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Madiha Sikander book art south Asian contemporary

Home Away from Home, Gadrung on paper, 17.5 cm x 12.5 cm, 2015

Madiha Sikander book art south Asian contemporary

The Storyteller, Siyah Qalam and gold leaf on Wasli, 25 cm x 17.5 cm

Madiha Sikander book art south Asian contemporary

Inconvenient Truth II, Gadrung on paper, 22.5 cm x 32 cm, 2015

Madiha Sikander book art south Asian contemporary

Inconvenient Truth I, Gadrung on paper, 22.5 cm x 32 cm, 2015

What we saw, gadrung and photo transfer on cardboard and digital print, 9.5 cm x 15 cm, 2011

Madiha Sikander book art south Asian contemporary

Remains of Mehboob Library III, Siyah Qalam on paper, 7.2 cm x 9 cm,  2009

Madiha Sikander book art

Gift for God, gadrung on paper, 8.5 cm x 11 cm, 2011

We all live under the same Sky, but we dont all see the same light, Water colour on news paper print, 9.25 cm x 15.75 cm, 2013

Madiha Sikander gadrung and digital print on archival paper

The Grass is greener.., gadrung and digital print on archival printing paper, 120 cm X 95 cm, 2012

Madiha Sikander book art south Asian contemporary

Majmua, monofilament, cloves, glass and metal beads, variable, 2017-18

Madiha Sikander book art south Asian contemporary

Majmua, monofilament, cloves, glass and metal beads, 360 cm x 900 cm, 2017-18

Madiha Sikander was born in Hyderabad, Pakistan in 1987. She is a visual artist and writer who in Lahore. She graduated from the National College of Arts, Lahore in 2009 and was awarded a distinction for her thesis project ‘Anonymous’ .  Her concerns in the context of contemporary miniature practice and the socio-political commentary of the region in which she is based, locate her work squarely in the midst of an extremely relevant and contemporary regional and global dialogue. Built of complex layers that simultaneously address the past, the present, the social, political and personal, Sikander’s most recent work with the book is able to simultaneously engage notions of identity, ownership, memory and erasure. Sikander’s work contends the relation between real and imaginary, depicting the world beyond appearances. Her use of realism is a turning point in the history of our contemporary miniature painting. 

Her works have been exhibited nationally and internationally including shows in Paris, Switzerland, USA, Kenya, Sri Lanka, India, Singapore and Dhaka. Her selected presentations include, ‘The Unknown Guest’ at Canvas Gallery, Karachi, Pakistan (2021), ‘Seismic Movements’ at Dhaka Art Summit, Bangladesh (2020), ‘Something More than Nothing’ at The Reach Gallery Museum, Abbotsford, Canada (2019), ‘Out of your Shadow’ at Gallery Espace, India (2019), ‘Tracing Erasure’ 41st Annual Graduate Symposium, at  University of British Columbia, Canada (2018), ‘The Reading Room’ at Saffron Art, New York (2016), India Art Fair (2016, 2017 & 2019), Missing’ at Canvas Gallery, Karachi, Pakistan (2015), Kochi Muzuri Biennale, India (2014), ‘Bachon Se Tabdeli’ at Mohatta Palace Museum, Karachi (2014), ‘Modern Life’ at Taseer Art Gallery, Lahore, Pakistan (2013), ‘The Moguls of Modern Times’ at Basel, JanKossen Contemporary, Switzerland (2012), ‘Becoming’ at Colombo Art Biennale, Sri Lanka (2012), ‘Soul of Pakistan’ at ARTium, Singapore (2011), Slick Art Fair, Paris, France (2010) and ‘Off the Wall’ at Twelve Gates, Philadelphia, USA (2010). She has had a solo show ‘Home is where…’ at Koel Gallery, 2013. She was a part of the 11th Wasanii International Artist’s Workshop at Kuona Trust, Kenya and Regional Workshop, Theertha in 2012. In 2014 she was awarded UNESCO Aschberg Bursary for Emerging Artists following which she pursued a residency at the Bundanon Trust, Australia.

Madiha Sikander

Selected Exhibitions:

‘The Unknown Guest’ at Canvas Gallery, Karachi, Pakistan (2021)

‘Seismic Movements’ at Dhaka Art Summit, Bangladesh (2020)

‘Something More than Nothing’ at The Reach Gallery Museum, Abbotsford, Canada (2019)

‘Out of your Shadow’ at Gallery Espace, India (2019)

India Art Fair (2019)

 


Madiha Sikander book art south Asian contemporary

Home Away from Home, Gadrung on paper, 17.5 cm x 12.5 cm, 2015

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Madiha Sikander book art south Asian contemporary

The Storyteller, Siyah Qalam and gold leaf on Wasli, 25 cm x 17.5 cm

Madiha Sikander

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Madiha Sikander book art south Asian contemporary

Inconvenient Truth II, Gadrung on paper, 22.5 cm x 32 cm, 2015

Madiha Sikander

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Madiha Sikander book art south Asian contemporary

Inconvenient Truth I, Gadrung on paper, 22.5 cm x 32 cm, 2015

Madiha Sikander

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What we saw, gadrung and photo transfer on cardboard and digital print, 9.5 cm x 15 cm, 2011

Madiha Sikander

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Madiha Sikander book art south Asian contemporary

Remains of Mehboob Library III, Siyah Qalam on paper, 7.2 cm x 9 cm,  2009

Madiha Sikander

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Madiha Sikander book art

Gift for God, gadrung on paper, 8.5 cm x 11 cm, 2011

Madiha Sikander

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We all live under the same Sky, but we dont all see the same light, Water colour on news paper print, 9.25 cm x 15.75 cm, 2013

Madiha Sikander

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Madiha Sikander gadrung and digital print on archival paper

The Grass is greener.., gadrung and digital print on archival printing paper, 120 cm X 95 cm, 2012

Madiha Sikander

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Madiha Sikander book art south Asian contemporary

Majmua, monofilament, cloves, glass and metal beads, variable, 2017-18

Madiha Sikander

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Madiha Sikander book art south Asian contemporary

Majmua, monofilament, cloves, glass and metal beads, 360 cm x 900 cm, 2017-18

Madiha Sikander

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