Siddiqa Juma

Guided by the Qur'an and Islamic tradition, Siddiqa Juma creates art that celebrates a rich religious and cultural heritage.
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>>> Siddiqa has throughout her life been seeking some form of expression for her faith. Starting her career in graphic design, she has gone on to write, illustrate and produce Islamic children's books and develop a slate of animated series that teach universal morals drawn from the teachings of her faith. It is in painting however where Siddiqa has found the conduit for her devotion.
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>>> It is not just the content and subject matter of Siddiqa's work that reveals her beliefs: the processes by which her work is created have as much to tell. Siddiqa's pieces are characterised by successive layers of vivid colour and intricate repetitive patterns and calligraphy, which draw to mind the ancient illuminated Qur'ans now proudly housed in museums around the world. The vibrancy of her palette is an aesthetic choice that betrays Siddiqa's unending eagerness to engage with the faith with which she grew up. Siddiqa describes the process of painstakingly covering a canvas with God's name as her personal tasbih, or incantation. Creating these pieces is an act of devotion in itself, a stand-in for meditation, i...