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Sana Arjumand is a young, versatile and passionate visual artist who has gained worldwide recognition and captured a large audience in recent years. Conceptually she is a post modern artist who has created pieces employing the traditional skill of painting alongside contemporary techniques. Her impressive artistic vocabulary expresses a sophisticated grasp on the subtleties of life, bringing a new insight to the mundane.
She infuses a rich blend of cultural symbolism alongside patterns and images that recur very often in the times we live in. Sana has worked in several mediums such as photography, installations, sculptures, and digital prints. She has touched upon politically and religiously sensitive issues with a sense of wit. "Through wit I can speak comfortably about the most sensitive issues" she quotes.
Lately her interest in folk and spiritual imagery has brought her to contemplate upon the connection of these symbols in our modern life. In her practice she is exploring the deconstruction of the veils of understanding to expose a new truth to contemporary issues.
Sana graduated from the National College of Arts, Lahore in 2005 with a major in painting. Since then she has gone from strength to strength and in 2008 alone, her work was shown in the Dubai Art Fair, Hong Kong Art Fair, East West Centre Hawaii and she had solo shows in Canvas Gallery and Gallery 6 in Pakistan. Sana was part of the ART OMI Residency in New York in 2009, the same year she showed at the Flux Festival in London and the Delhi Art Fair in India. Aicon Gallery, New York, hosted her solo show in 2010. Her work has appeared in international magazines, newspapers and blogs including Time Magazine, Asia Art Pacific and Art Info.
This year Sana's name has been amongst the top ten Pakistani and Indian emerging artists by Art Info.
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