Shahzia Sikander

Shahzia Sikander

b. 1969, Lahore, Pakistan
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Born 1969 in Lahore, Pakistan. Lives and works in New York.

Since the early 1990s, Shahzia Sikander has been instrumental in the rediscovery, re-infusion, and re- contextualization of Indo-Persian miniature painting. Trained as a miniaturist at the National College of Arts, Lahore, Sikander has pioneered an experimental approach to the anachronistic genre. Encompassing painting; drawing; animation; installation; video, and film Sikander’s multi-dimensional praxis radically rearticulates the miniaturist tradition by inserting new dialogue that is often subversive and polemical in nature. Working from a rich ‘mental archive of imagery’, Sikander’s visual vocabulary engages a multiplicity of themes including transformation as narrative, the exploration of disruption as a means to cultivate new associations, and issues concerning labour, scale and time.

Selected Artworks

Shahzia Sikander, Infinite Women, Series 1, 2022
Shahzia Sikander
Infinite Women, Series 1
2022
Watercolour, ink, gouache and gold leaf on paper
Unframed:
177.8 x 152.4 cm
70 x 60 in
Framed:
191.8 x 166.4 x 6.3 cm
75 1/2 x 65 1/2 x 2 1/2 in
Shahzia Sikander, Dream Before You Go, 2022
Shahzia Sikander
Dream Before You Go
2022
Watercolour, gouache, ink and gold leaf on paper
Framed:
188 x 166 x 5.5 cm
74 x 65 3/8 x 2 1/8 in
Shahzia Sikander, Empire Follows Art States of Agitation, 2021
Shahzia Sikander
Empire Follows Art States of Agitation
2021
Watercolour and graphite on paper
Unframed:
35.6 x 27.9 cm
14 x 11 in
Framed:
58.5 x 4 x 51 cm
23 x 1 5/8 x 20 1/8 in
Shahzia Sikander, Kindred, 2021
Shahzia Sikander
Kindred
2021
Watercolour, ink and gouache on paper
244.2 x 153 cm
96 1/8 x 60 1/4 in
Shahzia Sikander, Infinite Woman, 2021
Shahzia Sikander
Infinite Woman
2021
Watercolour, ink, gouache and gold leaf on paper
167.6 x 152.4 cm
66 x 60 in
Shahzia Sikander, Emanate, 2021
Shahzia Sikander
Emanate
2021
Watercolour, ink, gouache and gold on paper
193 x 129.5 cm
76 x 51 in
Shahzia Sikander, Yin Yang, 2020
Shahzia Sikander
Yin Yang
2020
Ink, gouache on hand prepared paper
208.3 x 129.5 cm
82 x 51 in
Shahzia Sikander, Flared, 2020
Shahzia Sikander
Flared
2020
Watercolour, ink and gouache on paper
248.9 x 129.5 cm
98 x 51 in
Shahzia Sikander, Adrienne Rich: Prospective Immigrants Please Note, 2019
Shahzia Sikander
Adrienne Rich: Prospective Immigrants Please Note
2019
Ink and gouache on paper
40.6 x 29.2 cm
16 x 11 1/2 in
Framed:
61 x 50.8 cm
24 x 20 in
Shahzia Sikander, AOC 1, 2019
Shahzia Sikander
AOC 1
2019
Ink and gouache on Paper
40.6 x 29.2 cm
16 x 11 1/2 in
Framed:
61 x 50.8 cm
24 x 20 in
Shahzia Sikander, AOC 2, 2019
Shahzia Sikander
AOC 2
2019
Ink and gouache on Paper
40.6 x 29.2 cm
16 x 11 1/2 in
Framed:
61 x 50.8 cm
24 x 20 in
Shahzia Sikander, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, 2019
Shahzia Sikander
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
2019
Ink and gouache on Paper
40.6 x 29.2 cm
16 x 11 1/2 in
Framed:
61 x 50.8 cm
24 x 20 in
Shahzia Sikander, Intersectional, 2019
Shahzia Sikander
Intersectional
2019
Ink and Gouache on Paper
40.6 x 29.2 cm
16 x 11 1/2 in
Framed:
61 x 50.8 cm
24 x 20 in
Shahzia Sikander, Frantz Fanon, 2019
Shahzia Sikander
Frantz Fanon
2019
Ink and Gouache on Paper
40.6 x 29.2 cm
16 x 11 1/2 in
Framed:
61 x 50.8 cm
24 x 20 in
Shahzia Sikander, Angela Davis, 2019
Shahzia Sikander
Angela Davis
2019
Ink and Gouache on Paper
40.6 x 29.2 cm
16 x 11 1/2 in
Framed:
61 x 50.8 cm
24 x 20 in
Shahzia Sikander, Zarina, 2018
Shahzia Sikander
Zarina
2018
Glass mosaic
159 x 111 cm
62 5/8 x 43 3/4 in
59 kgs
Shahzia Sikander, Double Sight, 2018
Shahzia Sikander
Double Sight
2018
Glass mosaic with patinated brass frame
Approx mosaic: 159.1 x 111 cm
Approx mosaic: 62 5/8 x 43 3/4 in
Approx. framed: 160.3 x 112.2 cm
Approx. framed: 63 1/8 x 44 3/16 in
Shahzia Sikander, Rizwan Ahmed, 2018
Shahzia Sikander
Rizwan Ahmed
2018
Ink and gouache on Paper
40.6 x 29.2 cm
16 x 11 1/2 in
Framed:
61 x 50.8 cm
24 x 20 in
Shahzia Sikander, Fahmida Riaz, 2018
Shahzia Sikander
Fahmida Riaz
2018
Ink and gouache on Paper
40.6 x 29.2 cm
16 x 11 1/2 in
Framed:
61 x 50.8 cm
24 x 20 in
Shahzia Sikander, Silhouette of Hair (white, gold, black), 2017
Shahzia Sikander
Silhouette of Hair (white, gold, black)
2017
Mosaic
37 x 37 cm
14 5/8 x 14 5/8 in
(framed)
33 cm x 33cm (unframed)
Shahzia Sikander, In-Verse, 2017
Shahzia Sikander
In-Verse
2017
Screened oil based paint and hand painted pigment
167 x 203.8 x 19.7 cm
65 3/4 x 80 1/4 x 7 3/4 in
Shahzia Sikander, Silhouette of Hair (white, black, rose), 2017
Shahzia Sikander
Silhouette of Hair (white, black, rose)
2017
Mosaic
37 x 37 cm
14 5/8 x 14 5/8 in
(framed)
33 cm x 33cm (unframed)
Shahzia Sikander, Silhouette of Hair (black, white, red), 2017
Shahzia Sikander
Silhouette of Hair (black, white, red)
2017
Mosaic
37 x 37 cm
14 5/8 x 14 5/8 in (framed)
33 cm x 33cm (unframed)
Shahzia Sikander, Silhouette of Hair (white), 2017
Shahzia Sikander
Silhouette of Hair (white)
2017
Mosaic
37 x 37 cm
14 5/8 x 14 5/8 in (framed)
33 x 33 cm (unframed)
Shahzia Sikander, Silhouette of Hair (red, black, gold), 2017
Shahzia Sikander
Silhouette of Hair (red, black, gold)
2017
Mosaic
37 x 37 cm
14 5/8 x 14 5/8 in (framed)
33 x 33 cm (unframed)
Shahzia Sikander, Silhouette of Hair (black, gold), 2017
Shahzia Sikander
Silhouette of Hair (black, gold)
2017
Mosaic
37 x 37 cm
14 5/8 x 14 5/8 in (framed)
33 x 33 cm (unframed)
Shahzia Sikander, Silhouette of Hair (gold, red, white), 2017
Shahzia Sikander
Silhouette of Hair (gold, red, white)
2017
Mosaic
37 x 37 cm
14 5/8 x 14 5/8 in (framed)
33 x 33 cm (unframed)
12.9 x 12.9 in (unframed)
Shahzia Sikander, Singing Suns, 2016
Shahzia Sikander
Singing Suns
2016
HD-video animation
Music by Du Yun
3'24"
Shahzia Sikander, Vortex, 2016
Shahzia Sikander
Vortex
2016
Screened oil based paint and hand painted pigment
167 x 203.8 x 19.7 cm
65 3/4 x 80 1/4 x 7 3/4 in
Shahzia Sikander, Black Suns, 2016
Shahzia Sikander
Black Suns
2016
Screened oil based paint and hand painted pigment
167 x 203.8 x 19.7 cm
65 3/4 x 80 1/4 x 7 3/4 in
Shahzia Sikander, The Singing Spheres (part 1), 2016
Shahzia Sikander
The Singing Spheres (part 1)
2016
Ink and gold leaf on paper
241.3 x 152.4 cm
95 x 60 in
Shahzia Sikander, Punctuation, 2013
Shahzia Sikander
Punctuation
2013
Ink, gouache on hand prepared paper
152.4 x 248.9 cm
163.8 x 262.9 x 6.4 cm
Shahzia Sikander, I am the exact imitation of the original, 2013
Shahzia Sikander
I am the exact imitation of the original
2013
Ink, gouache on hand prepared paper
129.5 x 208.3 cm
142.2 x 219.7 x 6.4 cm
Shahzia Sikander, Reduction, 2013
Shahzia Sikander
Reduction
2013
Ink, gouache on hand prepared paper
129.5 x 208.3 cm
142.2 x 219.7 x 6.4 cm
Shahzia Sikander, Redaction, 2013
Shahzia Sikander
Redaction
2013
Ink, gouache on hand prepared paper
27.9 x 38.1 cm
50.8 x 61 x 3.8 cm
Shahzia Sikander, Distance between translation and original, 2013
Shahzia Sikander
Distance between translation and original
2013
Ink, gouache on hand prepared paper
27.9 x 38.1 cm
50.8 x 61 x 3.8 cm
Shahzia Sikander, Mirage, 2013
Shahzia Sikander
Mirage
2013
Ink, gouache on hand prepared paper
27.9 x 38.1 cm
50.8 x 61 x 3.8 cm
Shahzia Sikander, Fixed frame flux, 2013
Shahzia Sikander
Fixed frame flux
2013
Ink, gouache on hand prepared paper
27.9 x 38.1 cm
50.8 x 61 x 3.8 cm
Shahzia Sikander, Parallax, 2013
Shahzia Sikander
Parallax
2013
3 Channel HD Animation, 5760 x 1080 pixels, 24p
15'30"
Installation dimensions variable
Shahzia Sikander, The Last Post, 2010
Shahzia Sikander
The Last Post
2010
HD-Video (Blu-Ray), ratio:1920 x 1080 24p, 5.1 surround sound
10'00"
Shahzia Sikander, I am also not my own enemy, 2009
Shahzia Sikander
I am also not my own enemy
2009
Gouache, hand painting, gold leaf and silkscreened pigment on paper
164.5 x 194.3 cm
Shahzia Sikander, The Langley Series, 2009
Shahzia Sikander
The Langley Series
2009
Graphite, ink and gouache on paper
Set of 4 works; each 35.6 x 27.9 cm
Shahzia Sikander, Exact Imitation of the Original, 2009
Shahzia Sikander
Exact Imitation of the Original
2009
Graphite, ink and gouache on paper
35.6 x 27.9 cm
Shahzia Sikander, Empire Follows Art, 2009
Shahzia Sikander
Empire Follows Art
2009
Ink, gouache, graphite and coloured pencil on prepared paper
Set of 4 works; each 68.6 x 50.8 cm
Shahzia Sikander, Garden for an Interpretation Centre, 2009
Shahzia Sikander
Garden for an Interpretation Centre
2009
Ink, gouache and graphite on prepared paper
38.1 x 28.6 cm
Shahzia Sikander, Alter Ego, After Goya # 2, 2009
Shahzia Sikander
Alter Ego, After Goya # 2
2009
Ink, gouache and graphite on prepared paper
38.1 x 28.6 cm
Shahzia Sikander, Arteries and Artillery, 2009
Shahzia Sikander
Arteries and Artillery
2009
Ink, gouache and graphite on prepared paper
38.1 x 28.6 cm
Shahzia Sikander, Faith, Unity, Discipline, 2009
Shahzia Sikander
Faith, Unity, Discipline
2009
Ink and gouache on prepared paper
38.1 x 28.6 cm
Shahzia Sikander, Invisible Camouflage, 2009
Shahzia Sikander
Invisible Camouflage
2009
Ink, gouache and graphite on prepared paper
38.1 x 28.6 cm
Shahzia Sikander, Here Fido, Here Boy, 2009
Shahzia Sikander
Here Fido, Here Boy
2009
Ink, gouache and graphite on prepared paper
38.1 x 28.6 cm (unframed)
45 x 35.5 x 4 cm (framed)
Shahzia Sikander, Bending the Barrels, 2009
Shahzia Sikander
Bending the Barrels
2009
HD-Video color, audio (Blu-Ray)
ratio: 1920 x 1080 24p
20 minutes
Shahzia Sikander, Prolonged Exposure to Agitation, 2009
Shahzia Sikander
Prolonged Exposure to Agitation
2009
Ink and gouache on paper
20 parts each 38.1 x 28 .6 cm
Shahzia Sikander, The Last Post, 2009
Shahzia Sikander
The Last Post
2009
Graphite, ink and gouache on paper
35.6 x 27.9 cm
Shahzia Sikander, In My Head, On Your Mind, 2009
Shahzia Sikander
In My Head, On Your Mind
2009
Graphite, ink and gouache on paper
35.6 x 27.9 cm
Shahzia Sikander, No Man Stands Alone, 2009
Shahzia Sikander
No Man Stands Alone
2009
Graphite, ink and gouache on paper
35.6 x 27.9 cm

Exhibitions

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Shahzia Sikander: Collective Behavior
Exhibitions

Shahzia Sikander: Collective Behavior

The most comprehensive presentation of Sikander’s work to date, Collective Behavior at Palazzo Soranzo Van Axel brings together more than...
Shahzia Sikander: Havah…to breathe, air, life
Exhibitions

Shahzia Sikander: Havah…to breathe, air, life

Shahzia Sikander has created major new work on the theme of justice for a multimedia exhibition in Madison Square Park,...
Let The Sunshine In
Exhibitions

Let The Sunshine In

Pilar Corrias is pleased to present a group exhibition of works by Ann Craven, Cui Jie, Freya Douglas-Morris, Sophie von...
Shahzia Sikander: Extraordinary Realities
Exhibitions

Shahzia Sikander: Extraordinary Realities

Extraordinary Realities examines the prolific first fifteen years of Shahzia Sikander's career. Paintings, drawings, and video animations show how the...
Shahzia Sikander: Extraordinary Realities
Exhibitions

Shahzia Sikander: Extraordinary Realities

The RISD Museum announces that Shahzia Sikander: Extraordinary Realities will be on view in Providence at the RISD Museum from...
Shahzia Sikander: Unbound
Exhibitions

Shahzia Sikander: Unbound

Can decolonisation entail forms of intimacy? In the search for an answer to this question, this free exhibition focuses on...
Shahzia Sikander: Infinite Woman
Exhibitions

Shahzia Sikander: Infinite Woman

On Shahzia Sikander’s ‘World-Forming’ Dorothy Price 'The fact that the world is destroying itself is not a hypothesis: it is...
Shahzia Sikander: Extraordinary Realities
Exhibitions

Shahzia Sikander: Extraordinary Realities

Pakistani American artist Shahzia Sikander is internationally celebrated for bringing Indo-Persian miniature-painting traditions into dialogue with contemporary art practice. This...
Shahzia Sikander: Much Unseen is Also Here: An-My Le and Shahzia Sikander
Exhibitions

Shahzia Sikander: Much Unseen is Also Here: An-My Le and Shahzia Sikander

Much Unseen is Also Here, an initiative of Toward Common Cause, brings together the works of two major artists who...
Shahzia Sikander: Disruption as Rapture
Exhibitions

Shahzia Sikander: Disruption as Rapture

Shahzia Sikander takes classical Indo-Persian miniature painting—a traditional genre that is both highly stylized and disciplined—as the point of departure...
Shahzia Sikander: Disruption as Rapture
Exhibitions

Shahzia Sikander: Disruption as Rapture

The Aga Khan Museum presents an immersive evening of unforgettable programming during Nuit Blanche, Toronto’s annual all-night art event. From...
Shahzia Sikander: Parallax
Exhibitions

Shahzia Sikander: Parallax

Over the years, she has pioneered an interpretive and critically charged approach to the anachronistic genre of miniature painting. Underpinning...
Shahzia Sikander: I am also not my own enemy
Exhibitions

Shahzia Sikander: I am also not my own enemy

Since the early 1990s, Shahzia Sikander has been instrumental in the rediscovery, re-infusion, and re-contextualization of Indo-Persian miniature painting. Trained...
Shahzia Sikander: Ecstasy As Sublime, Heart As Vector
Exhibitions

Shahzia Sikander: Ecstasy As Sublime, Heart As Vector

Shahzia Sikander observes the present through the lens of the imagination, symbols, literature and history of diverse cultural traditions. Her...
Shahzia Sikander: Parallax
Exhibitions

Shahzia Sikander: Parallax

Internationally-recognized artist Shahzia Sikander (b. 1969, Pakistan) presents her first immersive animation Parallax, with music and sound by composer Du...
Shahzia Sikander: Parallax
Exhibitions

Shahzia Sikander: Parallax

Bildmuseet is proud to present the first solo exhibition of Shahzia Sikander's work in Scandinavia. Focusing on her recent production,...
Shahzia Sikander: Parallax
Exhibitions

Shahzia Sikander: Parallax

Ruby City announced a new acquisition and the United States premiere of Parallax, a three-channel HD animation by international artist...
Shahzia Sikander: Parallax
Exhibitions

Shahzia Sikander: Parallax

Shahzia Sikander (1969, Lahore) takes traditional Indo-Persian drawing as her point of departure to form a critique of contemporary history....

News

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Shahzia Sikander awarded the Pollock Prize for Creativity
Artist News

Shahzia Sikander awarded the Pollock Prize for Creativity

Pilar Corrias is excited to announce that Shahzia Sikander has been awarded the Pollock Prize for Creativity by The Pollock-Krasner...
19 1 2023
Shahzia Sikander Havah… to breathe, air, life
Artist News

Shahzia Sikander

Havah… to breathe, air, life
Shahzia Sikander has been commissioned to create a major new body of work on the theme of justice for a...
17.01 - 4.06.2023
, Madison Square Park, New York
Hirshhorn Artist x Artist Gala 2022 Ian Cheng, Tschabalala Self, Shahzia Sikander and Rirkrit Tiravanija included in list of honourees
Artist News

Hirshhorn Artist x Artist Gala 2022

Ian Cheng, Tschabalala Self, Shahzia Sikander and Rirkrit Tiravanija included in list of honourees
A number of the gallery's artists are being honoured in this year's Hirshhorn Artist x Artist Gala in New York....
14 11 2022
Shahzia Sikander wins the Fukuoka Arts and Culture Prize
Artist News

Shahzia Sikander wins the Fukuoka Arts and Culture Prize

Pilar Corrias is excited to announce that Shahzia Sikander has been awarded the Fukuoka Arts and Culture Prize 2022. The...
27.5.2022

Selected Press

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The Art Newspaper

A brush with... Shahzia Sikander

Listen to an in-depth interview with the artist on her cultural experiences and greatest influences.
27.3.2024

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