Born in Lahore, Pakistan (b. 1969)

Shahzia Sikander

Infinite Woman, 2021

Watercolor, ink, gouache, and gold leaf on paper
© Shahzia Sikander; courtesy of the artist, Pilar Corrias, London, and Sean Kelly, New York. Photo by Ian Reeves.

Shahzia Sikander. Photo by Andrea Rossetti.

“In this in-between space, making art allows me to complicate assumptions, categories, hierarchies, centre-margin dynamics where issues of sovereignty can be loosened, conceptually emotionally and visually by using multiple languages and creating unexpected relationships.”

—Shahzia Sikander

Shahzia Sikander

“In this in-between space, making art allows me to complicate assumptions, categories, hierarchies, centre-margin dynamics where issues of sovereignty can be loosened, conceptually emotionally and visually by using multiple languages and creating unexpected relationships.”—Shahzia Sikander

“In this in-between space, making art allows me to complicate assumptions, categories, hierarchies, centre-margin dynamics where issues of sovereignty can be loosened, conceptually emotionally and visually by using multiple languages and creating unexpected relationships.”

—Shahzia Sikander