Bio Living and working in Lahore, Aisha Abid Hussain holds a Masters Degree in Fine Arts from Goldsmiths College, University of London (Pass with Distinction in Studio Practice) in 2012 and a Bachelor Degree from National College of Arts, Lahore Pakistan (Pass with Honors) in 2008. She is recipient of various scholarships and awards including Hajji Sharif Award in Miniature Painting from National College of Arts and New Contemporaries from ICA, London. She has got a diverse practice, working with variety of mediums from Miniature Painting to Photography and Film. She has exhibited widely in Solo and Group shows in Galleries and Museums in USA, England, France, Italy, Austria, India and Pakistan. She is currently an Assistant Professor (Visiting) at Undergraduate and Graduate programs, Beacon house National University, Lahore. Statement ‘Conversation with cold white surfaces’ was the first experience I had when it comes to Art Making. Starting from the blank white pages of a diary which is a symbol of keeping a day to day record of one’s pains and pleasures to the claustrophobic images filled with unreadable text spreading like a contagious virus. Starting from a very personal emotional turmoil it grew up to become a political comment such as Personal is Political’. A crucial aspect of my creative practice is working in an archival mode. Being a research based practicing artist I get fascinated by history whether it is personal or worldly. The works executed in liquid medium,reflects the obsessiveness with the process, a force to explode, a desire to break free from something tightly knotted. I recall a deep intense pain of a loss by the aged and pale paper, the sorrow one feels for the lost time and relationships. I deeply value my training as a Miniature Painter and by utilizing this sensibility, I move back and forth from traditional to contemporary mediums in order to explore the undiscovered aspects of art making in the region to a broader level. |
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