Chahar Bagh Series

Sana Durrani is a distinguished multidisciplinary artist and art conservationist based in Lahore, Pakistan. She is the founder of Sana Durrani Studio and the CEO of CultuRise, where she merges her artistic vision with a strong commitment to preserving cultural heritage. She has advanced training in painting conservation from Florence, Italy, and is a graduate of ICCROM, having completed the Far Coll Asia international course on rethinking disaster risk management for cultural heritage collections in Rome (2021).

Sana’s work centers on archival prints, combining multiple mediums to create innovative and distinctive styles. Through research, she has explored various techniques to develop a unique approach, transforming images into 3D collages. This process allows her to create perspectives that offer a realistic and immersive experience, particularly in portraying old, abandoned spaces and objects. These neglected spaces, forgotten by time, inspire her to treat them with reverence, preserving their stories and histories. The message she conveys through her art is one of preservation—remembering and restoring the lost era. In her recent works, she focuses on the concept of Chaharbagh, using the same approach and techniques as in her earlier pieces. A key element is Shalimar Bagh, Lahore, incorporating selected images from the historic garden, which plays a vital role in the process. The resulting body of work is presented in the form of lightboxes—symbols of preserving history and the lost era. Through this series, she further explores the relationship between memory, preservation, and restoration, continuing to bridge the past with the present in meaningful and creative ways.