Lubna Agha
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Pakistani American
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artist living in Brookline, Massachusetts
Brookline, Massachusetts
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Her art invokes a dialogue between the modern-abstract and traditional forms and practices of Islamic paintings. Her work taps on visual images once a part of daily life but now a part of history—from places as geographically disparate as South Asia
South Asia
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and North Africa
North Africa
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. She paints mainly on canvas and wood, applying an infinite number of painted pixels and organic shapes that evoke mosaic
Mosaic
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tiling, intricate carvings, and ornate metalwork.
Her work has been exhibited in art museums and galleries in her homelands of Pakistan
Pakistan
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and the United States
United States
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, as well as Britain
United Kingdom
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, Japan
Japan
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, Jordan
Jordan
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, and Switzerland
Switzerland
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Lubna’s paintings are part of the permanent collections at the Asian Collection at Bradford Museum, UK, National Council of the Arts, Pakistan, and the Jordan National Gallery of Fine Arts, Jordan.
A book about the artist by Marcella Nessom Sirhandi entitled Lubna Agha: Points of Reference was published by The Foundation of Museum of Modern Art, Pakistan in 2007.
Individual exhibitions
- 2007 International Visions Gallery, Washington DC
- 2001 Chawkandi Gallery, Karachi, Pakistan
- 1996 Chawkandi Gallery, Karachi, Pakistan
- 1991 Himovitz Solomon Gallery, Sacramento, California
- 1987 Indus Gallery, Karachi, Pakistan
- 1985 Djurovich Gallery, Sacramento, California
- 1983 Rara Avis, Sacramento, California
- 1981 Alta Galleries, Sacramento, California
- 1981 Stuart/Scott Gallery, Fair Oaks, California
- 1980 Indus Gallery, Karachi, Pakistan
- 1976 Contemporary Art Gallery, Rawalpindi, Pakistan
- 1975 Pakistan Art Gallery, Lahore, Pakistan
- 1973 Indus Gallery, Karachi, Pakistan
- 1972 Contemporary Art Gallery, Rawalpindi, Pakistan
- 1971 Arts Council of Pakistan, Karachi, Pakistan
- 1969 Pakistan American Cultural Centre, Karachi, Pakistan
External links
- Artist's website
- Dawn Excerpts: Different strokes - A monograph capturing the artistic journey of Lubna Agha by Marcella Nesom Sirhandi