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Ayesha Durrani
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Ayesha Durrani did not embark her path as an artist until after she was married. Her artwork explores issues of female bondage and arranged marriages in Pakistani culture. Prevalent images in Durrani’s work include roses and mannequins. The artist believes the like roses, women are passionate and precious, but often end up crushed. Similarly, like headless mannequins, women are expected to be innocent and dumb, without a personality. In this...
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Ayesha Durrani did not embark her path as an artist until after she was married. Her artwork explores issues of female bondage and arranged marriages in Pakistani culture. Prevalent images in Durrani’s work include roses and mannequins. The artist believes the like roses, women are passionate and precious, but often end up crushed. Similarly, like headless mannequins, women are expected to be innocent and dumb, without a personality. In this fashion, the artist draws out feminist topics in her work with a beauty and controversy that resonate with the rest of the world.
Explaining her position in an interview with Asainart.com, Durrani notes, “On a bus to the NCA [Lahore’s National College of Arts], some students asked me if I was a feminist. ‘Was I feminine? Do you believe in equal rights?’ my classmates continued. I said, ‘No!’ There was silence. ‘No, I want more rights, I would not be content with just equality! I love my husband, love looking after him and I love it when he takes care of me. I enjoy this. I want it all, freedom, choice and being looked after.’”
Durrani received her Bachelor’s degree in Miniature Painting from the National College of Arts, Lahore, in 2003. She also holds a Bachelor’s degree in English Literature and Law from Jinnah College for Women in Peshawar, Pakistan. Her first solo show was ‘Pieces’ at Aicon Gallery, New York, in 2009. She exhibited extensively in group shows at galleries in Karachi and Lahore over the course of her artistic career. Durrani was a resident artist at The Vermont Studio Center in 2006; and Karachi’s VASL in 2005.
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Born
1976
Peshawar, Pakistan
Education
2003 Bachelor of Fine Arts "BFA" (Majors in Miniature Painting), National College of Arts, Lahore
1996 Bachelor of Arts 'BA' (English Literature and Law), Jinnah College for Women, Peshawar
Exhibitions
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2008 ‘Tradition, Technique,...
Select Group Exhibitions
2008 ‘Tradition, Technique, Technology – I; Contemporary artists from Pakistan’, Aicon Gallery, New York
2008 ‘Cultural Bridges through ART ‘, US Ambassador Residence, Islamabad
2007 ‘IS’, Gallery 27 Cork Street, London
2007 ‘Configurations’, Anant Gallery, New Delhi
2006 Canvas Art Gallery, Karachi
2005 Crow Eaters Gallery, Lahore
2005 Art Alive, New Delhi
2005 Third Line Gallery, Dubai
2005 Art-en-Chartreuse, France
2005 ‘Voices’, World Bank office, Islamabad
2005 VM Art Gallery, Karachi
2004 ‘Contemporary Miniature Paintings from Pakistan’, Fakuka Asian Art Museum, Japan
2004 ‘Interpretations’, Rohtas Gallery, Islamabad
2004 ‘Extensions’, Canvas Art Gallery, Karachi
2003 ‘New Voices’, Canvas Art Gallery, Karachi
Honours and Awards
2006 Residency, The Vermont Studio Centre, USA
2005 Residency, VASL, Karachi
2006 Residency, The Vermont Studio Centre, USA
2005 Residency, VASL, Karachi
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