Divine Circle, 2003. Acrylic on wallDimensions variableInstallation view,Conversations with Traditions,Seattle Art Museum, 2003.
Plush Brush series, 2003 (one from a set of four)Ink and gouache on paperon wasli paper15x12"Private Collection.
The Fabric Workshop. Work on paper (gouache hand painting, gold leaf, and silkscreen pigment). 80x66 inches (framed). 2005-6.
51 Ways of Looking, 2004. Ink and graphite on paper 12x9." Courtesy of the artist and Brent Sikkema, New York.
Packaged Paradise , 2003. Acrylic on wall. Dimensions variable. Installation view, Platform, Garanati Contemporary Art, Center, Istanbul Biennial, 2003.Shahzia Sikander was born in 1969 in Lahore, Pakistan. Educated as an undergraduate at the National College of Arts in Lahore, she received her MFA in 1995 from the Rhode Island School of Design. Sikander specializes in Indian and Persian miniature painting, a traditional style that is both highly stylized and disciplined. While becoming an expert in this technique-driven, often impersonal art form, she imbued it with a personal context and history, blending the Eastern focus on precision and methodology with a Western emphasis on creative, subjective expression. In doing so, Sikander transported miniature painting into the realm of contemporary art. Raised as a Muslim, Sikander is also interested in exploring both sides of the Hindu and Muslim “border,” often combining imagery from both—such as the Muslim veil and the Hindu multi-armed goddess—in a single painting.
http://www.pbs.org/art21/artists/shahzia-sikander
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