 BioAnushka Rustomji Musa (b. Karachi, 1989) is an artist and educator. She graduatedfrom the National College of Arts in Lahore with a B.FA in 2012. Rustomji's work has been exhibited nationally and internationally, including exhibitions that culminated out of an artist residency she participated in Leipzig, Germany. She is invested within academia, having been a faculty member at the Pakistan Institute of Fashion Design, Lahore and is a faculty member at Beaconhouse National University and Kinnaird College for Women, Lahore. Statement Anushka Rustomj's practice is influenced by the themes of art history and erasure, in reference to colonization and diasporas. Her visual vocabulary is informed by ancient Eastern imagery, texts and traditions. She utilizes the symbolism in texts and myths to form veiled visual narratives conveying ideas of creation, survival and transcendence. Through such imagery she makes cultural and historical connotations but ultimately leaving the interpretation of meaning up to the viewer.
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