Heritage Department