Artworks - Shahzia Sikander

The Newark Museum of Art Long Term Installation

Havah… to breathe, air, life

Havah… to breathe, air, life

Madison Square Park Project January 17 – June 4, 2023

Mid-Town Park, Houston, Texas © Fabricated by Mayer of Munich 2020

Yin Yang Series 1

Yin Yang Series 1

Words Create Worlds, Series 1

Words Create Worlds, Series 1

© Fabricated by Mayer of Munich 2018

Of Masks and Bull

Of Masks and Bull

Video Animation 3 min 24 sec 2016

Ecstasy as Sublime, Heart as Vector

Ecstasy as Sublime, Heart as Vector

Princeton University, New Jersey © Fabricated by Mayer of Munich 2016

Quintuplet-Effect

Quintuplet-Effect

Princeton University, New Jersey 2016

Shahzia Sikander, Portrait of the Artist, 2016. One in a suite of four etchings, with accompanying collaborative text "Breath of Miraj" by Ayad Akhtar. Published by Pace Editions, Inc.

Shahzia Sikander, Portrait of the Artist, 2016. One in a suite of four etchings, with accompanying collaborative text "Breath of Miraj" by Ayad Akhtar. Published by Pace Editions, Inc.

Disruption as Rapture

Disruption as Rapture

video animation with 7.1 surround sound; Music by Du Yun featuring Ali Sethi; Animation by Patrick O'Rourke; Commissioned by the Philadelphia Museum of Art 10 min 7 sec 2016

Time Square, New York, NY 2015

The World is Yours, The World is Mine

The World is Yours, The World is Mine

Prolonged Exposure

Prolonged Exposure

Fixed Frame Flux

Fixed Frame Flux

Istanbul Biennale 2013

Digital animation with sound 15 min 25 sec 2013

Sift, Rift, Sip, Shift

Sift, Rift, Sip, Shift

Ink on Paper 2012

Inclusion and Exclusion

Inclusion and Exclusion

The Cypress Despite Its freedom Is Held Captive to the Garden

The Cypress Despite Its freedom Is Held Captive to the Garden

Sharjah, Khorfakkan, UAE C-Prints 2012-13

The Exploding Man and Other Abstractions

The Exploding Man and Other Abstractions

San Francisco Art Institute Video Performace 2011

Many Ways of Seeing a Side

Many Ways of Seeing a Side

Practice Makes Perfect

Practice Makes Perfect

Encapsulated Confrontation

Encapsulated Confrontation

Why Talk About the Day When...

Why Talk About the Day When...

Explosion of the Company Man, Series I

Explosion of the Company Man, Series I

Projection at the Doris Duke Foundation for Islamic Art, Shangri La, Honolulu, Hawaii 2011-2012

Ink and gouache on paper 2011

Am I or Not My Own Enemy

Am I or Not My Own Enemy

Nelson-Atkins Museum Collection 2011-2012

The Phallic Land-Escape

The Phallic Land-Escape

Headless Wonders

Headless Wonders

Video Animation 10 min 2010

Tone Deaf Top Brass

Tone Deaf Top Brass

Ghalib's Circle

Ghalib's Circle

Garden for Interpretation

Garden for Interpretation

Invisible Camouflage

Invisible Camouflage

The Langley Series

The Langley Series

Graphite, ink and gouache on paper Set of 4 works: 14 x 11 inches 2009

Flights of Fancy

Flights of Fancy

Faith, Unity, Discipline

Faith, Unity, Discipline

Here Fido, Here Boy

Here Fido, Here Boy

Umbilical Chord of Independence

Umbilical Chord of Independence

Redaction as Contamination

Redaction as Contamination

No man Stands Alone

No man Stands Alone

Alter Ego, After Goya

Alter Ego, After Goya

An Integrated Cup of Tea

An Integrated Cup of Tea

Weapon of Choice

Weapon of Choice

Arteries and Artillery

Arteries and Artillery

Butter Before Guns

Butter Before Guns

Bending the Barrels

Bending the Barrels

Video 20 min 28 sec 2009

Series of Transformations

Series of Transformations

Ink and graphite on paper 14 x 11 inches (each) 2009

Manicured Landscapes: Art History Positions

Manicured Landscapes: Art History Positions

Ink on Paper 2009

Ink on Paper 2009

Sinxay-Narrative as Dissolution

Sinxay-Narrative as Dissolution

Empire Follows Art

Empire Follows Art

Ink, gouache, graphite and colored pencil on prepared paper Set of 4 works, 27 x 20 inches 2008-2011

Landscape Composite

Landscape Composite

Video 7 min 32 sec 2006-2008

Graphite on prepared paper 12 x 9 inches (each) 2006

Phenomenology of Transformation

Phenomenology of Transformation

Ink and gouache on prepared paper 59.75 x 41 inches (each) 2006

Hair Camouflage

Hair Camouflage

Monks and Novices

Monks and Novices

Graphite on paper 14 x 11 inches (each) 2006-2008

Desai Performance

Desai Performance

Video 12 min 18 sec 2005

Dissonance to Detour

Dissonance to Detour

Digital animation with sound 3 min 30 sec 2005

Pathology of Suspension

Pathology of Suspension

Ink and gouache on prepared paper 77 1/2 x 51 1/2 inches (each) 2005

Ink and gouache on paper 15 x 12 inches (each) 2004

Flip Flop Archive

Flip Flop Archive

Gouache and ink on paper 15 x 12 inches (each) 2004

51 Ways of Looking

51 Ways of Looking

Graphite on paper 12 x 9 inches (each) 2004

Ink and gouache on paper 15 x 11 inches (each) 2003

Acrylic on archival vinyl over digital printing 40 x 60 inches (each) 2003

White to White Series

White to White Series

Gouache, ink and Acrylic on tissue paper 2003

Digital animation (color, sound) 7 min 12 sec 2003

Digital animation with sound 6:38 min 2003

United World Corp.

United World Corp.

Running on Empty

Running on Empty

The Pink Pavillion

The Pink Pavillion

Ink, gouache on paper 2002

Digital animation with sound 2:02 min 2002-2003

Computer animation 4 min 2001

Maligned Monsters

Maligned Monsters

Pleasure Pillars

Pleasure Pillars

Monsters to Midgets Series

Monsters to Midgets Series

Monsters Within

Monsters Within

Prolonged Exposure to Agitation

Prolonged Exposure to Agitation

Ink on Paper 2001-2009

No Parking Anytime Portfolio

No Parking Anytime Portfolio

Writing the Written

Writing the Written

Riding the Ridden

Riding the Ridden

Maligned Monsters

Maligned Monsters

Pleasing Dislocation

Pleasing Dislocation

In Our Mind or on Our Head

In Our Mind or on Our Head

Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington D.C. 1999

Then and N.O.W. - Rapunzel Dialogues Cinderella

Then and N.O.W. - Rapunzel Dialogues Cinderella

Cholee Kay Peechay Kya? Chunree Kay Nichay Kya? (What is Under the Blouse? What is Under the Dress?)

Cholee Kay Peechay Kya? Chunree Kay Nichay Kya? (What is Under the Blouse? What is Under the Dress?)

Red Riding Hood

Red Riding Hood

Ready to Leave?

Ready to Leave?

Whitney Museum Collection 1997

Uprooted Order Series

Uprooted Order Series

Hoods Red Rider II

Hoods Red Rider II

The Many Faces of Islam

The Many Faces of Islam

Gouache, vegetable color, watercolor, and tea on wasli paper 1997-99

Fragmented Disorder

Fragmented Disorder

Cycles and Transitions

Cycles and Transitions

Spaces in Between

Spaces in Between

Venus's Wonderland

Venus's Wonderland

Housed

1995

Writing the Ridden

Writing the Ridden

A Slight and Pleasing Dislocation

A Slight and Pleasing Dislocation

Écriture Feminine Series

Écriture Feminine Series

Riding the Written

Riding the Written

Thinking Outside the Box

Thinking Outside the Box

Miniature in Mughal Style, Invisible Man

Miniature in Mughal Style, Invisible Man

In Your Head and Not on my Feet

In Your Head and Not on my Feet

Mirrat I and II

Mirrat I and II

Who's Veiled Anyway?

Who's Veiled Anyway?

Whitney Museum Collection 1989-1997

First color, 'Gad Rang' Assignment, NCA

First color, 'Gad Rang' Assignment, NCA

Eye-I-ing Those Armorial Bearings III

Eye-I-ing Those Armorial Bearings III

Eye-I-ing Those Armorial Bearings IV

Eye-I-ing Those Armorial Bearings IV

Eye-I-ing Those Armorial Bearings II

Eye-I-ing Those Armorial Bearings II

Elusive Realities

Elusive Realities

Eye-I-Ing Those Armorial Bearings

Eye-I-Ing Those Armorial Bearings

Reinventing the Dislocation

Reinventing the Dislocation

Miniature, After Africa

Miniature, After Africa

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