Not to be boxed in, to be able to transcend boundaries: for an artist, it's essential. — Shahzia Sikander Copy Share Image
Talking with other artists is an incredible process. You engage with the work very differently...a nd different relationships between different works start to emerge. To tap into that energy-to tap into that moment-is great for me as an exercise. — Shahzia Sikander Copy Share Image
My whole purpose of taking on miniature painting was to break the tradition, to experiment with it, to find new ways of making meaning,… — Shahzia Sikander Copy Share Image
In the end, the gesture of painting becomes almost meditative, like a ritual. — Shahzia Sikander Copy Share Image
I don't really listen to music when I work. I really have to focus on one thing at a time. I like a lot… — Shahzia Sikander Copy Share Image
Not to be boxed in, to be able to transcend boundaries: for an artist, it's essential. — Shahzia Sikander Copy Share Image
When I first arrived in Houston, I was fascinated with the elaborate styles of cowboy boots and thought they were incredibly exotic. They also… — Shahzia Sikander Copy Share Image
For me, drawing is a way of navigating the imagination, and it remains the fundamental vehicle of my practice. Drawing allows me to be… — Shahzia Sikander Copy Share Image
I think context, location matters a lot. Because location obviously in my situation, it's the space in which the work is going to be… — Shahzia Sikander Copy Share Image
I'm interested in taking a form, breaking it apart, and then rebuilding it. It is about transformation for me...it is a very core notion… — Shahzia Sikander Copy Share Image
Initially I explored the tension between illustration and fine art when I first encountered miniature painting in my late teens. Championing the formal aspects… — Shahzia Sikander Copy Share Image
For me, I always feel that I'm not sure what's going to happen next year or what's going to happen the year after or… — Shahzia Sikander Copy Share Image
I was very, very quiet. I was always a loner, hardly spoke, and I was quite a nerd in school. So I was an… — Shahzia Sikander Copy Share Image
