Les Frontieres: Lyon Painting

Née 1972 Xandria Noir is an East Anglia (Suffolk UK) based critically acclaimed Pakistani contemporary artist. Self-taught and an established painter since 1989, she was named as one of Pakistan’s top 15 minimalist artists in December 2019 following her Moi et le Monde Imparfait exhibition at the French Embassy in Islamabad. In December 2021 she again exhibited in Islamabad: 'La Perfection Imparfaite' summarised Noir's work during the pandemic lockdown and illustrated a style quite different in use of depth and colour to her previous oeuvre. Apart from her projects with companies and embassies as a multi field designer, Noir is an immensely innovative artist who is constantly interrogating her style and response to her world. This means that she has no 'signature style' and cannot be said to follow any particular school. Noir’s current practice consists of minimalist paintings mainly in acrylic. The abstraction in her work is the rhythm conveyed through interrelation of empty space and repetition of the singular stroke under multiple layers. In her work, light and lines of different dimensions freely inhabit weightless spaces.