ABOUT
Saima Rasheed is a UK based artist. She was born in Lahore and graduated from the prestigious National College of Arts in Pakistan with a major in Miniature Painting. In 2020, she obtained her MA Fine Arts from Manchester Metropolitan University with distinction.
Rasheed’s intricate and meticulously crafted work is deep rooted in Mughal and Persian tradition of Miniature Paintings. Some of her initial work was almost autobiographical and stemmed out of her personal experiences and nuance of being a woman. Gender related issues and celebrating resilience of women is a recurrent theme in her work.
In recent years, she explores the impact of migration and its reciprocity on one’s life which is informed by her identity as a woman of colour and a British South Asian. Her work has evolved from small detailed realistic paintings rendered with tiny invisible dots/ Nuqta laid with a single hair brush, referencing the old masters to larger abstract swaths of colour inflicted with detailed mark making on a larger format and mix media.
Recent Shows include include Asia Triennial Manchester, Art Contact, Istanbul Art Fair, Turkey 2021. In 2018, she was short listed for the Sovereign Asian Art Prize. In 2016, She was invited to display her work at the Colombo Biennale, Srilanka.Nominated for Jameel Art Prize. In 2004, Rasheed was artist in residence at the Ecole de Art, Aix-en-Provence,France. She is a recipient of The Arts Council of England Award for an exhibition and workshops at The Bhavan Centre, London.
CV
Saima Rasheed
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Education
2021 – MA Fine Art (Distinction), Manchester Metropolitan University, UK
2000 – BA Fine Arts (Miniature Painting), National College of Arts, Lahore, Pakistan
Solo & Major Shows
2021 – Love Thy Neighbour, Poetry Library, MMU / Asia Triennial Manchester
2018 – On Being, Zellij Arts at Alexandria Library, Manchester
2016 – Conceiving Space, Colombo Biennale, Sri Lanka
2015 – Ejaz Gallery, Lahore, Pakistan
2014 – Louver Gallery, Karachi, Pakistan
2006 – Eastern Echoes, The Bhavan Centre, London
2002 – Ejaz Galleries, Lahore
2002 – Rohtas Gallery 1, Islamabad
Selected Group Shows
2024 – BRHD, Ankara, Turkey
2023 – I am another you, you are another me, 10th Asia-Europe Mediations Biennial, Istanbul, Turkey
2022 – Where is Home?, Leicester Museum & UK Tour
2021 – Isolated, Istanbul Contemporary Art Fair, Turkey
2020 – Liv-Ing in Contrast, Art Ankara Contemporary Art Fair, Turkey
2018 – The Sovereign Asian Art Prize Finalists Exhibition, Christie’s, Hong Kong
2018 – The Manchester Contemporary (with Asia Triennial Manchester)
2017 – Recollection: Memory & Time, Portico Library, Manchester
2004 – École des Arts, Aix-en-Provence, France
Residencies
2004 – École des Arts, Aix-en-Provence, France
2001 – South Asian Women Artists Residency, ASR/IWSL, Lahore, Pakistan
Awards & Nominations
2018 – Finalist, The Sovereign Asian Art Prize, Christie’s, Hong Kong
2017 – Nominee, Jameel Art Prize
Publications
Wander Walks (Arts Council England, 2024) – Sensory walk contribution
For Us, To Share (Southwark Galleries, 2022) – Recipe book project with migrant and refugee youth
Book Illustration – A Teardrop on the Cheek of Time, Diana & Michael Preston, Random House, 2007
Press
https://inprogress.mmu.ac.uk/saima-rasheed/
http://www.bigissuenorth.com/centre-stage/2017/07/blog-saima-rasheed/
https://www.scmp.com/culture/arts-entertainment/article/2142561/sovereign-asian-art-prize-finalists-show-their
http://www.luxuo.com/culture/art/sovereignasianartprize-2018.html