Sana Khan

Pakistani artist Sana Khan work's titled "˜Ghungroos' refers to the small golden bells strapped to the ankles of traditional Indian dancers. In the narrative of this work, they are heard from a distance. The sound of tinking bells create a tantalising image of the approach of a loved one, a herald of what is to come. Ghungroos are represented both as objects and as the memory of a sound - the subtle echo of a chaotic past and a personal memoir of loss and longing.

Khan uses myriad materials in constructing her work. The creation of these images has led her to encounters with set builders and scenic painters and on meticulous and dedicated searches through the zoos, morgues and butchers shops of Lahore - where else could you borrow a rhinocerous for the day? Each photograph holds a different story, all rooted from the same idea of "˜the passerby' and all mixed with the sound of the Ghungroos.

It was once said that photography would render figurative painting all but obsolete, but it is now recognised that through photographic artists such as Jeff Wall, photography has side-stepped into a new role; taking up the baton of history painting once dropped by the European masters such as Salvador Dali. Sana Khan takes inspiration b...

2012 BA (Hons) University of Westminster,London, UK
2009 Visual Arts Beaconhouse National University, Lahore, Pakistan

Solo Exhibitions:

Ghungroos- Dialogue With a man, 99 Mount Gallery, Mayfair, London
11 July -25 july 2013

‘Solo show’ Al-hamra National Art Gallery, Lahore, Pakistan Sep 25 – 3 Oct 2009



Group Exhibitions:
Lumen art prize and exhibition, London, Paris, berlin 2013

‘Festive December’ Debut contemporary, notting hill, 5th dec 2012

‘Stylish September’ Debut Contemporary, Notting Hill, 5th Sep 2012

Noorderlicht Photography Festival 2012

FREE RANGE ‘Degree Exhibition 2012’ Old Truman Brewery, London 14th June – 18th June 2012

‘Collaborative Photography Exhibition’ University of Westminster, London 18th May 2012

‘ISHshow’ International Student House Art Exhibition and Prize, London 11 April – 20th April 2012

SANJH Art Exhibition for Relief of Flood Affectees, Alhamra National Art Gallery Lahore, Pakistan '2010

Dawn Photo Travelogue Exhibition, Karachi Expo Centre, Karachi, Pakistan '2010

'Patrons of "Oh My God! I Can Buy Art!" Grey Noise Gallery, Lahore, Pakistan '2009

'Through Other's Eyes': Contemporary Art From South Asia, Curated by Gerard Mermoz
at The Harley Gallery, UK, '2010
at Aberystwyth Art Center, UK, '2010
at Glynn Vivian Art Gallery, Swansea, Wales UK '2009
at Herbert Gall...