Gratifying Manifestations – VIII

Sidra, based in Lahore, is an educator, visual artist, and research scholar. She received her BFA and MS in Fine Arts, earning gold medals in both degrees from Lahore College for Women University in 2011 and 2014, respectively. She is serving as an assistant professor of visual arts at the Institute of Design & Visual Arts, LCWU. Currently, she is enrolled in a PhD in Fine Arts at the same institute. Additionally, she is a visual practitioner having major interest in miniature painting, with various group exhibitions, an artist residency, and an international solo exhibition to her credit. Her portfolio has been published in the HEC-recognized journal Visual Communication Quarterly by Taylor & Francis. She is honored to have received several national-level awards.

The natural world exerts a profound and positive influence on human emotions, serving as both inspiration and a source of energy. Sidra’s visual practice explores metaphors for the ties that bind us together as part of the environment and the inevitable unraveling of those bonds over time. Colors inspired by nature and delicately knitted and unweaving threads seamlessly embody the coexistence of strength and vulnerability, the delicate interplay between creation and dissolution, and the harmony found within diversity. Her creative process fosters resilience by fabricating desired connections, knitting together lost ties, and gratifying her longing for warmth, vibrancy, and a sense of belonging, hence manifesting a path toward a more fulfilling existence.