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Shahzia Sikander Biography

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Shahzia Sikander is a renowned Pakistani-Canadian artist known for her unique paintings and installation arts. Her works blend traditional Pakistani art with modern Western art techniques, exploring the complexities of identity, gender, and culture.

Ends Painting Ritual Gestures

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“Art, for me, has always been a ticket for experience.”

Art Tickets

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“For me, drawing is a way of navigating the imagination and it remains the fundamental vehicle of my practice. Drawing allows me to be at my most inventive.”

Way Imagination Practice Fundamentals Remains Drawing Vehicle

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“I think context, location matters a lot. Because location obviously in my situation, it's the space in which the work is going to be exhibited. And since some of the work I do is created onsite, it requires a different type of space, versus the smaller drawings or more subject-oriented work. So that the context becomes important.”

Thinking Important Different Matter Space Situation Subjects Type Drawing Location Versus

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“Initially I explored the tension between illustration and fine art when I first encountered miniature painting in my late teens. Championing the formal aspects of the Indo-Persian miniature-painting genre has often been at the core of my practice.”

Firsts Art Practice Painting Fine Late Aspect Core Genre Tension Teens Formal Fine Arts Illustration Persian Miniatures

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“Talking with other artists is an incredible process. You engage with the work very differently...a nd different relationships between different works start to emerge. To tap into that energy-to tap into that moment-is great for me as an exercise.”

Different Moments Artist Energy Process Talking Exercise Incredibles That Moment Different Relationships

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“I'm interested in taking a form, breaking it apart, and then rebuilding it. It is about transformation for me...it is a very core notion that stabilizes my practice.”

Form Practice Transformation Notion Core Rebuilding

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Born: 1969
Known for: Artist
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