Shahzia Sikander
(Pakistani, born 1969)
Biography
Shahzia Sikander is an American-Pakistani artist whose eclectic work merges contemporary issues of Middle Eastern identity with art-historical references. Fusing traditional Indo-Persian miniature painting with Minimalist abstraction, her work establishes an aesthetic bridge between two cultures. “The purpose is to point out, and not necessarily define,” the artist said of her work. “I find this attitude a useful way to navigate the complex and often deeply rooted cultural and sociopolitical stances that envelop us 24 hours a day, seven days a week.” Born in 1969 in Lahore, Pakistan, she studied at the National College of Arts Lahore before receiving her MFA from the Rhode Island School of Design in 1995. Working in the media of performance art, sculpture, video projection, and digital animation, the artist has received significant critical acclaim and international attention for her work. Sikander currently lives and works in New York, NY. Her works can be found in The Museum of Modern Art in New York, the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C., the Hammer Museum in Los Angeles, and the Philadelphia Museum of Art.
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