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Showing posts with label Painting. Show all posts
Nusra Latif Qureshi
Nusra Latif Qureshi was born in Pakistan in 1973 and
originally trained in the traditional art of Mughal miniature (musaviri)
paintings. Exquisitely detailed and executed with technical perfection,
Qureshi’s works are contemporary responses to this ancient craft. She
layers appropriated imagery from colonial photography, patterns from
Middle Eastern textiles or the Arts and Crafts movement, silhouettes and
botanical paintings; these elements combine to comprise the backgrounds
and foregrounds of isolated female figures.
Moving to Australia for postgraduate study in 2001,
Qureshi’s position as a migrant woman in Australian society has added
new layers to her explorations as she continues to push the conventional
boundaries of her art form.
She was included in the 5th Asia-Pacific Triennial in
2006, and has exhibited widely in the UK, the United States, Australia
and Pakistan. Qureshi lives in Melbourne.