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Seher Shah, Notes from a City Unknown, 2021, Portfolio of 32 screenprints on paper, 30 x 22 cm

Seher Shah, Notes from a City Unknown, 2021

Portfolio of 32 screenprints on paper, 30 x 22 cm

Seher Shah, Notes from a City Unknown (detail), 2021

Seher Shah, Notes from a City Unknown (detail), 2021

Seher Shah, Notes from a City Unknown, (detail) 2021

Seher Shah, Notes from a City Unknown, (detail) 2021

When Words Disappear into Trees, Seher Shah, Installation view at Green Art Gallery, Dubai, 2021

When Words Disappear into Trees, Seher Shah

Installation view at Green Art Gallery, Dubai, 2021

Seher Shah, Ruined Score, 2020, Etchings on Velin Arches 300 gsm paper, 50 x 40 cm

Seher Shah, Ruined Score, 2020

Etchings on Velin Arches 300 gsm paper, 50 x 40 cm

Seher Shah, Ruined Score, 2020, Etchings on Velin Arches 300 gsm paper, 50 x 40 cm

Seher Shah, Ruined Score, 2020

Etchings on Velin Arches 300 gsm paper, 50 x 40 cm

Seher Shah, Ruined Score (detail), 2020

Seher Shah, Ruined Score (detail), 2020

When Words Disappear into Trees, Seher Shah, Installation view at Green Art Gallery, Dubai, 2021

When Words Disappear into Trees, Seher Shah

Installation view at Green Art Gallery, Dubai, 2021

Seher Shah, Argument from Silence (weight and measure), 2019, Polymer photogravures on Velin Arches paper

Seher Shah, Argument from Silence (weight and measure), 2019

Polymer photogravures on Velin Arches paper

Paper size: 63.5 x 76 cm, Plate size: 42 x 56 cm, Ed. of 20

Seher Shah, Argument from Silence (weight), 2019, Polymer photogravures on Velin Arches paper

Seher Shah, Argument from Silence (weight), 2019

Polymer photogravures on Velin Arches paper

Paper size: 63.5 x 52 cm, Plate size: 42 x 31.75 cm, Ed. of 20

Seher Shah, Argument from Silence (fragments and bodies) (detail), 2019

Seher Shah, Argument from Silence (fragments and bodies) (detail), 2019

Seher Shah, Argument from Silence (fragments and bodies), 2019, Polymer photogravures on Velin Arches paper

Seher Shah, Argument from Silence (fragments and bodies), 2019

Polymer photogravures on Velin Arches paper

Paper size: 63.5 x 52 cm, Plate size: 42 x 31.75 cm, Ed. of 20

Seher Shah, Argument from Silence (field measurements), 2019, Polymer photogravures on Velin Arches paper

Seher Shah, Argument from Silence (field measurements), 2019

Polymer photogravures on Velin Arches paper

Paper size: 63.5 x 52 cm, Plate size: 42 x 31.75 cm, Ed. of 20

Seher Shah, Foreign dust (Landscape 3), 2019-2020, Graphite dust on paper, 55.9 x 76.2 cm

Seher Shah, Foreign dust (Landscape 3), 2019-2020

Graphite dust on paper, 55.9 x 76.2 cm

Seher Shah, Foreign dust (Landscape 3) (detail), 2019-2020

Seher Shah, Foreign dust (Landscape 3) (detail), 2019-2020

Seher Shah, Foreign dust (Landscape 2), 2019-2020, Graphite dust on paper, 55.9 x 76.2 cm

Seher Shah, Foreign dust (Landscape 2), 2019-2020

Graphite dust on paper, 55.9 x 76.2 cm

When Words Disappear into Trees, Seher Shah, Installation view at Green Art Gallery, Dubai, 2021

When Words Disappear into Trees, Seher Shah

Installation view at Green Art Gallery, Dubai, 2021

Seher Shah, Foreign dust (Variation 15), 2019-2020, Graphite dust on paper, 55.9 x 38.1 cm

Seher Shah, Foreign dust (Variation 15), 2019-2020

Graphite dust on paper, 55.9 x 38.1 cm

Seher Shah, Foreign dust (Variation 15) (detail), 2019-2020, Graphite dust on paper, 55.9 x 38.1 cm

Seher Shah, Foreign dust (Variation 15) (detail), 2019-2020

Graphite dust on paper, 55.9 x 38.1 cm

Seher Shah, Foreign dust (Variation 9), 2019-2020, Graphite dust on paper, 55.9 x 38.1 cm

Seher Shah, Foreign dust (Variation 9), 2019-2020

Graphite dust on paper, 55.9 x 38.1 cm

Seher Shah, Variations in Grey, 2020-2021, Graphite dust and ink on ivory Russian paper, 21 x 29 cm

Seher Shah, Variations in Grey, 2020-2021

Graphite dust and ink on ivory Russian paper, 21 x 29 cm

Seher Shah, Variations in Grey (detail), 2020-2021

Seher Shah, Variations in Grey (detail), 2020-2021

Seher Shah, Variations in Grey, 2020-2021, Graphite dust and ink on ivory Russian paper, 21 x 29 cm

Seher Shah, Variations in Grey, 2020-2021

Graphite dust and ink on ivory Russian paper, 21 x 29 cm

When Words Disappear into Trees, Seher Shah, Installation view at Green Art Gallery, Dubai, 2021

When Words Disappear into Trees, Seher Shah

Installation view at Green Art Gallery, Dubai, 2021

Seher Shah, Night, 2018, Oil on Stonehenge white rag paper, 55.9 x 76.2 cm

Seher Shah, Night, 2018

Oil on Stonehenge white rag paper, 55.9 x 76.2 cm

Seher Shah, Night, 2018, Oil on Stonehenge white rag paper, 55.9 x 76.2 cm

Seher Shah, Night, 2018

Oil on Stonehenge white rag paper, 55.9 x 76.2 cm

Seher Shah, Night (detail), 2018

Seher Shah, Night (detail), 2018

's>Seher Shah and Randhir Singh, Studies in Form, 2018, Artist's Rooms: Seher Shah and Randhir Singh, Installation view at Jameel Arts Centre, 2019

Seher Shah and Randhir Singh, Studies in Form, 2018

Artist's Rooms: Seher Shah and Randhir Singh, Installation view at Jameel Arts Centre, 2019

Seher Shah and Randhir Singh, Studies in Form, Barbican Estate, 2018, Artist's Rooms: Seher Shah and Randhir Singh, Installation view at Jameel Arts Centre, 2019

Seher Shah and Randhir Singh, Studies in Form, Barbican Estate, 2018

Artist's Rooms: Seher Shah and Randhir Singh, Installation view at Jameel Arts Centre, 2019

Seher Shah and Randhir Singh, Studies in Form, Dentsu Head Office (detail), 2018, Cyanotype prints on Arches Aquarelle Paper, 38 x 28 cm

Seher Shah and Randhir Singh, Studies in Form, Dentsu Head Office (detail), 2018

Cyanotype prints on Arches Aquarelle Paper, 38 x 28 cm

Ed. of 5

Seher Shah and Randhir Singh, Studies in Form, Brownfield Estate (detail), 2018, Cyanotype prints on Arches Aquarelle Paper, 38 x 56 cm

Seher Shah and Randhir Singh, Studies in Form, Brownfield Estate (detail), 2018

Cyanotype prints on Arches Aquarelle Paper, 38 x 56 cm

Ed. of 5

Seher Shah and Randhir Singh, Studies in Form, Barbican Estate (detail), 2018, Cyanotype prints on Arches Aquarelle Paper, 38 x 28 cm

Seher Shah and Randhir Singh, Studies in Form, Barbican Estate (detail), 2018

Cyanotype prints on Arches Aquarelle Paper, 38 x 28 cm

Ed. of 5

Seher Shah and Randhir Singh, Studies in Form, Barbican Estate (detail), 2018, Cyanotype prints on Arches Aquarelle Paper, 56 x 76 cm

Seher Shah and Randhir Singh, Studies in Form, Barbican Estate (detail), 2018

Cyanotype prints on Arches Aquarelle Paper, 56 x 76 cm

Ed. of 5

Seher Shah and Randhir Singh, Studies in Form, Dentsu Head Office (detail), 2018, Cyanotype prints on Arches Aquarelle Paper, 56 x 76 cm

Seher Shah and Randhir Singh, Studies in Form, Dentsu Head Office (detail), 2018

Cyanotype prints on Arches Aquarelle Paper, 56 x 76 cm

Ed. of 5

Seher Shah and Randhir Singh, Studies in Form, Hewn Blueprints (detail), 2018, Cyanotype prints on Arches Aquarelle Paper, 38 x 28 cm

Seher Shah and Randhir Singh, Studies in Form, Hewn Blueprints (detail), 2018

Cyanotype prints on Arches Aquarelle Paper, 38 x 28 cm

Ed. of 5

Seher Shah and Randhir Singh, Studies in Form, Flatlands Blueprints (detail), 2018, Cyanotype prints on Arches Aquarelle Paper, 38 x 28 cm

Seher Shah and Randhir Singh, Studies in Form, Flatlands Blueprints (detail), 2018

Cyanotype prints on Arches Aquarelle Paper, 38 x 28 cm

Ed. of 5

Seher Shah, Single Utopias (Nakagin I, Tokyo), 2017, Graphite on paper, 165 x 127 cm

Seher Shah, Single Utopias (Nakagin I, Tokyo), 2017

Graphite on paper, 165 x 127 cm

Seher Shah, Single Utopias (Golconde IV, Pondicherry), 2017, Graphite on paper, 127 x 101.6 cm

Seher Shah, Single Utopias (Golconde IV, Pondicherry), 2017

Graphite on paper, 127 x 101.6 cm

Seher Shah, Object Repetition (Wall and Landscape), 2017, Cast iron, Dimensions variable

Seher Shah, Object Repetition (Wall and Landscape), 2017

Cast iron, Dimensions variable

Seher Shah, Object Repetition (Wall) (detail), 2017, Cast iron, 25.4 x 121.92 cm

Seher Shah, Object Repetition (Wall) (detail), 2017

Cast iron, 25.4 x 121.92 cm

Installation view, The Lightness of Mass, Green Art Gallery, Dubai, 2016

Installation view, The Lightness of Mass, Green Art Gallery, Dubai, 2016

Seher Shah, Untitled (cantilever cut), 2015, Cast iron, 21.5 x 10 x 16 cm, Ed. of 2

Seher Shah, Untitled (cantilever cut), 2015

Cast iron, 21.5 x 10 x 16 cm, Ed. of 2

Seher Shah, Untitled (upright grid), 2015, Cast iron, 29.5 x 16 x 12.5 cm, Ed. of 2

Seher Shah, Untitled (upright grid), 2015

Cast iron, 29.5 x 16 x 12.5 cm, Ed. of 2

Seher Shah, Untitled (bridge), 2015, Cast iron, 18.5 x 10.5 x 38 cm, Ed. of 2 

Seher Shah, Untitled (bridge), 2015

Cast iron, 18.5 x 10.5 x 38 cm, Ed. of 2 

Seher Shah, Hewn (monolith object), 2014, Woodcut on A4 grid paper, 30 x 21 cm

Seher Shah, Hewn (monolith object), 2014

Woodcut on A4 grid paper, 30 x 21 cm

Seher Shah, Hewn (curved spaces), 2014, Woodcuts on A4 grid paper, 30 x 21 cm

Seher Shah, Hewn (curved spaces), 2014

Woodcuts on A4 grid paper, 30 x 21 cm

Seher Shah, Unit Object (landscape view), 2014, Etching with aquatint on Arches paper, 58.5 x 66 cm, Ed. of 20

Seher Shah, Unit Object (landscape view), 2014

Etching with aquatint on Arches paper, 58.5 x 66 cm, Ed. of 20

Seher Shah, Unit Object (house), 2014, Etching with aquatint on Arches paper, 58.5 x 66 cm, Ed. of 20

Seher Shah, Unit Object (house), 2014

Etching with aquatint on Arches paper, 58.5 x 66 cm, Ed. of 20

Seher Shah, Machrie Moor I, 2015, In collaboration with Randhir Singh, Digital Print

Seher Shah, Machrie Moor I, 2015

In collaboration with Randhir Singh, Digital Print

121.92 x 86.36 cm, Ed. of 5

Seher Shah, Flatlands (Scrim), 2015, 15 - panel drawing, Ink on Paper, 236 x 546 cm

Seher Shah, Flatlands (Scrim), 2015

15 - panel drawing, Ink on Paper, 236 x 546 cm

Seher Shah, Flatlands (scrim) (detail), 2015

Seher Shah, Flatlands (scrim) (detail), 2015

Seher Shah, Capitol Complex, 2012, Collage on paper, 28 x 36 cm (each)

Seher Shah, Capitol Complex, 2012

Collage on paper, 28 x 36 cm (each)

Seher Shah, Capitol Complex: X Block, 2012, Collage on paper, 28 x 36 cm

Seher Shah, Capitol Complex: X Block, 2012

Collage on paper, 28 x 36 cm

Seher Shah, Capitol Complex: Blue Object, 2012, Collage on paper, 28 x 36 cm

Seher Shah, Capitol Complex: Blue Object, 2012

Collage on paper, 28 x 36 cm

Seher Shah, Hinterland Structures: Observation Tower, 2011, Duratran in wood light box, 13 x 18 x 8 cm

Seher Shah, Hinterland Structures: Observation Tower, 2011

Duratran in wood light box, 13 x 18 x 8 cm

Seher Shah, Hinterland Structures: Shed, 2011, Duratran in wood light box, 13 x 18 x 8 cm

Seher Shah, Hinterland Structures: Shed, 2011

Duratran in wood light box, 13 x 18 x 8 cm

Seher Shah, Object Repetition (line to distance), 2011, 480 cast hydrocal objects with ink, Dimensions variable

Seher Shah, Object Repetition (line to distance), 2011

480 cast hydrocal objects with ink, Dimensions variable

Seher Shah, Object Repetition (line to distance) (detail), 2011, 480 cast hydrocal objects with ink, Dimensions variable 

Seher Shah, Object Repetition (line to distance) (detail), 2011

480 cast hydrocal objects with ink, Dimensions variable 

Seher Shah, Emergent Structures: Relative noise, 2011, Graphite and gouache on paper, 183 x 183 cm

Seher Shah, Emergent Structures: Relative noise, 2011

Graphite and gouache on paper, 183 x 183 cm

Seher Shah, Unit Object (bent), 2011, Graphite and gouache on paper, 76 x 56 cm

Seher Shah, Unit Object (bent), 2011

Graphite and gouache on paper, 76 x 56 cm

Seher Shah, Untitled (walls), 2010, Graphite and gouache on paper, 183 x 183 cm

Seher Shah, Untitled (walls), 2010

Graphite and gouache on paper, 183 x 183 cm

Biography

Seher Shah - Artists - Green . Art . Gallery

Detail of Seher Shah,

Argument from Silence (fragments and bodies), 2019

 

 

Working across drawing, printmaking, sculpture and writing, Seher Shah’s practice speaks to the poetics of how we perceive the landscape around us. Through the historical and intimate, and in between the architectural, political, and personal, she explores the abstraction of space through states of absence, fragility and fragmentation. Her studies on absence explore architectural perspective drawing traditions, fractured histories of objects and their erasure, alongside marks that retain the traces of time through real and imagined spaces. Working with variations of line, depth, and flatness, through graphite and ink, charcoal and dust, cast concrete and iron, her works are dedicated to the intimacy of mark-making through surfaces and their material weight.

Seher Shah (b. 1975, Karachi, lives and works in Barcelona) received her Bachelor of Fine Arts and Bachelor of Architecture from the Rhode Island School of Design in 1998. Alongside her practice, she is involved in two long-term exchanges which bind relationships between architecture, photography, drawing, and printmaking. She has collaborated with architectural photographer, Randhir Singh, on a series of cyanotype studies in form. And since 2014, with the Glasgow Print Studio, through the printmaking processes of intaglio, photogravure and woodcut through several published works.

Seher Shah - Artists - Green . Art . Gallery

Detail of Seher Shah and Randhir Singh, Studies in Form, Barbican Estate, 2018.

Solo and duo exhibitions include: The Weight of Air and Memory, Glasgow Print Studio, Glasgow, Scotland (2023); A Line of Foreign Verses, Hera Büyüktaşcıyan and Seher Shah, Green Art Gallery, Dubai, UAE (2023); Seher Shah and Randhir Singh: Studies in Form, SCAD Museum of Art, Savannah, GA (2022); Notes from a City Unknown, Nature Morte, New Delhi, India (2022); When Words Disappear into Trees, Green Art Gallery, Dubai, UAE (2021); Artist’s Rooms: Seher Shah and Randhir Singh, Jameel Arts Centre, Dubai, UAE (2019); Studies in Form: Seher Shah and Randhir Singh, Dhaka Art Summit, Bangladesh (2018); Of Absence and Weight, Nature Morte, New Delhi, India (2016) and The Lightness of Mass, Green Art Gallery, Dubai, UAE (2016) amongst others.

Recent group exhibitions include: We saw an endless cycle, Hayy Jameel, Jeddah, KSA (forthcoming); MANZAR: Art and Architecture from Pakistan 1940s to Today, Art Mill Museum - National Museum of Qatar, Doha, Qatar (2024); After Rain, Diriyah Contemporary Art Biennale 2024, Riyadh, KSA (2024); Small World, Taipei Biennial, Taiwan (2023); In our Veins Flow Ink and Fire, Kochi-Muziris Biennale, Kochi, India (2022); Horror in the Modernist Block, Ikon Gallery, Birmingham, UK (2022); manifesto of fragility, 16th Lyon Biennale of Contemporary Art, Lyon, France (2022); 75 Years of Consequence: The Partition of India, The Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, New York, NY (2022); Urban Impressions: Experiencing the Global Contemporary Metropolis, Moody Center for the Arts, Rice University, Houston, TX (2022); Pop South Asia: Artistic Explorations in the Popular, Sharjah Art Foundation, Sharjah, UAE (2022); Proposals for a Memorial to Partition, Jameel Arts Centre, Dubai, UAE (2022); On Muzharul Islam: Surfacing Intention, Dhaka Art Summit, Dhaka, Bangladesh (2020); Homelands: Art from Bangladesh, India and Pakistan, Kettle’s Yard, Cambridge, UK (2019); Mémoires des Futurs, Centre Pompidou, France (2017) and Scenes for a New Heritage, The Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY (2015) amongst others.

Her works can be found in collections ranging from The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York; The Museum of Modern Art, New York; Queens Museum, New York; Brooklyn Museum, New York; Centre Pompidou, Paris; Tate Modern, London; Art Jameel Collection, Dubai; The Ishara Art Foundation and the Prabhakar Collection, Dubai; Hamburger Kunsthalle, Germany; Hallen für Neue Kunst, Schauffhausen; Kiran Nader Museum of Art, New Delhi; and the Thyssen-Bornemisza Art Contemporary Foundation, Vienna amongst others.

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