Soraya Sikander is coming to the Embassy Art Festival were she will represent her country Pakistan; she is one of today’s leading Contemporary South Asian painters. The recognition for her work has come through critical acclaim and the extraordinary popularity with the international public, making her one of today’s most sought after artists with non-stop sell out exhibitions.
Soraya Sikander have ben trained in old masters classical drawings at The London Atelier of Representational Arts (LARA), and UCL’s Slade Summer School. She graduated from Beaconhouse National University, Pakistan.
Her artworks are in private and public collections. She has the distinction of being a TEDx art speaker. Soraya Sikander’s artworks have been featured and reviewed extensively by: HELLO!, Khaleej Times, Gulf News, The Gulf Today, Islamic Arts Magazine, Artlyst, Caravan Daily, Iris, Youlin, Professor Gerda Roper (Dean of Fine Arts, University of Teesside) and Juliet Highet (Art critic, Author ‘Frankincense’)
Soraya is acclaimed for a new style of painting that imbibes elements of calligraphy into landscape painting. The fusion results in some astounding, original works of contemporary landscape art. Her floral paintings are rich in light, shade and tone and suggest organic patterns. Soraya Sikander is renowned for the series ‘In, At, Around – exploring urban space’.
She has exhibited at the Dhaka Museum, Shilpaka Academy, La Galleria Pall Mall, Royal Opera Arcade, Unicorn Gallery, Alhamra Art Gallery. Upcoming exhibitions include: Galerie Patries Van Dorst, Monda, The National Museum of Ras Al Khaimah.
The Embassy Art Festival is organise by Diplomat Magazine and Gallery Patrice van Dorst together with 18 embassies. Each Embassy is represented by talented contemporary artists coming to the Netherlands specially for the Embassy Art Exhibition.
