Festival of Muslim Cultures:
UK 2006
Festival of Muslim Cultures | UK 2006 Print Project | exhibitions | contemporary pakistani printmakers | Fatima Saeed
Fatima Saeed
Fatima Saeed gained a Bachelor of Arts and specialised in Printmaking at the National College of Arts in Lahore. She also studied Miniature Painting, Photography and Ceramics, which inform her teaching at the Fine Art Department at National College of Arts and also the Oriental College of Arts in Lahore. Fatima Saeed has exhibited throughout Pakistan, in USA, Finland, and Germany.
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I was brought up in a family of artists. Their influence ranged from painting to designing space, from eastern classical music to clay pottery - the inclination came naturally to me. Now, as a professional practicing artist, I feel blessed for the constant encouragement in those early years, which fuelled my interests and resulted in my career development through Art education.
Being a fine art graduate and taking up printmaking as a specialist subject was a result of my fascination with the technical aspects of this discipline. The freedom and room for experimentation that one experiences whilst developing an image present physical and intellectual challenges that have been so rewarding for me to encounter.
I have been actively involved with the issues concerning identity, whether it is my own face that I am working with or tracing a historical perspective through old family photographs. Coming to terms with the changes that one faces in life, I try to simplify complex issues through layers and create transparency. Text and stamps, on the other hand, remain a constant element in my work.
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