Shahzia Sikander 1969

    1969 born in Lahore, Pakistan

    Selection of the newest awards:
    2015 Asia Society Award fo Significant Contribution to Contemporary Art, Asia Society Art Gala, Hong Kong
    2012 Inaugural Medal of Art, US Departement of State (AIE), Washington D.C., USA
    2010 SCMP Art Futures Award, Hong Kong International Fair
    2009 The Inaugural Rockefeller Foundation Bellagio Center Creative Arts Fellowship
    2008 Performing and Visual Arts Achiever of the Year award presented by the South Asian Excellence Awards

    1995 M.F.A Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, Rhode Island
    1992 B.F.A National College of Arts, Lahore, Pakistan

    Lives and works in New York

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Shahzia Sikander
Ascent-Descent
2013/2016
Work on paper
242 x 166 cm (framed); 228,6 x 152,4 cm (unframed)
ink, gouache oon hand prepared paper
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Shahzia Sikander
I am also not my own enemy, 2009
2009
Work on paper
164,5 x 194,3 cm
Gouache, hand painting, gold leaf and silkscreend pigment on paper