Although her style is miniature and belongs by heritage to her native country Pakistan, Shahzia Sikander’s work crosses all borders to draw from multiple experiences and sensibilities.

Mughal miniature, Hindu mythology and Western minimalism, merge and dissolve in layers beneath layers articulating the artists personal history and social awareness. Living and working out of New York for the past eight years, she addresses the complexity of cultural fusion with impeccable skill and intelligence, legitimising the appropriation of multiple experiences–yet claiming a space that echoes her own need to be declassifed; to belong in essence to herself, and to the world.