Authorised page for fine artist Soraya Sikander. Email: info@sorayasikander.com
Soraya Sikander is a painter and sculptor. After graduating from the Beaconhouse National University Lahore in 2008, the artist set-up her studio practice between Karachi, Dubai and London; and worked in a variety of media including woodblock carving, video, and water-based silkscreen prints. In 2012, Soraya joined UCL’s Slade Summer School where she produced wooden sculptures wrapped in pipes, mesh and foam, installing these in a variety of settings – and carried out a self-initiated private project of painting cityscapes from memories of her travels. The artist also painted on-location around the areas of Battersea, Highgate, King’s Cross and Wimbledon. Soraya Sikander has held four solo exhibitions and participated in over nine group shows and public viewings. In 2014 she joined the London Atelier of Representational Art to perfect old masters style of academic drawing (classical training in academic realism). Soraya Sikander is a TEDx speaker, her work has been featured in HELLO! magazine, Khaleej Times, Gulf Today, Gulf News, Islamic Arts Magazine etc. She is renowned for the ‘IN, AT, AROUND’ series.