Mariya Shaikh

My journey as an Visual artist is an ongoing evolution, driven by a profound question that guides my creative process: What is Grace? This inquiry, intertwined with the contemplation of divine love, shapes the essence of my work. I have always been drawn to abstraction, painting the colors of life with intuitive strokes, finding inspiration in the very act of living. My work can be summed up as "Colors, Marks and Beyond."

Each piece I create is born from the visions I encounter during meditation. In the stillness, I am often visited by flickers of insight—images that reveal our true divine nature. These moments guide me to a spiritually charged landscape that transcends the physical, allowing me to explore and depict the unseen. My challenge lies in making the invisible visible, using a medium traditionally meant for capturing tangible reality. Beneath the surface of ego and self, there is a force we all share—a source from which we originate, which shapes us, and connects us to the greater whole. Through my art, I strive to inspire the same sense of awe that I experience in these quiet, blissful moments.

I reflect on the words, "I praise you, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made..." These lines resonate deeply with me, echoin...

2021-2023
MA/MPHIL Art Education, First Division - Beaconhouse national university Lahore

2012-2015
Bachelor of Design (BD), First Division with (Distinction)
Secured highest marks - University of Sindh Jamshoro

Selected Exhibitions
2024

Broadcast Vol. I
O Art Space Gallery, Lahore.

A Culture of Care
Curated by Zulfikar Ali Bhutto and Taabir, project by Bulhan Bachao, AAN Art Space and Museum, Karachi.

Burgeoning Icons
Curated by Dr. Faisal Arjumand, Gallery 6, Islamabad.

2023

Arjumand Painting Award 2023
Held at Alhamra Art Council, Lahore.

Pedagogical Strategies of Making and Teaching
Degree Show at Beaconhouse National University, Lahore.

A Fabulous Talent
Ejaz Art Gallery, Lahore.

Views with a Difference
Curated by Qasim Buqti, Full Circle Art Gallery, Karachi.

The Summer Show
Curated by Mariam Hanif, Artsoch, Lahore.

2022

Well Come Back Home
Curated by Shanal Kazi, Koel Gallery, Karachi.

Season II, 8th Geoje International Art Festival
Axis of Peace, Haegeumgang Theme Museum, Korea.

Art Fest Festival
Curated by Abdul Jabbar Gull, Sambara Art Gallery, Karachi.

Kiran Foundation (Dareechey)
Curated by Noorjehan Bilgirami, Koel Gallery, Karachi.

Grand Biennale IO Metaverse
Dubai.

Meta Women Art Virtual Exhibition
Curated by Project Zink, Karachi.

2x2 Equals to Five
Art One 62 Gallery, Karachi.

Transmission Award Virtual Exhibition
Luna Galleria, Philippines.

2021

7th Geoje International Art Festival
Haegeumgang Theme Mu...