Festival of Muslim Cultures: UK 2006
Festival of Muslim Cultures | UK 2006 Print Project | exhibitions | contemporary pakistani printmakers | Sameera Khan
Sameera Khan
Sameera Khan is from Hunza, in the North of Pakistan and the first female artist to have had the opportunity to undertake a formal art education in Fine Arts from National College of Arts in Lahore. She gained a first class degree and was awarded a bursary from the Aga Khan Foundation to travel to Sheffield Hallam University in UK to enrol on a Masters course in Print Media Fine Arts. She was fortunate also to receive print studio management training at London Print Studio and as a result of this was appointed Print Studio Manager for Swansea Print Workshop in 2004. Part of her role at the Workshop is to conduct advanced printmaking classes and coordinate support programmes for artists. She is also a part-time lecturer at Gorseinon College in Swansea. Sameera Khan has participated in exhibitions nationally and internationally.
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My work attempts to look at themes that revolve around personal narratives based on ever changing elements taken from every day life and questions relating to space, place and identity.
During the creative process, I consciously incorporate autobiographical elements through text and narratives. My work also reflects the oral tradition of Pakistan and has a strong story telling nature, derived from every day life, routines and dilemmas. The notion of using a direct approach and combining text with imagery creates a mysterious interaction between fiction and reality.
As a printmaker I try to explore different methods of printmaking and incorporate prints into different media and installations.
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