Shahzia Sikander(2018)
Shahzia Sikander’s artistic practice engages the techniques, formal tropes, and visual repertoire of the Indo-Persian miniature from its pre-modern beginnings to its contemporary connotations of tourist kitsch and colonial residue. A MacArthur Fellowship-winning visual artist, Sikander’s multimedia work has helped launch a resurgence in miniature painting in the international contemporary art world. She is the recipient of the 2012 U.S. State Department Medal of Arts and has been the subject of many major international exhibitions, including the Guggenheim Museum, Bilbao (2015), Asia Society Hong Kong Center, Hong Kong (2016), and MAXXI | Museo nazionale delle arti del XXI secolo, Rome (2016-2017).
