Amena Bandukwala

A full-time artist, with a background in interior design, Amena Bandukwala is an avid traveller and a global citizen who has thus far lived in eight cities across three continents. Born and raised in Dubai and currently residing in Sydney, Australia, she is a contemporary artist whose experiences as a traveller have exposed her to many cultures and ideologies.
This quest of personal and professional enrichment has contributed towards the evolution of her work as an artist. She translates her thoughts and her human experiences into the black white and grey, painting with relentless, repetitive, linguistically inspired patterns and sometimes with the primal instincts of an action painter.

'My work has been and continues to be a meticulous experiment in a monochromatic palette. My interest lays in the socially conditioned boundaries that confine our thinking and behaviour, as well as the frivolous freethinking spirituality that makes us who we truly are. My approach is process-based improvisation, an intricate exploration of our inner contradictions. Each mark, stroke and form is part of observations of the bipolar qualities we all have hidden within us: The need to communicate, to follow, and change – to be someone else. I...

Bachelor of Interior Design, The American University in Dubai, Dubai, U.A.E. - 2001

2021 The Other Art Fair, December Edition, The Cutaway- Barangaroo Reserve, Sydney, Australia
2019 Misk Art Exhibition, Experiment 0.3, Misk Art Institute, Riyadh, KSA
2019 Annual Gallery Art Fair, Inside/Outside Artist collective, Shara Art Fair, Saudi Art Council, Jeddah, KSA
2019 Group Exhibition, Art Nations artist collective, Alqasabi Saudi Art Gallery, Jeddah, KSA
2019 Group Exhibition, Women united, Sidanah Gallery, Jeddah, KSA
2018 Solo Show, Open Studio, Public Studio Space, Jeddah, KSA
2017 Group Show, White by Mehar, The Paint Bucket Gallery, Lahore, Pakistan
2016 Juried Show, The ArtBox Project Miami 1.0, Miami Basel Art Week, Miami, USA
2016 Group Exhibition, Monochrome, The Paint bucket Gallery, Lahore, Pakistan
2012 Two-Person Exhibition, Inscribing Existence, ArtChowk Gallery, Karachi, Pakistan
2011 Group Exhibition, Grandeur Art Gallery, Karachi, Pakistan
2008 Solo Exhibition, Unraveled, Blackstar Gallery, Fountainbleau, France
2008 Group Exhibition, Travelers, Insead Campus Gallery hall, Fountainbleau, France
2005 Group Exhibition, Presotto ME, Dubai, U.A.E
2004 Group Exhibition, Home is where the heart is, Five Green Gallery, Dubai, U.A.E...