Artist Shahzia Sikander

This episode we are thrilled to be joined by the trailblazing artist Shahzia Sikander.

Originally from Lahore, Pakistan; Sikander works across a variety of media including: paintings, video, and most recently, sculpture.

She is best known for subverting Central and South-Asian manuscript painting traditions and launching the form known today as neo-miniature.

Sikander earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts from the National College of Arts in Lahore; and a Master of Fine Arts from Rhode Island School of Design.

Her work is included in the permanent collections of the Museum of Modern Art in New York; the Hammer Museum in Los Angeles, California; the Hirshhorn Museum in Washington, D.C.; and the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, in New York and Abu Dhabi - among many others.

In addition, Sikander is the recipient of numerous honors including the Pollock Prize for Creativity, the Asia Society Award for Significant Contribution to Contemporary Art, and a MacArthur Fellowship - just to name a few

Enjoy!!

Some artists, poets, and writers discussed in this episode:

• Fahmida Riaz
• Adrienne Rich
• Solmaz Sharif
• Robin Coste Lewis
• Maya Angelou
• Audre Lorde
• Angela Carter
• Rebecca Solnit
• bell hooks
• Bashir Ahmad
• William Kentridge

You can learn more about Shahzia's residency at Columbia's Zuckerman Institute here.

https://zuckermaninstitute.columbia.edu/alan-kanzer-artist-residence

Shahzia is represented by Sean Kelly gallery.

https://www.skny.com/artists/shahzia-sikander

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