Tabinda Chinoy

I believe in aesthetics and the marvels of nature. I am a dreamer. My canvas is a mirror to the different periods one may experience to reach the safe havens of contentment, serenity and inner peace.

My search for truth, the usual slings and arrows were trained towards me and I found myself in the midst of controversy which was more of an academic nature. My work was stylized and was being described as a documentary an social disorder in visual terms. I was very disturbed. What else could I be? Either I could explode or touch the highest levels of restraint. Fortunately, I got a mix of the two and sanity prevailed to find a balance in this mad, mad, mad world which surrounds me. It is through a combination of these works that I have tried to reflect upon the ideal world, urban and rural. My being is firmly rooted in a reality, often ugly, which I seek to make less so. Can I achieve this? Through my canvas I can but try ....

B.Sc. H.Sc. Home Economics College, Lahore, Pakistan
Fine Arts Degree from The Central Institute of Arts & Crafts, Karachi, Pakistan
Course in the Slade School of Fine Arts, London, U.K