Farah A, born and based in Karachi, pursued her education at the Karachi School of Art, where she completed her BFA in 2018, majoring in Sculpture. She secured 1st position for her thesis. In addition, Farah was awarded 1st Runner-Up at the 15th Emerging Talent exhibition by VM Art Gallery for her intricate paper sculptures. Her work was selected for display by Ambiance Hotel Karachi in 2021, showcasing emerging artists from across Pakistan, and she received the Honorable Mention Award from Anna Molka in 2022. Farah is a dedicated practicing artist and currently serves as a faculty member at the Karachi School of Art.
Farah’s work takes a critical view of social, political, and cultural issues in which she shows the contrast between desires, insecurities, and life change. She uses the language and style of traditional miniature paintings not only to bring them to life but also to infuse her work with a new way of visual sensibility that is multicultural yet rooted in her own culture; her sculptures are narrative ones. She uses paper, an eco-friendly material, as a metaphor for her personal identity, to sculpt and create a new structure for each work. It is a recurring process of destruction and reconstruction.
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