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HIBA SCHAHBAZ
5 3 28 September 2024
Almine Rech London
Grosvenor Hill, Broadbent House, London W1K 3JH
One to look forward to, opening this September, is an exciting new solo exhibition at Almine Rech London, of new works by Hiba Schahbaz.
Born in Karachi, Pakistan, Schahbaz trained in traditional Indo-Persian miniature painting at the National College of Arts, Lahore. Since migrating
to the United States, Schahbaz has challenged the rigorous rules of miniature painting to embrace a female perspective, while also creating space
and representation for those who have so often been left out of Western art. Schahbaz9s practice has expanded from miniature to human-scale paintings that depict female bodies, while referencing self-portraiture.
Schahbaz works with oils, wood, paper, black tea, and water-based pigments, speciocally using tea to connect to South Asian culture. Hiba Schahbaz
received an MFA in painting from Pratt Institute and has exhibited internationally since 2002. Her recent exhibitions include In New York Thinking
of You at FLAG Art Foundation (2023), Love Songs at Almine Rech Paris (2023), Fire Figure Fantasy at ICA Miami (2022), Wonder Women at
Jefrey Deitch (2022)and In My Heart, a public art commission for Rockefeller Centre with Art Production Fund (2021). Schahbaz has been an artist
resident at The Tang Museum, Mass MocA, StoneLeaf Retreat, The Wassaic Project, and a visiting artist at the Vermont Studio Center. She currently
serves as a board member for Art Production Fund.
Images:
Portrait of Hiba Schahbaz, 2022 © Hiba Schahbaz / Courtesy of the Artist and Almine Rech - Photo: Hiba Schahbaz Studio
Hiba Schahbaz, Love Song, 2023. Oil on linen, 91.4 x 121.9 cm, 36 x 48 in © Hiba Schahbaz / Courtesy of the Artist and Almine Rech - Photo: Dan
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