Adnan Mirza

Adnan Mirza is a Helsinki-based multidisciplinary artist whose work explores “home” as a fluid and contested concept, shaped by migration between Lahore and Helsinki. Initially trained as a painter, he transitioned into digital art through video game aesthetics, a shift that mirrored his own relocation from Pakistan to Finland. His practice examines colonialism, spatial politics, and the ethics of belonging, often probing how memory distorts places and identities.

Working across drawing, software-aided images, video, and immersive installations, Mirza treats mediums as active narrators rather than passive tools. By merging contemporary art aesthetics with software-driven processes, his work transforms glitches, pixels, and virtual landscapes into metaphors for cultural fracture. He holds an MA in Media Art from Aalto University and a BFA from NCA Lahore.