Sarah Ahmad
Sarah Ahmad (b. Lahore, Pakistan) lives and works between Tulsa, Oklahoma and Lahore, Pakistan. Ahmad earned a BFA from the National College of Arts in Lahore; MA in Education from Union University, and MFA from Memphis College of Art in Tennessee, US.
She has held solo shows at Alhamra Arts Center and Rohtas 2 Gallery in Lahore; Koel Gallery, Karachi and University of Tulsa and OKPop Musuem in Tulsa, Oklahoma, among others. She has participated in exhibitions at the Sharjah Art Museum, UAE; Lahore Museum, Fakirkhana Musem, and Lahore Biennial in Lahore; and Qatar America Institute of Culture, Washington DC, among others.
At the core of her work is transformation and embracing a practice of “always becoming.” Of transformation, evolution, renewal. As the earth seeks continually to heal itself — absorbing the trauma of the land and its inhabitants, regenerating from scars of ongoing destruction. More about here here: https://www.sarahahmad.com/statement-bio.
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October of Sonipat

