2023 Achievement
Sheherbano Husain is an Islamabad-based artist and occasional art writer/curator from Karachi, with a penchant for depicting the metaphysical and the otherworldly through a visceral lens. Sheherbano completed her BFA in painting and printmaking from Indus Valley School of Art, Karachi, Pakistan. She has participated in art residencies and held several exhibitions of her work at home and abroad and was nominated for the Asian Sovereign Art Prize, Hong Kong, in 2011.After a hiatus of nearly 5 years, Sheherbano re-emerged with her art practice. She was longlisted for the Hollybush Painting Prize in 2022, longlisted for the Visual Art Open Prize (2022 and 2023), longlisted for the Visual Artist Association Prize 2023, and shortlisted for the Visual Artist Association Scholarship Prize, 2023. She is a selected artist on the Artsinsquare Website and was also selected for Boomer Gallery, London’s Critic’s Spotlight 2023 and her work was reviewed by renowned art critic, Tabish Khan.