Heir of an ancient culture, Naiza Khan, a sensitive aristocratic woman, engaged in the advancement of her country, is one of the most acclaimed interpreters of the Pakistani women artistic scene. A recurrent aspect in her artistic work has become the personal outcry not only against clichés and taboos but also against expectations that the artist is being confronted by living and working in the Muslim world. Elements like lingerie and medieval chastity belts imply the emotional physiognomy of the body. With the absence of the body their isolation assumes a fetishistic nature. A whispered tone is perceived in her large drawings, in compositions with charcoal and acrylic telling Stories - sometimes stories of women and sometimes daring to address everyday issues confronting Pakistan.
As is the case of 'Iron Clouds', a work in which the balanced harmony seems not to fit with the title and subject, which recalls the hard times that Pakistan has recently experienced. In her work there is always something that collapses inwards, the denunciation of a system that interrogates itself and seems to get no answers. She is always interested in the emotional disturbance of ambiguous forms; some of her recent items appear to be stripped to the bone, reduced to their essence.
place & year of birth
Bahawalpur 1968, Pakistan
featured galleries
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education
1987 - 1990
University of Oxford, Somerville College
1986 - 1987
Ruskin School of Drawing and Fine Art
Wimbledon School of Art
solo exhibitions
2008
Desperately seeking paradise, Art Dubai
Crossroads Elementa, Dubai
Women of Light, galerie davide gallo, Berlin, Germany
Lets draw the line Chawkandi Art, Karachi, Pakistan
2007
Multiple editions-one Chawkandi Art, Karachi, Pakistan
Figurative Pakistan, Aicon Gallery, London, Great Britain
bibliography
2007
Armour Paramour Herald May issue p 136-137
Bodies Cast Auj Khan TFT vol XIX May4-10 p20-21
2006
Amalgam of cultures Hindustan Times, Gitanjali Dang March 24
Time Out Mumbai, March 10-23 Reviews p 42
Culture crosses borders Mumbai Mirror March1 p.42
Exquisite Pain Aasim Akhtar The News on Sunday March19
awards
2006
7th Bharat Bhavan International Biennial of Print-Honorary mention, India
2003
Prize, 43rd Premio Suzzara, Italy
National Excellence Award, 8th National Exb. Visual Arts, Pakistan
2002
Lever Brothers, 1st Lux Award for Visual Artist of the year, Pakistan
As is the case of 'Iron Clouds', a work in which the balanced harmony seems not to fit with the title and subject, which recalls the hard times that Pakistan has recently experienced. In her work there is always something that collapses inwards, the denunciation of a system that interrogates itself and seems to get no answers. She is always interested in the emotional disturbance of ambiguous forms; some of her recent items appear to be stripped to the bone, reduced to their essence.
place & year of birth
Bahawalpur 1968, Pakistan
featured galleries
_
education
1987 - 1990
University of Oxford, Somerville College
1986 - 1987
Ruskin School of Drawing and Fine Art
Wimbledon School of Art
solo exhibitions
2008
Desperately seeking paradise, Art Dubai
Crossroads Elementa, Dubai
Women of Light, galerie davide gallo, Berlin, Germany
Lets draw the line Chawkandi Art, Karachi, Pakistan
2007
Multiple editions-one Chawkandi Art, Karachi, Pakistan
Figurative Pakistan, Aicon Gallery, London, Great Britain
bibliography
2007
Armour Paramour Herald May issue p 136-137
Bodies Cast Auj Khan TFT vol XIX May4-10 p20-21
2006
Amalgam of cultures Hindustan Times, Gitanjali Dang March 24
Time Out Mumbai, March 10-23 Reviews p 42
Culture crosses borders Mumbai Mirror March1 p.42
Exquisite Pain Aasim Akhtar The News on Sunday March19
awards
2006
7th Bharat Bhavan International Biennial of Print-Honorary mention, India
2003
Prize, 43rd Premio Suzzara, Italy
National Excellence Award, 8th National Exb. Visual Arts, Pakistan
2002
Lever Brothers, 1st Lux Award for Visual Artist of the year, Pakistan
