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Faiza Khan, Pakistani Artist

Major Exhibitions

Exhibit on the occasion of Independence Day, Nomad Art Gallery, Said Pur branch, Islamabad, Aug 14th, 2009

Solo Exhibition, American Club, US Embassy, Islamabad July 5th, 2009

Solo Exhibition, Hunerkada College of Visual and Performing Arts, Islamabad, May 23rd, 2009

Group Show, Nomad Art Gallery, Islamabad, May 02, 2009

Group Show, Fine Art Centre, Oklahoma University, Oklahoma, USA, July 2003

Group Show, Bennett Street Gallery, Atlanta, Georgia, October 2003

Group Show, Malone Gallery, Troy State University, Troy, Alabama, November 2001

Solo Exhibit, Al Mussawir School of Art, Abbottabad, May 2000

Dawn

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Jamal Shahid ISLAMABAD, May 23: The solo exhibition of paintings by Faiza Khan, who is fascinated with figurative and has passion to paint, opened at Hunekada here on Saturday.

“I can express better when I paint figures - females mostly - because the subject inspires me the most,” said the bright young artist at the opening day. Faiza returns to the local art scene after five years with nearly 30 works in vibrant, colourful and figurative patterns. This freelance artist has her own style and the mood of the exhibition is poignant. “This is my reaction to all the sadness that surrounds us in these difficult times,” Faiza said explaining her works. Her art is not about making judgments or defining a person but about capturing a moment when they have let go of societal, mental, physical or cultural constraints and are subconsciously released to express. “What makes figurative art my focus is my love of the differences from person to person, face to face, limb to limb, emotion to emotion. And while emotion is my primary focus, there is a battle between an ultimate expression of a moment in time and the allure of the paint itself. The material and concept take turns leading my hand throughout my process,” she said. She paints bold figures, busts, bodies halved or full length figures sitting, lying and standing while colours seem like flying around in all her works Triumph in blue, Eve, bars of adornment, persisting lines, mirror, graceless desire besides so many of the rest. Faiza barely leaves any empty space on canvass and tries to decorate every corner with bold strokes of oranges, reds, bright yellows that in one way or the other symbolise recollected images and happenings around her. “And if I can connect with one per son in the world for one second in life, I believe I have succeeded,” she said. The exhibition will run till May 29.

The News Link: http://www.thenews.com.pk/daily_detail.asp?id=179314 Sunday, May 24, 2009 Schezee Zaidi Islamabad The opening of painting exhibition by Faiza Ayub Khan at Hunerkada College of Visual & Performing Arts on Saturday showcased emotional sketches of human emotions in luminous feminine colours, offering an amazing visual experience.

Using mixed media and oil on canvas, Faiza Khan has worked on figurative, abstract, drawing, and paintings to capture diverse mood and mode of women as vulnerable, guarded, and protective in a frenzied wave of emotions. The intense human emotions portrayed in her works in vibrant colours create a stimulation because of its fragile beauty.

Senator Waseem Sajjad inaugurated the exhibition and appreciated the emotional visual expression of Faiza Khan illustrating the pain and suffering of her people and surroundings.

Sharing her creative mood with ‘The News’, Faiza Khan said that the changing light of day and the mood it creates remains the foundations of her work. What usually starts with a colour idea, eventually evolves into compositions in which colour is the primary subject, depicting how insubstantial this veneer of perfection is and of the forces at work behind it, she said.

With a subtle aesthetic intricacy, Faiza has touched the sadness everyone feels in his heart today about the situation unfolding in Swat. About the depiction of sadness in her works portrayed in various shades, Faiza said that as she belongs to the Frontier region herself, she is naturally saddened and that feeling has also got infused in her work.

Expressing her feelings about so much eruption so very close, Faiza said that her mood is certainly reflected in her work as no artist can remain insensitive to the surroundings when everything seems to be falling apart.

A Masters in Fine Art in Studio Painting from Oklahoma University, USA, in 2003, Faiza Khan believes that art is a synthesis of personal feelings. Honoured with ‘Best Muslim Artist Award 2003’ by Muslim Student Association (MSA) at Oklahoma University, and also ‘Gulgee Award’ received in 2000 at Abbasin Arts Council, Peshawar, Faiza is obsessed with people’s natural instincts, behaviours, drives and desires. As an artist, she says her art is not about making judgments or defining a person, but about capturing a moment when they have let go of societal, mental, physical, or cultural constraints and are subconsciously free to communicate.

In her latest works put on display at the exhibition, she has taken inspiration from nature as well, experiencing nature as a roiling, forceful energy that is extraordinary and yet also an ordinary part of everyday life. “It is because I somehow impose my own psychological state on what I observe every time I walk out my door,” Faiza said. Faiza believes that the forces of nature remind us of how inconsequential our attempts to exert control over it can be. She said that she tries to create a space that can pick up on a moment of compromised beauty, and enjoy the wonder of that without denying its flaws and fallacies.

In the first moment of viewing her painting, the viewer experiences only the abstract qualities of the artwork, while the recognition of forms comes after the eyes have become aware of its dynamics of colour and composition, as figuration becomes symbolism. Using the tensions in forms and colours, Faiza beautifully addresses the emotional aspect of the painting. The exhibition of Faiza Khan’s paintings would continue at Hunerkada till May 29th.

Faiza Khan

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