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Born 1969 Lahore, Pakistan. Known for: Abstract figurative painting, drawing, sculpture, animations, immigration themes.
"Shahzia Sikander’s Exquisite, Entangled Worlds," Exhibition Review, of Extraordinary Realities, the Morgan Library and Museum, The New York Times Art & Design Section, by Aruna D’Souza, August 19,... Read full biography
"Shahzia Sikander’s Exquisite, Entangled Worlds," Exhibition Review, of Extraordinary Realities, the Morgan Library and Museum, The New York Times Art & Design Section, by Aruna D’Souza, August 19, 2021. Sikander's study of miniature painting set the artist on a path to challenge terms that hem us... Read full biography
"Shahzia Sikander’s Exquisite, Entangled Worlds," Exhibition Review, of Extraordinary Realities, the Morgan Library and Museum, The New York Times Art & Design Section, by Aruna D’Souza, August 19, 2021. Sikander's study of miniature painting set the artist on a path to challenge terms that hem us in: East and West, masculine and feminine, abstraction and figuration. Shahzia Sikander’s Mirrat I (1989–90) is among the paintings in her new show, “Extraordinary Realities,” at the Morgan Library &... Read full biography
"Shahzia Sikander’s Exquisite, Entangled Worlds," Exhibition Review, of Extraordinary Realities, the Morgan Library and Museum, The New York Times Art & Design Section, by Aruna D’Souza, August 19, 2021. Sikander's study of miniature painting set the artist on a path to challenge terms that hem us in: East and West, masculine and feminine, abstraction and figuration. Shahzia Sikander’s Mirrat I (1989–90) is among the paintings in her new show, “Extraordinary Realities,” at the Morgan Library & Museum, which traces the first 15 years of her career. In a recent essay in The New York Times, the Pakistani-born artist Shahzia Sikander recalls the first question she was asked when she arrived at her M.F.A. program in the United States: “Are you... Read full biography
"Shahzia Sikander’s Exquisite, Entangled Worlds," Exhibition Review, of Extraordinary Realities, the Morgan Library and Museum, The New York Times Art & Design Section, by Aruna D’Souza, August 19, 2021. Sikander's study of miniature painting set the artist on a path to challenge terms that hem us in: East and West, masculine and feminine, abstraction and figuration. Shahzia Sikander’s Mirrat I (1989–90) is among the paintings in her new show, “Extraordinary Realities,” at the Morgan Library & Museum, which traces the first 15 years of her career. In a recent essay in The New York Times, the Pakistani-born artist Shahzia Sikander recalls the first question she was asked when she arrived at her M.F.A. program in the United States: “Are you here to make East meet West?”. The question chafed. What could those terms possibly mean for Si... Read full biography
Shahzia Sikander - Artist Info
About Shahzia Sikander: Keywords
Keywords (23)
Art Method
- •Animation, Animator
- •Easel Painting
- •Miniature Art
- •Miniature, Small Scale Painting
- •Murals: Design, Painting, Fresco, Mosaic, Glass
- •Sculpture, Three Dimensional Forms, Sculptor
Art Media
- •Acrylic Paint
- •Fresco Painting, Murals
- •Gouache
- •Ink
- •Mixed Media, Multi Media and/or Multli Styles
- •Oil Paint
- •Watercolor/Watercolour
Art Style
Art Subject
- •Figure, Figurative Humans
- •Genre, Human Activity, Daily Life
- •Social Commentary, Cultural Issues, Political, Racial Views
- •Symbolism, Iconography, Ceremonial
Art School
- •Rhode Island School of Design, Student
Chronology
- •Late 20th Century After 1950
Added Description
- •Abstraction Specialty
- •Miniature Specialty
- •Mural Specialty